“- Ms. Kawasaki: He wants you to turn and look in camera. Okay?
- Bob Harris: Is that all he said?”

Akiko Takeshita - Ms. Kawasaki
Bill Murray - Bob Harris

“My Japanese is getting better. We started speaking English.”
Bill Murray - Bob Harris

“- Nick Conklin: Just hope they got a Nip in this building who speaks fucking English.
- Matsumoto Masahiro: Assistant inspector Matsumoto Masahiro, criminal investigation section, Osaka prefecture police. And I do speak fucking English.”
Michael Douglas - Nick Conklin
Ken Takakura - Matsumoto Masahiro

“I do have one bit of advice for you though. Take the time in school to learn a foreign language.”
Luke Wilson - Anthony Adams

“- Aidan McRory: Where did you learn your English?
- Naï-Rea: His Excellency asked the Australian priests to open a school here to teach us languages.
- Aidan McRory: Well, I'm very impressed. What else did they teach you?
- Naï-Rea: To beware of white men.”
Guy Pearce - Aidan McRory
Maï Anh Le - Naï-Rea