13 Assassins (2010)

Gorô Inagaki: Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira

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Quotes 

• Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira : Ruling is convenient, but only for rulers. The people must live to serve.

• Hanbei Kitou : Who are you? You're no samurai.

  Koyata : So what? Do only samurai matter in this world? I thought samurai would be fun but you bore me. You're useless, even more useless in great numbers.

  Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira : [stabs him]  This man speaks the truth. His reward is my short sword.

• Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira : Hanbei?

  Hanbei Kitou : Huh?

  Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira : You think the age of war was like this?

  Hanbei Kitou : Perhaps

  Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira : It's magnificent. With death comes gratitude for life. If a man has lived in vain, then how trivial his life is. Oh, Hanbei. Something wonderful has come to my mind.

  Hanbei Kitou : Huh?

  Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira : Once I'm on the Shogun's council, let's bring the age of war.

• Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira : Some call it elegance. Some call it cruel. I like it.

  [kicks his retainer's severed head] 

• Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira : [after being stabbed by Shinzaemon Shimada's sword]  It hurts.

• Shinzaemon Shimada : Your mistake is believing your decorative blade is not just for show.

  Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira : Nonsense. It's not for show!

  Shinzaemon Shimada : Decoration is for show.

  Shinzaemon Shimada : Be silent like the decorative man you are.