"You think I'm shaking out of fear, but I'm not! It's just the physiological reaction from being in solitary too long. Just leaving the cell makes me shake. I'm not afraid of death. I don't care if I go to hell. My life has been hell since the day I was born. [laughs] But if I had to go to heaven, then I'd really start to tremble. [laughs]"

"Takashi Shimura - Noriyasu Odagura"

"Tatsuya Nakadai - Inspector Tokura"

"Isao Kimura - Detective Arai"

"Takashi Shimura - Chief of the Investigation Section"

"Jun Tazaki - Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director"

"A woman wears a hat on her head, but shoes carry all her weight."

"I'd rather be told the cruel truth than be fed gentle lies."

"...Besides, it's amusing to make fortunate men taste the same misery as the unfortunate."

"Mr. Gondo, I know it's late to be saying this... but you have the right to protect your own livelihood. It's our duty to help you. We want to save the child, but not by sacrificing you."

"Chieko Naniwa - Witch"

"Aoki: No human being can kill an innocent child."

"Toshiro Mifune - Kingo Gondo"

"Takamaru Sasaki - Lord Kuniharu Tsuzuki"

"Kenjiro Ishiyama - Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi|"

"Takeshi Katō - Detective Nakao"

"Tsutomu Yamazaki - Ginjirô Takeuchi"

"A man must kill or be killed."

"[to her husband, about their son Jun] He takes after you. He likes violent games."

"Listen, even the crow is saying: The throne is yours."

"Kokuten Kōdō - First General"

"[singing] Men are vain and death is long, And pride dies first within the grave, For hair and nails are growing still, When face and fame are gone, Nothing in this world will save, Or measure up man's actions here, Nor in the next - for there is none, This life must end in fear, Only evil may maintain, An afterlife for those who will, Who love this world - who have no son, To whom ambition calls, Even so - this false fame falls, Death will reign - man dies in vain."

"If you choose ambition, lord, then choose it honestly, with cruelty."

"You humans! Never will I comprehend you. You are afraid of your desires - you try to hide them."

"Taking the wrong boy was a lucky break. Did you know Mr. Gondo that it's only extortion when you threaten a person or his kin? In other words, this doesn't count. But you have to pay anyway. You're a fool to pay, but pay you must."

"Kyōko Kagawa - Reiko Gondo"

"Washizu samurai: I have fought in many battles and have seen blood, yet this stain horrifies me. Because this is the blood of a dog, the blood of a despised traitor. He was a coward too. Cried for mercy after his revolt was over."

"If you would shed blood, then let it run as a river."

"Washizu soldier: A message from Lady Asaji! "If arrows cannot open the gates, then a corpse will.""

"Isuzu Yamada - Lady Asaji Washizu"

"For Mr. Gondo's sake, be bloodhounds!"

"Toshiro Mifune - Taketoki Washizu"

"Kawanishi: I know how much this money means to you, but a human life means more."

"Cowards! I see it now! You'll slay me and offer my head when you surrender!"

"Akira Kubo - Yoshiteru Miki"

"Admirable, my Lord. You, who would soon rule the world, allow a ghost to frighten you."

"Tatsuya Mihashi - Kawanishi"

"[glances up from his drink and suddenly pales as he sees the ghost of Miki] There he is again! If you hate me, why not draw your sword? [He charges, swiping again and again with his sword]"

"Minoru Chiaki - Yoshiaki Miki"

"Yōichi Tachikawa - Kunimaru Tsuzuki"

"Yutaka Sada - Aoki"

"I did not stain my hands with blood to forward Yoshiteru, Miki's son."

"If you would make a mountain of the dead, pile it so it reaches the sky."

"What warrior would not want to be lord of a mighty castle?"

"Yoshio Tsuchiya - Detective Murata"