Madame Butterfly (1932)

Sylvia Sidney: Cho-Cho San

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Quotes 

• Cho-Cho San : Do not weep, Mama-san.

  Cho-Cho's mother : But you are so young and never have you been away from home before.

  Cho-Cho San : But consider Mama-san, soon I shall be very great geisha and then you and the august grandfather and the little brother will have much money.

  Cho-Cho's grandfather : This is no place for the daughter of my son, the daughter of a noble samurai. I should never have consented to your coming here.

  Cho-Cho San : But we must live and I'm the only one who can work and help.

  Cho-Cho's grandfather : Your father died with honour when he could no longer live with honour.

  Cho-Cho San : Is it then so shameful to make people happy? To sing for them, to make music, and dance? And I may make a fine marriage. Then I can buy you many gifts

• Madame Goro : So this is Cho-Cho-San; what distinction, what eyes, what teeth. And you speak also the English?

  Cho-Cho San : Yes, I learned from visiting scholar. She teach me very high class Brooklyn accent.

• Cho-Cho San : [Cho-Cho San has found Adelaide's photo in Pinkerton's trunk. She brings it to him with the pipe cleaners]  I found them like this

  Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton : Thank you very much, Cho-Cho San

  [he puts the photo aside] 

  Cho-Cho San : She very beautiful, that American lady

  Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton : Oh, I guess she'd pass in a crowd

  Cho-Cho San : She some lady you know very well?

  Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton : Sure, sure. We've known each other for years

  Cho-Cho San : She love you very much, perhaps?

  Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton : No, of course not

  Cho-Cho San : [she picks up the photo and points to the inscription that reads 'To Bin with all my love always']  What this writing say?

  Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton : Oh, that. That just says 'lots of luck'

  Cho-Cho San : Oh. But maybe you very much in love with her?

  Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton : How can I have room in my heart for anyone but Madame Butterfly?

• Cho-Cho San : [Stabs herself a knife, last words]  I love you, for always.

  [She dies]