Bienvenue au paradis (1990)
Tamlyn Tomita: Lily Yuriko Kawamura, McGann
Photos
Quotes
-
[first lines]
Older Mini McGann : Why are we so early?
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : It's good to be early.
Older Mini McGann : Do you ever worry that you won't recognize him, Mama?
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : You recognize me, don't you?
Older Mini McGann : Well, he might have grown a beard or a moustache or something. And I was so little. I only think I remember him. Do you think he'll remember me?
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : Well, he has all your photographs and all the letters you wrote him, and he has all your school reports
Older Mini McGann : You sent him my school reports?
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : Of course I did. I wanted to let him know how well you were doing. Come on, now. I got some tea and rice cakes here. We'll have a nice talk while we're walking, okay? Let's go.
Older Mini McGann : How far do we have to walk?
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : Not far.
Older Mini McGann : If we have so much time, then why are you walking so fast? I shouldn't have worn these new shoes. I think I have a blister. Mama!
[speaks in Japanese]
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : [replies in Japanese] Try not to think about it. You want to look pretty, don't you?
Older Mini McGann : Can we talk about Papa?
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : Okay.
-
Jack McGurn : Um, hi. I'm Jack. I work with your brother Charlie. Are you Dulcie?
Charlie Kawamura : Lily. Dulcie's my other sister.
Jack McGurn : Hi, Lily.
[shakes her hand]
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : [smiles] Hello.
Jack McGurn : We were just wondering if you would like to join us for lunch.
Charlie Kawamura : HE was wondering.
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : [speaking to Charlie in Japanese] What?
Charlie Kawamura : [in Japanese] Don't come with us.
[to Jack, in English]
Charlie Kawamura : Look, I'm in a hurry. She's busy. Let's go.
[leaves the store]
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : I can have lunch.
[asks her employers in Japanese, and they reply]
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : I can.
Jack McGurn : Great.
Fumiko : [eyeing Lily suspiciously] Don't do anything I wouldn't do...
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : [in Japanese] You have a big mouth, Fumiko.
[smiles]
-
Jack McGurn : [after entering a local restaurant] So what are we going to order?
[grabs menu]
Jack McGurn : Can you read that?
Jack McGurn : Yeah. My Japanese is getting better every day.
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : Actually, it's in Chinese. It might help you if you turn your menu up the other way.
Jack McGurn : [smiles] Maybe YOU oughta order, I guess.
-
Dulcie Kawamura : You let him kiss you just like that? In a Chop Suey restaurant? Are you going to tell Mama?
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : No. And neither are you.
Dulcie Kawamura : You going to go dancing?
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : Mm-hmm. Maybe.
Dulcie Kawamura : You going to kiss him again?
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : [chuckles] Maybe.
Dulcie Kawamura : You going to do... it?
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : Do what?
Dulcie Kawamura : You know... IT.
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : Dulcie, I just met him.
Dulcie Kawamura : You kissed him in the chop suey restaurant, for goodness sake.
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : Well, if I did, I certainly wouldn't tell YOU.
Dulcie Kawamura : I guess this means you're not going to marry Mr. Fujioka
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : [in a sing-song voice] No, I'm not.
[tosses powder in Dulcie's face]
Dulcie Kawamura : [spitting out powder] Papa's going to kill you if he finds out.
-
Older Mini McGann : Did you have a big wedding with Mama and Papa Kawamura? And Dulcie and Frankie and...
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : No. No, we couldn't.
Older Mini McGann : Why?
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : Well, for a start, Japanese aren't allowed to marry non-Japanese in the state of California.
Older Mini McGann : Why?
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : Because it was against the California laws.
Older Mini McGann : So where did you go?
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : Seattle.
Older Mini McGann : Why did you go to Seattle?
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : 'Cause it's not California. We could get married there.
-
Older Mini McGann : What did you wear? Were you pretty?
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : Oh, I had a beautiful dress with a lace collar and cuffs. And I wore my hair special, with a bow just like yours.
[kisses Mini lightly on her head]
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : It was a beautiful day. It was the best wedding anyone had ever had. We had flowers. We had champagne. It was the best day of my life.
-
Older Mini McGann : What about me?
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : You were born on Christmas Day, 1937. And we called you Minia after Mama Kawamura's sister.
-
Jack McGurn : I agree to hand out a bundle of leaflets, and you act as if I'm going out to kill someone.
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : Because you know one thing will lead to another, and it'll make you crazy. You can't spit against Heaven, Jack!
Jack McGurn : Oh, don't give me that Japanese SHIT!
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : [stares at Jack briefly, then silently walks away]
-
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : I don't why I left your papa that day, but sometimes you get pushed and pulled without ever knowing the reasons why. But I knew I couldn't stay. I had to be with Mama and Papa Kawamura.
-
Lily Yuriko Kawamura : Mr. Fujioka? But he's old and he's sleazy. Papa, are you serious?
Hiroshi Kawamura : Hai!