- Kikunosuke Onoue: I've never been as happy as I was the other night. People always flatter me to my face, then happily ridicule me behind my back. You're the first to speak to me with real warmth and sincerity.
- Otoku: To hear that it pleased you so makes me so very happy.
- Kikunosuke Onoue: Those geisha and other women make a fuss over me only because I'm Kikugoro's son. They couldn't care less about my acting. If I gave up my place as Kikugoro's heir, nobody would give a damn about me. I've been so lonely. When you spoke to me the way you did, for the first time in my life I felt a happiness that touched me deeply. It was like climbing a mountain pass on a hot summer's day and drinking from a cold stream.
- Otoku: You're still young, so it's fine once in a while to surround yourself with admirers and enjoy a night out, but your art is all-important and you shouldn't neglect it. Your father often says, "Art is our life. Art. Art!"
- Kikugorô Onoue the 5th: Who was that girl you saw today at the Kishimojin shrine? I want you to be a fitting successor, both in your artistry and your conduct. I want the public and my friends alike to say how fortunate I am to have such a fine son. But now you've given me cause for worry.
- Kikunosuke Onoue: When you're young, it's easy to live with no thought for the future. But never stop striving to improve your skills.
- Otoku: Didn't you say you would start form scratch and become a great actor on your own?
- Kikunosuke Onoue: Well, haven't I become one? I can play a woman, a villain, maybe even a child.
- Tamijirô Onoue: Otoku knows you'll be the next Kikugoro. She may have ulterior motives.
- Kikunosuke Onoue: She's not that kind of woman.
- Eiju Dayu: You don't know. That's how women are.
- Kikunosuke Onoue: You're wrong. You spend all your time with geishas. You don't understand normal women.
- Eiju Dayu: They're no different.
- Kikunosuke Onoue: Otaku isn't calculating like geishas. Her feelings are sincere.
- Otoku: You did it! Your suffering has been rewarded. It was a hard life, wasn't it? But you know, even though I knew you could do it, I was so worried that I couldn't even watch. I was under the stage the whole time praying to the fox god Inari. Isn't that silly?
- Otoku: What shall we do to celebrate? Excuse me. We'd like to order some food tonight. Bring us shrimp and sea bream sashimi, broiled whole fish, and clam soup. Kiku, this region is famous for its clams. And a few bottles of sake.
- Otoku: It's not every day we have something like this to celebrate. Tonight you must be like a child again and have whatever your heart desires.
- Kikunosuke Onoue: I've returned to Osaka bathed in glory. From now on, we can be happy, both in art and in life.