Tanaka Ken Quotes in The Yakuza (1974)

Dusty: This Giri...

Tanaka Ken: Giri? Aye.

Dusty: It means obligation, right?

Tanaka Ken: Burden.

Dusty: Burden?

Tanaka Ken: It's called, 'the burden hardest to bear.'

Dusty: Yeah, well, suppose you don't bear it. I mean, no one's going to come down on you?

Tanaka Ken: No.

Dusty: Well, you guys believe in some kind of Heaven and Hell?

Tanaka Ken: No.

Dusty: Then what is it you believe in that makes you do it?

Tanaka Ken: Giri.