Yojimbo (1961)
Toshirô Mifune: Sanjuro Kuwabatake, The Samurai
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Quotes
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Sanjuro : I'll get paid for killing, and this town is full of people who deserve to die.
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Sanjuro : A truce is merely the seed for an even bigger battle, nothing is worse!
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[Sanjuro has just killed two men and cut the arm off a third]
Sanjuro : Cooper. Two coffins... No, maybe three.
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Sanjuro : Go hang yourself.
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Sanjuro : I know I'm quite a sight, but could you do your staring later?
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Unosuke, gunfighter : Say, samurai trash, are you there?... The entrance to hell - I'll be waiting there for you!
[Unosoke dies]
Sanjuro : He died as recklessly as he lived
[Sanjuro walks away]
Sanjuro : Now it'll be quiet in this town... So long!
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Sanjuro : [standing in a street that is littered with corpses] Now we'll have some peace and quiet in this town.
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Sanjuro : I'm not dying yet. I have to kill quite a few men first.
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Sanjuro : You idiot, I'm not giving up yet. Theres a bunch of guys I have to kill first!
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[last lines]
Sanjuro : Old man. See ya around.
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Sanjuro : [in Japanese] You want to hire me as a body guard? Watch. I'll show you my ability.
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Sanjuro Kuwabatake : You want something?
Inokichi - Ushitora's Rotund Brother : You're tough. I like you.
Sanjuro Kuwabatake : Aren't you angry I killed three of your men?
Inokichi - Ushitora's Rotund Brother : They were worthless.
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Sanjuro : [in Japanese] Look at this mess. I knew this would happen. I told you six men are not enough.
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Gonji - Tavern Keeper : You'll gain nothing by getting sucked into this evil. Eat quickly and leave.
Sanjuro Kuwabatake : I've had enough rice. Give me some sake. I like it here. I'll stay awhile.
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Gonji - Tavern Keeper : What'll you do now?
Sanjuro Kuwabatake : Go next door and buy a coffin.
Gonji - Tavern Keeper : How can you give up like that?
Sanjuro Kuwabatake : You idiot! I'm not dying yet! There's a bunch of guys I have to kill first.
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Sanjuro : [after the gamblers have challenged him] No help for fools.
[draws sword and kills two of them]
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[repeated line]
Sanjuro : Old man, get me something to eat.
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Sanjuro : [standing by the window of Gonji's inn, looking into the opposite building where men from Ushitora and Seibei's sides are serving the inspector and his aides tea] A country inspector's not much, but that's a fine-looking palanquin, huh?
[He turns to Gonji for a reaction. The tavern keeper doesn't turn around, and just stares gloomily at nothing. Sanjuro turns back to the spectacle. He bursts out laughing at what he sees]
Gonji, tavern keeper : What's so funny?
Sanjuro : His men are drinking tea.
Gonji, tavern keeper : What of it?
Sanjuro : Look here.
[He laughs again at the scene]
Sanjuro : They've added a little something.
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Sanjuro Kuwabatake : Sake. I think better while I drink.
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Sanjuro Kuwabatake : I'll make sashimi outta them!
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Unosuke, gunfighter : [in Japanese] By the way, those six men were cut up pretty well. You're the only one around here good enough to have done something like that.
Sanjuro : [in Japanese] And your point?
Unosuke, gunfighter : [in Japanese] I'm thinking that you were the one who killed those six men.
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Sanjuro : I guess there is no cure for stupidity, except for death.
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Sanjuro Kuwabatake : Hey, casket maker, drowning your sorrows? The Inspector's long visit must have killed your business.
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Sanjuro Kuwabatake : You're unusually friendly today. What's going on? Gives me the creeps. Aren't you angry that I became Ushitora's bodyguard?
Gonji - Tavern Keeper : Not at all. You're not a bad guy after all.
Sanjuro Kuwabatake : What?
Gonji - Tavern Keeper : You're not really bad. You just pretend to be.
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Sanjuro Kuwabatake : Shut up! I'm busy drinking!
