"I have enjoyed the journey. The happiness of these days, I would have never known living in the castle. I've seen people as they are, without pretense. I've seen their beauty and their ugliness with my own eyes."

"General Hyoe Tadokoro: Why did you let me survive the shame of my defeat? To defeat an enemy yet let him live may seem kind, but it's cruel!"

"Minoru Chiaki – Tahei"

"Kamatari Fujiwara – Matashichi"

"Susumu Fujita – General Hyoe Tadokoro"

"Takashi Shimura – The Old General, Izumi Nagakura"

"Misa Uehara – Princess Yuki"

"Eiko Miyoshi – Old Lady-in-Waiting"

"Toshiko Higuchi – Farmer's Daughter bought from slave trader"

"Yū Fujiki – Barrier guard"

"Yoshio Tsuchiya – Samurai on horse"

"Kokuten Kōdō – Old man in front of sign"

"Daisuke Katô - Inokichi"

"Yôko Tsukasa - Nui"

"Tatsuya Nakadai - Unosuke"

"Toshirô Mifune - Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai"

"Whether you kill one man or a hundred, you're just a man who can only be hanged once."

"Susumu Fujita - Homma"

"If I don't have my pistol, I feel almost naked."

"You haven't seen the last of me yet. There's a few dozen people I want to kill before I die."

"[after the gamblers have challenged him] Well, they say medicine can't cure an idiot. [draws sword and kills two of them]"

"[Sanjuro has just killed two men and cut the arm off a third] Coffin maker. Two coffins... No, better make it three."

"[family he has just saved is crying with gratitude] Stop it. Stop it! I hate weaklings! [they keep crying] Stop crying, or I'll kill you!"

"The time is 1860... the emergence of a middle class has brought an end to power of the Tokugawa Dynasty... A samurai, once a dedicated warrior in the employ of Royalty, now finds himself with no master to serve other than his own will to survive... and no devices other than his wit and sword."

"Kamatari Fujiwara - Tazaemon"

"Eijirô Tôno - Gonji"

"Takashi Shimura - Tokuemon"

"Seizaburô Kawazu - Seibei"

"Isuzu Yamada - Orin"

"Henry Silva as Ray Vargo"

"Vince Viverito as Johnny Morini"

"Kenny Guay as Boy in Window"

"Victor Argo as Vinny"

"Frank Adonis as Valerio's Bodyguard"

"Gene Ruffini as Old Consigliere"

"It is good to carry some powdered rouge in one's sleeve. It may happen that when one is sobering up or waking from sleep, a samurai's complexion may be poor. At such a time it is good to take out and apply some powdered rouge. (01:08:50)"

"Even if a samurai's head were to be suddenly cut off, he should still be able to perform one more action with certainty. If one becomes like a revengeful ghost and shows great determination, though his head is cut off, he should not die. (01:04:16)"

"In the words of the ancients, one should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths. It is a matter of being determined and having the spirit to break through to the other side. (00:58:04)"

"According to what one of the elders said, taking an enemy on the battlefield is like a hawk taking a bird. Even though it enters into the midst of a thousand of them, it gives no attention to any bird other than the one that it has first marked. (00:46:45)"

"Among the maxims on Lord Naoshige's wall there was this one: "Matters of great concern should be treated lightly." Master Ittei commented, "Matters of small concern should be treated seriously." (00:23:01)"

"If one were to say in a word what the condition of being a samurai is, its basis lies first in seriously devoting one's body and soul to his master. Not to forget one's master is the most fundamental thing for a retainer. (00:15:37)"

"It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this. (00:19:43)"

"It is bad when one thing becomes two. One should not look for anything else in the Way of the Samurai. It is the same for anything else that is called a Way. If one understands things in this manner, he should be able to hear about all Ways and be more and more in accord with his own. (00:09:42)"