Kikuchiyo: 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...
Kambei Shimada: So. Again we are defeated. [Shichiroji looks puzzled at Kambei] Kambei Shimada: The farmers have won. Not us.
Kambei Shimada: Go to the north. The decisive battle will be fought there. Gorobei Katayama: Why didn't you build a fence there? Kambei Shimada: A good fort needs a gap. The enemy must be lured in. So we can attack them. If we only defend, we lose th...
Heihachi Hayashida: Haven't you ever seen anyone cut firewood before? Gorobei Katayama: You seem to enjoy it. Heihachi Hayashida: That's just the way I am. Yah! [he chops another log] Gorobei Katayama: You're good! Heihachi Hayashida: Not really. It'...
Shichiroji: Kikuchiyo, what on earth are you doing? Kikuchiyo: I can't kill a lot with one sword!
Kambei Shimada: [subtitled version] This is the nature of war. By protecting others, you save yourselves.
Kikuchiyo: You fool! Damn you! You call yourself a horse! For shame! Hey! Wait! Please! I apologize! Forgive me!
Gisaku: What's the use of worrying about your beard when your head's about to be taken?
[on taking Katsushiro as a student] Kambei Shimada: You embarrass me. You're overestimating me. Listen, I'm not a man with any special skill, but I've had plenty of experience in battles; losing battles, all of them. In short, that's all I am. Drop s...
[Kambei is considering the farmer's offer] Kambei Shimada: It's impossible. Katsushiro: Sir! Why not arm them with...? Kambei Shimada: I thought of that, too. Katsushiro: But sir. Kambei Shimada: [pointedly] This would not be a game. A band of forty ...
[last lines] Kambei Shimada: The farmers have won. We have lost.
Kambei Shimada: Danger always strikes when everything seems fine.
Heihachi Hayashida: I'm Heinachi Hayashida, a fencer of the Wood Cut School.
[first lines] Bandit second-in-command: We'll take this place next. Bandit Chief: We took it last autumn. They haven't got anything worth taking yet. Let's wait.
[Gorobei is watching Heihachi, who is methodically splitting logs] Gorobei Katayama: How'd you like to kill thirty bandits? Heihachi Hayashida: [Spins around in surprise as his axe swings wide]
Kyuzo: Don't you see? A real sword will kill you.
