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"An outcast exiled, enslaved, destined for revenge."
"Shû Nakajima as Horibe (as Shu Nakajima)"
"Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Shogun Tsunayoshi"
"Neil Fingleton as Lovecraftian Samurai"
"Rinko Kikuchi as Witch"
"Natsuki Kunimoto as Riku"
"Togo Igawa as Tengu Lord"
"This Christmas, seize eternity."
"Kô Shibasaki as Mika"
"Tadanobu Asano as Lord Kira"
"Min Tanaka as Lord Asano"
"Jin Akanishi as Chikara"
"Masayoshi Haneda as Yasuno"
"Hiroshi Sogabe as Hazama"
"Takato Yonemoto as Basho"
"Hiroshi Yamada as Hara"
"[To a bowing Kai] I would rather have been killed by that beast than be saved by a half-breed."
"Kai, forgive me for not thanking you for defeating the beast and saving my life. A samurai does not take credit for victories of others. [Presents Basho's sword to Kai] This belonged to Basho. A samurai wears two swords. [Kai takes the sword and bows]"
"No one, but you and I, can know that you are, and will always be, the joy of my life."
"[To Witch] My Lady, Kai has returned."
"Keanu Reeves as Kai"
"Hiroyuki Sanada as Oishi"
"[First lines] Ancient feudal Japan, a land shrouded in mystery, forbidden to foreigners. A group of magical islands home to witches and demons. A nation of rival provinces whose lords were ruled by a shogun whose will is absolute. Peace in the realm is kept by the samurai, master swordsmen tasked with protecting their lord and their province at all costs. Should a samurai ever lose of fail his master, he suffers the greatest shame in all Japanese society. He becomes a ronin. And yet, to know they story of the 47 Ronin, is to know the story of all Japan."
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.