Sword of the Beast (1965)

Mikijirô Hira: Yuuki Gennosuke

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• Minister : Wait! We're not connected at all. Why kill me?

  Yuuki Gennosuke : No, we *are* connected because I'll see you in hell.

• Yuuki Gennosuke : I'm a cornered and wounded beast. I can't afford to live by my conscience. My opponent is a strong warrior, it is true, but it's up to me whether I defeat him and take his gold or am defeated by him... and left to die a dog's death in the hills.

• Yuuki Gennosuke : This mountain is a dwelling for beasts. I'll turn into a wolf too, before long... and take my share of that almighty gold.

• Yuuki Gennosuke : To hell with name and pride! I'll run and never stop!

• [first lines] 

  Seductress : Mister, I saw them chasing you back there.

  Yuuki Gennosuke : You did? Where'd they go?

  Seductress : Don't worry. They ran towards town. So how about some fun now - with me? Might as well. You could die at any moment.

• Yuuki Gennosuke : I'm a cornered and wounded beast.

• Yuuki Gennosuke : You will soon become the clan counselor's son-in-law, but I'm a nobody in the clan. The sword is my only road out of obscurity.

  Daizaburo : This isn't a time of war. You can't rise by your sword alone.

  Yuuki Gennosuke : Times have changed since Commodore Perry's fleet arrived. No matter how much the leadership resist, they must reform.

• Yuuki Gennosuke : I will rise. I will become a full-fledged retainer.

• Daizaburo : Gennosuke, at least die like a samurai!

  Yuuki Gennosuke : How can I? This is butchery!

• Yuuki Gennosuke : There are already people trying to kill me - as we speak. Never in my life have I been able to get what I wanted. Once I tried and I was chased out of my clan. Now there's nowhere under heaven for me to rest. But this time - I *will* get what I want. I will take it with these hands!

• Jurata Yamane : I protect my gold from wolves like you - with this.

  [holding his samurai sword] 

  Yuuki Gennosuke : This wolf has very sharp teeth. We'll meet again.

• Yuuki Gennosuke : Are you afraid of me?

  Taka : No. Do whatever you want.

  Yuuki Gennosuke : Why are you here?

  Taka : I want to become a beast like you.

• Yuuki Gennosuke : You have nothing to fear. You've done nothing wrong.

• Yuuki Gennosuke : Why do you insist on throwing your life away?

  Daizaburo : It's a matter of pride. Now fight!

• Yuuki Gennosuke : Look at her. The true daughter of a samurai. She's been violated, yet she still remembers her appearance.

• Taka : The clan would kill us?

  Yuuki Gennosuke : That's how clans work.