The Outsider (I) (2018)

Tadanobu Asano: Kiyoshi

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Quotes 

• Nick Lowell : A penguin walks into a bar. Says to the bartender, have you seen my brother? Bartender looks at the penguin and says, what's he look like?

  Kiyoshi : [laughs and repeats in Japanese]  A penguin walks into a bar and asks the bartender, have you seen my brother? What's he look like? A penguin, of course.

  [pauses] 

  Kiyoshi : Everyone, laugh. Laugh. Whatever it means, laugh.

• Kiyoshi : He's all bloody. Did you kill him?

  Nick Lowell : He'll live.

• Nick Lowell : Whose place is this?

  Kiyoshi : Yours, if you want it.

  Nick Lowell : It's nice.

  [looks out of the window] 

  Kiyoshi : Think about it. There's a suit in the closet. Should fit you.

• Orochi : [in Japanese]  Why is he still hanging around here?

  Kiyoshi : What do you mean?

  Orochi : That gaijin has already served his purpose, hasn't he?

  Kiyoshi : Why? He doesn't mean shit to me.

  Orochi : You sure?

  Kiyoshi : Don't worry. It's fine.

  Orochi : What's fine? I'm asking you if you owe him a debt.

  Kiyoshi : And I said no.

  Orochi : Listen, Kiyoshi. He doesn't care about you or this family. Send him away. Okay?

  Nick Lowell : [walks up as Orochi exits]  He doesn't like me very much, does he?

• Kiyoshi : [in Japanese]  What are you doing here?

  Miyu : What does it look like? I'm dancing.

  Kiyoshi : I told you not to come here.

  Miyu : Why? What's wrong?

  Kiyoshi : No reason. Just go home.

  Miyu : No.

  Kiyoshi : Don't test me. What would you do if the Seizu men walked in with guns in their hands?

  Miyu : [chuckles]  Why would they come? Where are they?

  Kiyoshi : I'm saying what if they came?

  [in English] 

  Kiyoshi : Nick. Take my sister home. She's drunk.

  [to Miyu in Japanese] 

  Kiyoshi : That's enough. He's taking you home. Go home.

• Nick Lowell : What's the story with his fingers?

  Kiyoshi : When you dishonor your boss and you want to show remorse, you give your finger. It's called otoshimae.

  Nick Lowell : I see you've got all your fingers.

  Kiyoshi : I guess I got lucky.

• Kiyoshi : Orochi says the US Army is shipping guns back to the States. Their plan is to sell some of it before it leaves the port. The US Army cannot know that the Shiromatsu is involved.

  Nick Lowell : Makes sense.

  Kiyoshi : You will have to do this on your own. I understand if you won't do this, but if it goes right, everything will change.

  Nick Lowell : And if it goes wrong?

  Kiyoshi : It will come down on you and no one else.

  Nick Lowell : Sounds like fun.

• Kiyoshi : She's 28 years old. She can meet whoever she wants, marry whoever she wants.

  Nick Lowell : But not me.

  Kiyoshi : Not Yakuza. The people here, they cannot love anyone. You understand?

  Nick Lowell : What if I promised you she'd be safe with me?

  Kiyoshi : What if I told you that before the war, four men killed Akihiro's wife and his son? Akihiro found them and for three days, he kept them alive, begging for their deaths, their mothers, while he cut off everything that identified them as human beings. Yakuza can never have that. To become a Yakuza is a choice. You trade one type of family for another. You can never go back.

  Nick Lowell : So why does she work for you?

  Kiyoshi : So I can watch her, keep her safe. I have many brothers, but only one sister. She was a virgin.

  Nick Lowell : I don't think so.

  Kiyoshi : [long pause]  Don't see my sister. Congratulations. Now we are real brothers.

• Nick Lowell : I betrayed you. She's gonna have a kid. You want me to leave? I'll leave. You say the word.

  Kiyoshi : You leave my sister with your child? Is that who you are?

  Nick Lowell : I don't know.

  Kiyoshi : Get inside.

  [in Japanese] 

  Kiyoshi : Hang on.

  [in English] 

  Kiyoshi : You know what these are? They were my father's. He left our home when I was young. My sister was a baby. The day he left, he was drunk, and he came to me in the night with these. And he said, "this is daisho. One for war, one for honor. One to kill, one to decapitate. One for murder, one for suicide." Katana and wakizashi.

  [pause] 

  Kiyoshi : This never left a warrior's side, even in his sleep. It was his honor. My father told me the daisho was mine now. Because I was the one with a family to look after. My sister.

  [hands swords to Nick] 

  Kiyoshi : She's yours to protect now. You understand? If you are my brother, take them.

  Nick Lowell : [takes swords]  There's just one other thing.

• Kiyoshi : Kiyoshi. My name is Kiyoshi.

  Nick Lowell : Nick.

  Kiyoshi : I need your help. When someone tries to commit suicide in prison, they take you to the hospital. Once I am there, my brothers will come for me. And then, I will have them come for you. Okay?

  Nick Lowell : [nods] 

• Kiyoshi : I need you to keep me from dying and make sure the guards come.

  [stabs himself] 

  Nick Lowell : [in Japanese]  Guard! Guard! Hey! Hey! Help! Hey! Help! He cut himself!

  Guard : Number 129. Emergency! Ring the emergency bell!