"Mutsuta's wife: You're too sharp. That's your trouble. You're like a drawn sword. Sharp, naked without a sheath. You cut well. But good swords are kept in their sheaths."

"Mutsuta's wife: Killing people is a bad habit."

"Mutsuta, the Chamberlain: Once as I rode by, someone said "the rider has a longer face than the horse.""

"A fast sword, keen perception used well to SLAUGHTER HIS ENEMIES."

"Akira Kurosawa's Powerful and Newest Japanese Masterpiece"

"Toshiro Mifune - Sanjûrô Tsubaki"

"Tatsuya Nakadai - Hanbei Muroto"

"Yūzō Kayama - Iori Izaka"

"Reiko Dan - Chidori"

"Takashi Shimura - Kurofuji"

"Kamatari Fujiwara - Takebayashi"

"Takako Irie - Mutsuta's wife"

"Yūnosuke Itō - Mutsuta, the Chamberlain"

"Shitworms can't smell shit."

"Kokuten Kōdō – Old man in front of sign"

"Yoshio Tsuchiya – Samurai on horse"

"Yū Fujiki – Barrier guard"

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

"Eiko Miyoshi – Old Lady-in-Waiting"

"Misa Uehara – Princess Yuki"

"Takashi Shimura – The Old General, Izumi Nagakura"

"Susumu Fujita – General Hyoe Tadokoro"

"Kamatari Fujiwara – Matashichi"

"Minoru Chiaki – Tahei"

"Toshiro Mifune – General Rokurota Makabe"

"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!"

"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."

"You cannot make my heart mute too!"

"What you make of another's kindness is up to you."

"Hide a stone among stones and a man among men."

"Matashichi? Let's stay friends in Heaven, too."

"Hey! [Rokurota looks curiously towards the peasants. Tahei and Matashichi shrink back in fear]... Evening."

"Life is brief, fall in love, maidens... Before the crimson bloom fades from your lips... Before the tides of passion cools within you... For those of you who know no tomorrow... Life is brief, fall in love, maidens... Before our raven tresses begin to fade... Before the flames in your hearts flicker and die... For those to whom today will never return..."

"Kamatari Fujiwara - Sub-Section Chief Ono"

"Miki Odagiri - Toyo Odagiri, employee"

"Bokuzen Hidari - Ohara"

"Minoru Chiaki - Noguchi"

"Haruo Tanaka - Sakai"

"Shinichi Himori - Kimura"

"Takashi Shimura - Kanji Watanabe"

"How tragic that man can never realize how beautiful life is until he is face to face with death."

"That's not art. A striptease isn't art. It's too direct. It's more direct than art. That woman's body up there? It's a big juicy steak. It's a glass of gin. It's a hormone extract. Streptomycin. Uranium!"

"[telling a joke] :"You've never had a day off, have you?" "No." "Why? Are you indispensable?" "No. I don't want them to find out they can do without me.""

"I just can't die — I don't know what I've been living for all these years. This expensive saki is a protest against my life up to now."