Harry Kilmer Quotes in The Yakuza (1974)

Harry Kilmer: Everywhere I look, I can't recognize a thing.

Oliver Wheat: It's still there. Farmers in the countryside may watch TV from their tatami mats and you can't see Fuji through the smog, but don't let it fool you. It's still Japan and the Japanese are still Japanese.

Dusty: That guy doesn't like you.

Harry Kilmer: No, not much.

Dusty: So how come you figure you can trust him?

Harry Kilmer: Giri.

Dusty: Gitty?

Harry Kilmer: Giri. Obligation.

Dusty: You mean he figures he owes you something?

Harry Kilmer: Yeah, sort of.

Dusty: Well, that can work two ways, Kilmer. If you ain't alive tomorrow, he don't owe you shit.

Eiko Tanaka: Did you speak to Ken?

Harry Kilmer: Yeah

Eiko Tanaka: Does he know we are here?

Harry Kilmer: Sure.

Eiko Tanaka: Is he unhappy?

Harry Kilmer: I'm on my way over to see him now.

Eiko Tanaka: But is he unhappy?

Harry Kilmer: Of course he's unhappy, he's been unhappy ever since he lost the war. I keep trying to tell him it's not his fault, he won't take my word for it.