J. Carrol Naish
(as Japanese Kitchen Overseer)
Japanese Official:
[to restaurant waiter] Oh, no wine, hunh, and where are your women?
[laciviously]
Japanese Official: There are other things than wine!
[laciviously]
Japanese Official: There are other things than wine!
Katharine Hepburn
(as Jade Tan)
Lao Er Tan - Middle Son:
I do not have the words.
Jade Tan: I am not very learned.
Lao Er Tan - Middle Son: Is that why you do not often speak to me?
Jade Tan: Two must speak for understanding.
Jade Tan: I am not very learned.
Lao Er Tan - Middle Son: Is that why you do not often speak to me?
Jade Tan: Two must speak for understanding.
Turhan Bey
(as Lao Er Tan)
Lao Ta Tan - Eldest Son:
[rhetorically] Do you not know that in a woman eagerness passes for weakness?
Katharine Hepburn
(as Jade Tan)
Akim Tamiroff
(as Wu Lien)
Walter Huston
(as Ling Tan)
Ling Tan's Wife:
[referring to a Japanese officer] Why do you not defy him?
Ling Tan: Alive I can hold my land. Dead I can only hold as much as I am buried in.
Ling Tan: Alive I can hold my land. Dead I can only hold as much as I am buried in.
Walter Huston
(as Ling Tan)
Ling Tan:
[referring to Jade's son] He has his eyes open. Make sure the one who teaches him has his eyes open.
Walter Huston
(as Ling Tan)
Ling Tan:
[to Jade] Remember, my child, that the woman is the root and the man is the tree. The tree grows only as high as the root is strong.
Walter Huston
(as Ling Tan)
Ling Tan:
How can you dig such a thing without help? The earth is stubborn.
Ling Tan's Wife: Heaven gave me the thought. Heaven will provide the help. The shovel is there.
Ling Tan's Wife: Heaven gave me the thought. Heaven will provide the help. The shovel is there.