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Quotes from Shichinin no samurai |
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Gisaku: Find hungry samurai. [on taking Katsushiro as a student] Kambei Shimada: You embarrass me. You're overestimating me. Listen, I'm not a man with any special skill, but I've had plenty of experience in battles; losing battles, all of them. In short, that's all I am. Drop such an idea for your own good. Katsushiro: No Sir, my decision has been made. I'll follow you sir. Kambei Shimada: I forbid it. I can't afford to take a kid with me. Heihachi Hayashida: I'm Heinachi Hayashida, a fencer of the Wood Cut School. Kyuzo: Don't you see? A real sword will kill you. Shichiroji: Kikuchiyo, what on earth are you doing? Kikuchiyo: I can't kill a lot with one sword! Kikuchiyo: You fool! Damn you! You call yourself a horse! For shame! Hey! Wait! Please! I apologize! Forgive me! Kikuchiyo: What do you think of farmers? You think they're saints? Hah! They're foxy beasts! They say, "We've got no rice, we've no wheat. We've got nothing!" But they have! They have everything! Dig under the floors! Or search the barns! You'll find plenty! Beans, salt, rice, sake! Look in the valleys, they've got hidden warehouses! They pose as saints but are full of lies! If they smell a battle, they hunt the defeated! They're nothing but stingy, greedy, blubbering, foxy, and mean! God damn it all! But then who made them such beasts? You did! You samurai did it! You burn their villages! Destroy their farms! Steal their food! Force them to labour! Take their women! And kill them if they resist! So what should farmers do? Kambei Shimada: Go to the north. The decisive battle will be fought there. Gorobei Katayama: Why didn't you build a fence there? Kambei Shimada: A good fort needs a gap. The enemy must be lured in. So we can attack them. If we only defend, we lose the war. Kambei Shimada: Danger always strikes when everything seems fine. Gisaku: What's the use of worrying about your beard when your head's about to be taken? Kyuzo: Killed Two. [first lines] Bandit second-in-command: We'll take this place next. Bandit Chief: We took it last autumn. They haven't got anything worth taking yet. Let's wait. |
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