Seven Samurai

"[drunkenly] You again. I see that bald head of yours in my dreams. You had the nerve to ask me if I wazz a samurai. Didn't you, huh? I never forget a face. Look here, though I look like hell, I'm a real samurai, all right. Here. I got something for you. Damn jerks. Looky here. [He clumsily fumbles around in his robe, and presents a scroll from inside it] There, juzz you look at this. Izz been handed down in my family for generations and generations. And you asked me if I were a samurai! You jerks. Look at this, juzz look at this! Thazz me right there."

"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? Damn it... [He sinks to his knees, sobbing] Damn it... God damn it..."

"[After having rung the alarm] Don't be so scared! No bandits are coming. Look here, you idiots. We came all this way and look at the welcome you give us! Yet when I ring the alarm a few times... [He runs up and down, mimicking the farmers] ... you all rush out screaming for us to help you! You bunch of suckers."

"[To a bunch of kids laughing at his impression of Yohei] Hey! I'm gonna start charging admission, you know."

"You there, chewing the cud. Can you cut that out? This isn't a cow barn!"

"[Kikuchiyo shambles into Rikichi's stable where the farmer had been staying.] It's me. I'm sleeping here from now on. Those guys cramp my style. [Humbled, Rikichi starts to hurry out, but Kikuchiyo grabs him] Stop cowering, you idiot! This is your place! You hand over your house and sleep in a barn and you still can't stand up for yourself! Go lie back down, you! [Kikuchiyo hurls Rikichi onto the straw, then lies down on the straw himself, with a straw mat over his body for a blanket. He sighs] Brings back memories."

"[to the village children]: Does any of you have a cute sister?"

"Hey, everybody! Give your wives plenty of lovin' tonight, you hear?"

"This baby... is me! This is exactly what happened to me! [He sobs]"

"I thought I told you to let us go, did I not? To think that instead you would choose your own death."

"[To Rikichi, who is farming] Couples always work harder together. You ought to get married yourself. [Rikichi drops everything and runs off, upset] Hey, come back! I was just kidding!"

"[To Rikichi] You know, it helps to open up your feelings."

"Danger always strikes when everything seems fine."

"I have no idea."

"[To Gorobei, about Minoru] You said he'd be a treasure during hard times. The hard times have only just begun."

"This is the nature of war. By protecting others, you save yourself. If you only think of yourself, you’ll only destroy yourself."

"Once more, we have survived."

"So. Again we are defeated. The farmers have won. Not us."

"Kikuchiyo. You're lucky it was us. If it was the bandits... you'd be looking for your head."

"Bandits are coming, you fool. Why worry about the beard, when the head is about to fall?"

"Takashi Shimura - Kambei Shimada"

"Isao Kimura - Katsushiro Okamoto"

"Yoshio Inaba - Gorobei Katayama"

"Daisuke Kato - Shichiroji"

"Seiji Miyaguchi - Kyuzo"

"Minoru Chiaki - Heihachi Hayashida"

"Toshiro Mifune - Kikuchiyo"