The Last Samurai Quotes

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Katsumoto: You believe a man can change his destiny? Algren: I think a man does what he can, until his destiny is revealed.

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Simon Graham: [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 isl...

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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. Other...

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Emperor Meiji: Tell me how he died. Algren: I will tell you how he lived.

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[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."

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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 ...

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Emperor Meiji: I have dreamed of a unified Japan. Of a country strong and independent and modern. We have railroads and cannon, Western clothing. But we cannot forget who we are. Or where we come from.

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Katsumoto: What happened to the warriors at Thermopylae? Algren: Dead to the last man.

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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 warrior...

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Algren: [shouting] What do you want from me? Katsumoto: What do you want for yourself?

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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.

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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.

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Algren: I will miss our conversations.

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[about General Hasegawa] Algren: He fought with the Samurai? Simon Graham: He IS Samurai.

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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 tha...

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Algren: I killed her husband? Katsumoto: It was a good death.

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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 wil...

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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.

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