Other Titles • The Last Samurai • The Last Samurai: Bushidou
Quotes from The Last Samurai (2003)
1
Emperor Meiji: Tell me how he died. Algren: I will tell you how he lived.
(232 votes)
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[With his dying breath] Katsumoto: Perfect... They are all... perfect...
(175 votes)
3
Katsumoto: You believe a man can change his destiny? Algren: I think a man does what he can, until his destiny is revealed.
(149 votes)
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[last lines] Simon Graham: [narrating] And so the days of the Samurai had ended. Nations, like men, it is sometimes said, have their own destiny. As for the American Captain, no one knows what became of him. Some say that he died of his wounds. Others, that he returned to his own country. But I like to think he may have at last found some small measure of peace, that we all seek, and few of us ever find.
(143 votes)
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Higen: Will you fight the white men, too? Algren: If they come here, yes. Higen: Why? Algren: Because they come to destroy what I have come to love.
(144 votes)
6
Algren: Your highness... if you believe me to be your enemy, command me, and I will gladly take my life
(30 votes)
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Katsumoto: The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life.
(24 votes)
8
Algren: There is Life in every breath... Katsumoto: That is, Bushido.
(23 votes)
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Emperor Meiji: My ancestors have ruled Japan for 2,000 years. And for all that time we have slept. During my sleep I have dreamed. I dreamed of a unified Japan. Of a country strong and independent and modern... And now we are awake. We have railroads and cannon and Western clothing. But we cannot forget who we are. Or where we come from.
(16 votes)
10
Algren: [narrating] Winter, 1877. What does it mean to be Samurai? To devote yourself utterly to a set of moral principles. To seek a stillness of your mind. And to master the way of the sword.
(15 votes)
11
Algren: You want me to kill Jappos, I'll kill Jappos. Colonel Bagley: I'm not asking you to kill anybody. Algren: You want me to kill THE ENEMIES of Jappos, I'll kill THE ENEMIES of Jappos... Rebs, or Sioux, or Cheyenne... For 500 bucks a month I'll kill whoever you want. But keep one thing in mind: I'd happily kill you for free.
(13 votes)
12
[Katsumoto hands a samurai sword to Algren, it has a message written on it] Algren: What does it say? Katsumoto: "I belong to the warrior in whom the old ways have joined the new."
(12 votes)
13
Katsumoto: I have introduced myself. You have introduced yourself. This is a very good conversation.
(14 votes)
14
Algren: [narrating] They are an intriguing people. From the moment they wake they devote themselves to the perfection of whatever they pursue. I have never seem such discipline. I am surprised to learn that the word Samurai means, 'to serve', and that Katsumoto believes his rebellion to be in the service of the Emperor.
(15 votes)
15
Algren: I will miss our conversations.
(9 votes)
16
Zebulon Gant: [shouting loudly] Right, you little bastards! You will stand up straight or I will personally shit kick every far eastern buttock that appear before me eyes! Algren: Well done, sergeant. Zebulon Gant: When you understand the language, sir, everything falls into place.
(14 votes)
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[first lines] Simon Graham: [narrating] They say Japan was made by a sword. They say the old gods dipped a coral blade into the ocean, and when they pulled it out four perfect drops fell back into the sea, and those drops became the islands of Japan. I say, Japan was made by a handful of brave men. Warriors, willing to give their lives for what seems to have become a forgotten word: honor.
(8 votes)
18
Katsumoto: What happened to the warriors at Thermopylae? Algren: Dead to the last man.
(7 votes)
19
Emperor Meiji: Ambassador Swanbeck, I have concluded that your treaty is NOT in the best interests of my people. Ambassador Swanbeck: Sir, if I may... Emperor Meiji: So sorry, but you may not.
(9 votes)
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Katsumoto: And who was your general? Algren: Don't you have a rebellion to lead? Katsumoto: People in your country do not like conversation? Algren: He was a lieutenant colonel. His name was Custer. Katsumoto: I know this name. He killed many warriors Algren: Oh, yes. Many warriors. Katsumoto: So he was a good general. Algren: No. No, he wasn't a good general. He was arrogant and foolhardy. And he got massacred because he took a single battalion against two thousand angry Indians. Katsumoto: Two thousand Indians? How many men for Custer? Algren: Two hundred and eleven. Katsumoto: I like this General Custer. Algren: He was a murderer who fell in love with his own legend. And his troopers died for it. Katsumoto: I think this is a very good death. Algren: Well, maybe you can have one just like it someday.
(5 votes)
21
Katsumoto: When I took this, you were my enemy.
(5 votes)
22
Katsumoto: This is my son's village. We are deep in the mountains, and the winter is coming. You cannot escape. Nobutada: Jolly Good.
(5 votes)
23
Algren: I have been hired to suppress the rebellion of yet another tribal leader. Apparently, this is the only job for which I am suited. I am beset by the ironies of my life.
