Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Kaori Momoi: Mother
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Quotes
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Mother : Stop crying, your face will run!
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Mother : [tallying up little Chiyo's costs, after her fall] Doctor Mora is very expensive. You seem to be racking up quite a debt. Kimono, destroyed. Train ticket, Mr. Bekku, rice and pickles, geisha school, and on top of the money I paid Mr. Tanaka. And for what?... And now I hear your sister has run away. She didn't wait for you and now she can never come back. You must forget you ever had a sister.
[handing her a bundled package]
Mother : We are your only family now.
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Mother : We do not display our naked feet like monkeys.
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Mother : [to Chiyo, dressed as a geisha] Hurry up! You're not making money standing there gawking at yourself.
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Narrator (Old Sayuri) : The winter I turned fifteen I saw the chairman again, but that wasn't the only surprise fate brought me that season. Along with the snow came a most unexpected visitor.
Mother : Why is she here? Chiyo, Chiyo, open the gate!
[motioning for her to open the door and straigtening herself before going to her table]
Mameha : Now that your beloved granny has gone you have no need for a maid.
Mother : I would never question the great Mameha, but you could choose anyone in the Hanamachi.
Mameha : You flatter me, truly.
[bowering her head in compliment]
Mother : I would give you my pumpkin if she weren't already tied to Hatsumomo.
Mameha : Please I would never dream of asking
Mother : Besides, I can always sell Chiyo to Mrs. Tetsuyo.
[smoking her cigerette]
Mameha : With your eye for beauty and nose for talent,surely you can see what a terrible waste that would be.
Mother : If you were not the kind hearted Geisha I know you to be, then I might think that you werescheming against Hatsumomo.
[looking towards the door where Chiyo and Pumpkin are listening]
Mameha : Then I'm grateful Mrs. Nita that you don't have a suspicious mind.
Mother : Perhaps you can pique my interest with... your offer.
Mameha : I will cover Chiyo's schooling, all her expenses, until after her debut.
[proposing as she slides her cup across the table]
Mother : Now I am confident that you are teasing.
[pouring more tea]
Mameha : I could not be more sincere. If Chiyo has not repaid her debt within six months after her debut.
Mother : [scoffing] Impossible, too little time!
Mameha : Then I will pay you twice over.
[uping the offer]
Mother : What...? No Geisha could ever...
[pushing the tea towards Mameha]
Mameha : And I am certain you will not object to one trivial condition.
Mother : Uh yes...?
[puts down pipe, listening intently]
Mameha : If Chiyo erases her debt in the time allowed, You will not have any part in her future earnings.
Mother : [smirks in acceptance]
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Mother : [to Pumpkin] Stop crying or your face will run.