Seven Samurai (1954)
Daisuke Katô: Shichiroji
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Quotes
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Shichiroji : Kikuchiyo, what on earth are you doing?
Kikuchiyo : I can't kill a lot with one sword!
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Shichiroji : That bandit said their fort...
Kyuzo : It's hardly a fort.
Kikuchiyo : It's full of holes, like Yohei's underwear.
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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]
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Shichiroji : Manzo, don't be angry. When the dawn threatens our very lives, the weight of it makes us all a little reckless.