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Disappointment Refusal

Poetry in translation is like taking a shower with a raincoat on

This metaphor is usually used in a different context : “Some men claim that using a condom is like taking a shower with a raincoat on ” (Nass, Libby, Fisher, Sexual Choices: An Introduction to Human Sexuality, 1984, p. 366)

Jarmusch
Paterson (2016)

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Disappointment

Life is but a dream


Kurosawa
Kagemusha (1950)

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Threat, orders

Je vous préviens, j’ai un flingue


Suzuki
Tōkyō nagaremono (1966)

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Threat, orders

Tu vas maintenant aller en enfer


Suzuki
Tōkyō nagaremono (1966)

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Surprise, wonder

Pourquoi tu ne m’as pas tué ?


Suzuki
Tōkyō nagaremono (1966)

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Goodbyes Work

Patron, laissez-moi partir en voyage


Suzuki
Tōkyō nagaremono (1966)

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Disappointment Disgust, dislike

Ici, il n’y a pas de civilisation


Lean, Holden
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

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Wedding, marriage

Un couple, ça a le goût du riz au thé vert

Ozu
Le Goût du riz au thé vert (1952)

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Inspirational, advice Refusal

Ne dépendre de personne !


Mizoguchi
Le Héros sacrilège (1955)

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Invitation, party Love Sex

Chéri… reste cette nuit !


Mizoguchi
La Rue de la honte (1956)

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Good News

Moi, j’ai survécu et je foule ce sol à nouveau


Mifune
Gojumannin no isan (1963)

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Threat, orders

On y va ?


Kurosawa
Les Sept Samouraïs (1954)

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Thank you

Je vous remercie


Kurosawa
Les Sept Samouraïs (1954)

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Inspirational, advice Stress, worry

Je prépare un combat difficile…


Kurosawa
Les Sept Samouraïs (1954)

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Refusal

Ne pas déranger


Truffaut
Domicile conjugal (1970)

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Uncategorized

Women have always been educated to submit


Une femme dont on parle (1954)

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Congratulations, compliments

Ladies and gentlemen, a round of applause!


Kurosawa
Un merveilleux dimanche (1940)

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Hope, desire Invitation, party Sadness

Help us dream beautiful dreams


Kurosawa
Un merveilleux dimanche (1940)

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Disappointment Sadness

I want to start my life all over again


Kurosawa
Je ne regrette rien de ma jeunesse (1946)

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Sadness Shame, guilt

I just feel worthless, that’s all


Kurosawa
Un merveilleux dimanche (1940)

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Happiness, satisfaction Love

It’s a wonderful Sunday


Kurosawa
Un merveilleux dimanche (1940)

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Inspirational, advice Refusal

Je ne renoncerai pas


Mifune
Gojumannin no isan (1963)

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Disappointment

It’s quite a nuisance


Kurosawa
Les Hommes qui marchèrent sur la queue du tigre (1945)

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Wedding, marriage

Isn’t it time you got married?

 

Ozu, Sugimura
Printemps tardif (1949)

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Disappointment

Yes, nothing but disappointment

 

Ozu, Setsuko Hara
Voyage à Tokyo (1953)

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Disappointment

Isn’t life disappointing?


Ozu
Voyage à Tokyo (1953)

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Happiness, satisfaction Sadness

Le bonheur ? N’est-ce pas aussi un peu triste ?


Fleurs d’équinoxe (1958)

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Good News

I have a little money too


Kurosawa
Un merveilleux dimanche (1940)

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Disappointment Inspirational, advice

If you only think of yourself


Kurosawa
Les Sept Samouraïs (1954)

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Threat, orders

If we had fought seriously, you’d have been cut and dead


Kurosawa
Les Sept Samouraïs (1954)

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Boredom Congratulations, compliments

Fascinating. I’m not bored at all, I swear


Kurosawa
Les Sept Samouraïs (1954)

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Fear Sadness

The hard times have only just begun


Kurosawa
Les Sept Samouraïs (1954)

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Threat, orders

Work them like slaves, rape their women


Kurosawa
Les Sept Samouraïs (1954)

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Threat, orders

And kill ’em if they resist


Kurosawa
Les Sept Samouraïs (1954)

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Excuses, justification

On est tous pareils au fond


Mifune
Gojumannin no isan (1963)

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Happiness, satisfaction

I sigh in delight at the flowers of Kyoto


Kurosawa
Je ne regrette rien de ma jeunesse (1946)

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Excuses, justification Sadness

I was the idiot


Kurosawa
L’Idiot (1951)

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Disappointment Sadness

This time, I may finally lose my faith in the human soul


Kurosawa
Rashomon (1950)

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Disappointment Sadness

I don’t understand my own soul


Kurosawa
Rashomon (1950)

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Surprise, wonder Welcome

Yes, the notorious bandit everyone speaks of


Kurosawa
Rashomon (1950)

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Good News Hope, desire Inspirational, advice

But here’s where we start paying back the Japs


Walsh
Objective, Burma! (1945)

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Uncategorized

He is far more glib of tongue


Uchida
The Mad Fox (1962)

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Refusal Sex Surprise, wonder

You loook surprised. I assume you must be a virgin


Ishii
Inferno of Torture (1969)

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Refusal Split ups

Va te faire foutre


Truffaut
Domicile conjugal (1970)

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Jealousy, envy Surprise, wonder

Elles sont jolies les filles de Tokyo ?


Fritz Lang, Glenn Ford
Human Desire (1954)

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Fear Welcome

Dès votre entrée dans ce pays vous serez en danger


Silence (2016)

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Toast

Heil le nouvel ordre mondial d’Hitler !


Der Fuerher’s Face (1943)

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Stress, worry

On a un problème


Wolverine (2013)

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Excuses, justification

A pot lid. — And binoculars


Battle Royale (2000)

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Disgust, dislike Reproach, rudeness Sex

Instead of that flaccid ting in your pants


Battle Royale (2000)