- Title Card: After the Manchurian Incident the militarists attempted to unify domestic opinions in order to realize their ambition to invade Asia. They denounced as "Red" any ideology that might hinder their policy. Professors and students fought the suppression. The Kyoto University Disturbance was one of their struggles for freedom.
- Itokawa: I can see the university. Kyoto University, the garden of freedom! The glorious tower! Mecca for students!
- Yukie Yagihara: [Machine gun fire in the distance] I can see the soldiers. They're so small. I like the sound. It's clear and rhythmical.
- Yukie Yagihara: I don't think the world is full of only logic. There must be beautiful, pleasant things.
- Ruykichi Noge: Why not listen to me seriously? The world you know is limited to this room. Surrounded by flatterers. Maybe you need a slap in the face to grow up.
- Yukie Yagihara: Listen, Itokawa. Sit down. Kowtow and apologize to me.
- Itokawa: Why?
- Yukie Yagihara: No questions! Do it. Please do. Do it now! Quickly. Quickly. Do it now! Quickly. Quickly.
- [Itokawa starts to bow]
- Yukie Yagihara: What are you doing? Don't do it. Forget it. Forget it.
- Professor Yagihara: Unfortunately, we lost this time. But, Justice will triumph. That's certain. Flowers withered this year. But when Spring returns, they will bloom again.
- Professor Yagihara: No matter what hardship may befall you. You must try to learn something from it. That is important.
- Yukie Yagihara: If I follow you, my life will be peaceful. But, if I may say so -
- [bows]
- Yukie Yagihara: It'll be boring.
- Itokawa: With Noge?
- Yukie Yagihara: If I follow him, something dazzling will await me. My life will be stormy.
- [laughs]
- Yukie Yagihara: It terrifies me and fascinates me.
- Yukie Yagihara: I'm bored. I'm disgusted. I want to start my life over again.
- Professor Yagihara: It's not easy. The world isn't a garden.
- Yukie Yagihara: I know. Now I feel my life is meaningless. I want to go out in the world and see what it is like to live.
- Professor Yagihara: If you're determined, then go. Make your own way, groping and struggling. It's worth a try. But remember, you're responsible for what you do. Freedom. You must fight for it. There will be sacrifice and torture in the struggle. Be prepared.
- Yukie Yagihara: I want a job that I can dedicate myself to, body and soul. My father said when I left home: "There will be sacrifice in the struggle for freedom." I want to do something in which I can consume myself.
- Ruykichi Noge: That's not easy. How does one find such a job? It's like finding a bluebird.
- Ruykichi Noge: I was afraid of this. Our path is so steep.
- Yukie Yagihara: It's all right. I won't mind.
- Yukie Yagihara: "No regrets in my life." That's our motto. No matter how hard it may be, I like the way we live. I've found meaning in my life.
- Yukie Yagihara: Look at the clouds! Do you remember?
- Ruykichi Noge: The picnic to Mt. Yoshida? We were young.
- Yukie Yagihara: A prosecutor may think Noge was wrong. But who can tell which was greater, you or him? Time is a slow but fair judge.
- Madame Yagihara: You were born to suffer.
- Yukie Yagihara: Why? I've never pitied myself. I need no sympathy. Noge used to tell me: "No regrets in my life." I'm glad I can feel it now.
- Yukie Yagihara: I like the smell of earth. It's wonderful.
- Student 1: I like the sky.
- Student 2: I like the wind.
- Student 3: I like everything.
- Professor Yagihara: Are you sure you can support yourself?
- Yukie Yagihara: I studied English and typing. I'll work for a trading company. I'll become independent.