Categories
Inspirational, advice

La vie est un jeu


Battle Royale (2000)

Categories
Inspirational, advice Work

Avec intensité

 

Coppola, Murray
Lost in Translation (2003)

Categories
Reproach, rudeness

Sa femme était japonaise. Une race très cruelle

 

Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)

Categories
Fear

C’est trop dangereux !


Silence (2016)

Categories
Fear Refusal Shame, guilt

On va se faire gronder !


Miyasaki
Le Voyage de Chihiro (2001)

Categories
Hope, desire Inspirational, advice

Il faut tenter de vivre


Miyasaki
Le Vent se lève (2013)

Categories
Disgust, dislike Fear

Papa, rentrons !


Miyasaki
Le Voyage de Chihiro (2001)

Categories
Refusal

Je n’irai pas !


Miyasaki
Le Voyage de Chihiro (2001)

Categories
Hope, desire Love Surprise, wonder Wedding, marriage

You never know what you’re getting, even marrying for love

 

Ozu, Hara
Printemps tardif (1949)

Categories
Inspirational, advice Welcome

Behave yourselves. Granpa and Granma will be with us


Ozu
Voyage à Tokyo (1953)

Categories
Loneliness Stress, worry Wedding, marriage

Will I be able to remarry with all this?


Kôrei (2000)

Categories
Surprise, wonder

Where is this?


Kyua (1997)

Categories
Disappointment Work

The other day, he took hours to fix a hole in the wall


Katakuri-ke no kôfoku (1999)

Categories
Hope, desire Inspirational, advice

It’ll live for thousands of years

Karisuma (1999)

Categories
Get well soon, health

What illness does he suffer from?


Hana to Alice (2004)

Categories
Loneliness Sadness

We don’t have a home. It was burned


Hotaru no haka (1994)

Categories
Invitation, party

We could live together, the four of us


Our Little Sister (2015)

Categories
Sadness Work

Our prospects for advancement aren’t good, either


Kakushi-ken: oni no tsume (2004)

Categories
Inspirational, advice

One slice of pork as if making a major decision in life


Tampopo (1985)

Categories
Threat, orders

Listen to me, we live in dangerous times


Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)

Categories
Work

Learn Japanese to work here


Musuko (1991)

Categories
Excuses, justification Wedding, marriage

It’s better to marry a divorcée than a widow


Aruitemo aruitemo (2008)

Categories
Excuses, justification Refusal Shame, guilt

I have been smoking too much. My tongue’s rough


Teshigahara
Tanin no kao (1966)

Categories
Inspirational, advice

I obey


The Twilight Samurai (2002)

Categories
Hope, desire Reproach, rudeness

I hope our new Commander-in-Chief isn’t the coward


… they say he is
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Categories
Get well soon, health Reproach, rudeness Surprise, wonder

I had no idea you were so concerned about my welfare


Rikyu (1998)

Categories
Reproach, rudeness Threat, orders

Cut the act, punk


Sono otoko, kyobo ni tsuki (1989)

Categories
Inspirational, advice

But take a look at this


Miyasaki
Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986)

Categories
Reproach, rudeness

Because you looked like a witch in a horror movie, that’s why


Hausu (1997)

Categories
Invitation, party Sex

You’re curious about men? For sex? I’ll satisfy that curiosity


Seishun zankoku monogatari (1960)

Categories
Congratulations, compliments

You’re a smart dresser. Were they expensive?


Naruse
Meshi (1951)

Categories
Invitation, party Love Sex Valentine

Use my body, please!


Kaette kita yopparai (1968)

Categories
Excuses, justification Refusal Work

The Coast Guard received a distress call…

(Godzilla)


… I'll have to cancel our date
Gojira (1954)

Categories
Thank you Wedding, marriage

Thank you for being so kind to my daughter


Kuroneko (1968)

Categories
Work

Sure, yes. She’s a fine teacher


Kurosawa
Ikiru (1952)

Categories
Surprise, wonder Work

So you’ve never taken a vacation?


Kurosawa
Ikiru (1952)

Categories
Get well soon, health Love Shame, guilt

If I really loved her, I’d have eaten too and become a mushroom


Attack of the Mushroom People (1963)

Categories
Boredom

I’m losing interest


Shinoda
Kawaita hana (1964)

Categories
Sadness

I thought I’d become the wife of the manliest of men


Sakura no mori no mankai no shita (1975)

Categories
Sadness

I don’t understand. I just don’t understand


Kurosawa
Rashomon (1950)

Categories
Happiness, satisfaction Seasons

Cherry blossoms, cherry no blossoms


Shindō
Hadaka no shima (1960)

Categories
Hope, desire Love Valentine

But my only hope in life is to wait for him


Uchida
Ichijōji no kettō (1955)

Categories
Get well soon, health Pain Stress, worry

And she’s worried about me now


Ōshima
Nihon no yoru to kiri (1960)

Categories
Good News Welcome

And now the Olympic torch arrives in Tokyo


Tokyo Olympiad (1965)

Categories
Congratulations, compliments

An extraordinary and intelligent woman, people say


Erosu purasu gyakusatsu (1969)

Categories
Happiness, satisfaction

That’s exciting! I’ve always wanted to live in a haunted house


Miyasaki
Tonari no Totoro (1988)

Categories
Inspirational, advice Stress, worry

At times like that, you know what I do? Paint


Miyasaki
Kiki la petite sorcière (1989)

Categories
Uncategorized

Black cat, black clothes


Miyasaki
Kiki la petite sorcière (1989)

Categories
Thank you

It’s my way of saying thank you


Miyasaki
Kiki la petite sorcière (1989)

Categories
Surprise, wonder Work

What? You’re working for free?


Kurosawa, Mifune
(dubious Mifune quote)