Kyoami: Man is born crying. When he has cried enough, he dies.
Hidetora: I am lost... Kyoami: Such is the human condition.
Kyoami: Are there no gods... no Buddha? If you exist, hear me. You are mischievous and cruel! Are you so bored up there you must crush us like ants? Is it such fun to see men weep? Tango: Enough! Do not blaspheme! It is the gods who weep. They see us...
Kyoami: Why stay with this mad old man? If the rock you stay on starts to roll, jump clean. Or you'll go with it and be squashed. Only a fool stays aboard.
Kyoami: A serpent's egg is white and pure. A bird's is speckled and soiled. Hidetora: This is a castle... Here's a wall. Kyoami: The bird left the speckled egg for the white. Hidetora: Strange... Kyoami: The egg cracks; out comes a snake. Hidetora: E...
Kyoami: In a mad world only the mad are sane.
Tango: Men prefer sorrow over joy... suffering over peace!
Kurogane: Saburo is not our only enemy. Jiro: So what? If they attack, we retaliate. We grab their land and enlarge our own. Kurogane: Fine words, but words don't win wars.
Hidetora: What madness have I spoken? Wherein lies my senility? Saburo Naotora Ichimonji: I'll tell you. What kind of world do we live in? One barren of loyalty and feeling. Hidetora: I'm aware of that. Saburo Naotora Ichimonji: So you should be! You...
Hidetora: The Great Lord goes nowhere alone. Jiro: You renounced your power. You have no need of an escort. Hidetora: Only the birds and the beasts live in solitude.
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji: Does a traitor betray himself?
Kyoami: The failed mind sees the heart's failings...
Hidetora: [Hidetora has just signed a pledge abdicating his authority to Taro] Are you a son? Taro Takatora Ichimonji: What do you mean? Hidetora: Is this a son's attitude? The hen pecks the cock and makes him a crow.