(6 votes)
24
Algren: [Algren's 'conversations' with the Silent Samurai] I know why you don't talk. Because you're angry. You're angry because they make you wear a dress. Algren: [later, after being beaten to the ground by Uijo] I just realized, I've been remiss. Forgive me, I forgot to thank you for protecting me yesterday. That is your job right? Protecting me. Well done 'Bob.' You don't mind if I call you Bob, do you? I knew a Bob once; God, he was ugly as a mule. Are you a ladies man, Bob?
(4 votes)
25
Katsumoto: Well, they won't surrender.
(3 votes)
26
Silent Samurai: Algren-San. [he rushes in front of Algren to protect him from being shot, and is consequently shot himself] Algren: Bob.
(3 votes)
27
Taka: Japanese men do not help with this Algren: [grabs firewood basket] I am not Japanese
(3 votes)
28
Colonel Bagley: Just tell me one thing, what is it about your own people you hate so much?
(5 votes)
29
Colonel Bagley: Son of a bitch thinks he can win.
(4 votes)
30
Algren: Sergeant Gant, report to the rear and see to the disposition of the supply trains. [Gant does not move, but continues loading his rifle] Algren: Sergeant Gant, did you hear my order? Zebulon Gant: I did indeed, sir. Algren: Good, then you will obey it. Now! Zebulon Gant: No disrespect intended, sir, but shove it up your ass.
(3 votes)
31
Algren: [narrating] Spring, 1877. This marks the longest I've stayed in one place since I left the farm at 17. There is so much here I will never understand. I've never been a church going man, and what I've seen on the field of battle has led me to question God's purpose. But there is indeed something spiritual in this place. And though it may forever be obscure to me, I cannot but be aware of its power. I do know that it is here that I've known my first untroubled sleep in many years.
(2 votes)
32
Simon Graham: I came over with the British trade mission, oh, years ago. I was soon relieved of my position. I had a rather unfortunate tendency to tell the truth in a country where no one ever says what they mean. So now, I very accurately translate other people's lies.
(2 votes)
33
Simon Graham: You insolent, useless son of a peasant dog! How dare you show your sword in his presence! Do you know who this is? [pointing to Algren] Simon Graham: This is the President of the United States of America! He is here to lead our armies in victorious battle against the rebels! Guard: It is not my responsibility... Simon Graham: Now get over there and help those men with their equipment! Guard: [to his men] Carry the equipment. [Algren and Graham go through] Algren: The President of the United States? Simon Graham: Sorry. I think I may be sick.
(3 votes)
34
Algren: I killed her husband? Katsumoto: It was a good death.
35
[Nobutada is shamed by Imperial Guards who cut off his top knot and take his swords, leaving him in a heap in the street] Algren: C'mon, I'll take you home.
36
Algren: My thanks, on behalf of those who died in the name of better mechanical amusements and commercial opportunities.
37
Algren: [shouting] What do you want from me? Katsumoto: What do you want for yourself?
38
Algren: I have questions. Katsumoto: Questions come later.
39
Algren: Mr. Graham. Tell this man to fire at me. Simon Graham: I beg your pardon? Algren: Tell this man that if he does not shoot me, I will kill him.
40
Algren: [shouting] What the hell am I doing here? ['Bob' rushes up, about to draw his sword and kill Algren, but Katsumoto gestures for him to stop] Katsumoto: In spring the snows will melt and the passes will open. Until that time, you are here.
41
Nobutada: Father, let me stay. It is my time.
42
Omura's Companion: He's rude. Omura: That's how it is here. A land of cheap traders.
43
Algren: How's your poem coming? Katsumoto: The end is proving difficult.
44
Algren: Who sent those men to kill you? Was it the Emperor? Omura? Katsumoto: If The Emperor wishes my death, he has but to ask. Algren: So it was Omura.
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Algren: There was once a battle at a place called Thermopylae, where three hundred brave Greeks held off a Persian army of a million men... a million, you understand this number? Katsumoto: I understand this number.
46
[about General Hasegawa] Algren: He fought with the Samurai? Simon Graham: He IS Samurai.
47
[Algren and Katsumoto ride up to Bagley, who sees that Algren has turned against him] Colonel Bagley: Good God... Sir, the Imperial Army of Japan demands your surrender. If you and your fellas lay down your arms, you will not be harmed. Katsumoto: This is not possible, as Mr. Omura knows. Colonel Bagley: Captain Algren. We will show you no quarter. You ride against us, and you're the same as they are. Algren: I'll look for you on the field.
48
Algren: What do you want? Katsumoto: To know my enemy. Algren: I've seen what you do to your enemies. Katsumoto: The warriors in your country do not kill? Algren: They don't cut the heads off defeated, kneeling men. Katsumoto: General Hasegawa asked me to help him end his life. A samurai cannot stand the shame of defeat. I was honored to cut off his head.
49
Katsumoto: Many of our customs seem strange to you. And the same is true of yours. For example, not to introduce yourself is considered extremely rude, even among enemies.
50
Katsumoto: [Algren has just walked into Katsumoto's house, after being beaten thoroughly by Uijo] Uijo is teaching you the way of the Japanese sword. Algren: [Flatly] Yes indeed.
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