Throne of Blood (1957)

Chieko Naniwa: Old Ghost Woman

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• Old Ghost Woman : [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.

• Old Ghost Woman : You humans! Never will I comprehend you. You are afraid of your desires - you try to hide them.

• Old Ghost Woman : If you choose ambition, lord, then choose it honestly, with cruelty.

• Old Ghost Woman : If you would make a mountain of the dead, pile it so it reaches the sky.

• Old Ghost Woman : If you would shed blood, then let it run as a river.

• Yoshiaki Miki : Can you see the future as I see you?

  Old Ghost Woman : Honorable Captain Miki. You are in command of Fort Two. Today you will take command of Fort One.

  Yoshiaki Miki : Command of Fort One?

  [He glances at Washizu, then back at the Old Ghost Woman] 

  Yoshiaki Miki : And what then?

  Old Ghost Woman : Your luck turns slower... but it lasts longer than that of Captain Washizu.

  Yoshiaki Miki : Slower? How do you mean?

  Old Ghost Woman : Your son will eventually become the Lord of Cobweb Castle.