Seven Samurai (1954)

Minoru Chiaki: Heihachi

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Quotes 

• 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's a lot harder than killing enemies. Yah!

  [he splits another log] 

  Gorobei Katayama : Have you killed many?

  Heihachi Hayashida : Since it's impossible to kill them all - yah!

  [he splits another log] 

  Heihachi Hayashida : I usually run away.

  Gorobei Katayama : A splendid principle.

  Heihachi Hayashida : Thank you. Yah!

• Heihachi Hayashida : I'm Heihachi Hayashida, a fencer of the Wood Cutting School.

  [Gorobei bursts into giggles. Kambei looks unamused] 

• Heihachi Hayashida : Actually, kids work harder than adults. But only if you treat them like adults.

• Heihachi Hayashida : [after Kikuchiyo made the peasants exit their homes by sounding the alarm, and scolded them]  We are now seven.

• Kikuchiyo : What are you making?

  Heihachi Hayashida : A flag.

  Kikuchiyo : A flag?

  Heihachi Hayashida : Something to hold up, hoist high, you know? Something to stir our fighting spirit.

  [Heihachi presents his design; he has drawn six circles, one triangle, and at the bottom, the Japanese character "ta." Kikuchiyo points to the "ta"] 

  Kikuchiyo : What do those symbols mean?

  Heihachi Hayashida : That means "rice" but it can also mean "farmer".

  Kikuchiyo : What about those circles?

  Heihachi Hayashida : They're us.

  Kikuchiyo : What the hell? Why aren't I there? There's only six of them!

  Heihachi Hayashida : The triangle is you, Sir Kikuchiyo.

  Shichiroji : Good one!

  [the samurai burst out laughing] 

• Old Woman : I don't want to live any more. But I'm afraid the next world will be terrible, too...

  Heihachi Hayashida : No, no. It's paradise. No bandits or anything. It's very nice.

  Kikuchiyo : [loudly]  How do you know? Ever been dead?

  Heihachi Hayashida : [to Kikuchiyo]  You needn't yell at me.

• Kikuchiyo : Something's upsetting the little bugger, but he won't say what. You can see it all over his face.

  Heihachi Hayashida : Those lips of his are bolted up tight as a house.

• Heihachi Hayashida : If you lame that horse, Yohei will cry.

  Kikuchiyo : With a great rider, any horse can be ridden!

• Heihachi Hayashida : [to Rikichi]  I see that married couples work a lot better than anyone else. You should get married, huh?

  [Rikichi becomes angry and runs away] 

  Heihachi Hayashida : Hey, come back! I was just kidding!