Toshirō Mifune Quotes

Kikuchiyo Hey! I'm gonna start charging admission, you know.

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

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

General Rokurota Makabe Hide a stone among stones and a man among men.

Tajômaru I thought I saw a goddess. At that moment I decided to have her, even if I had to kill her man. But if I could have her without killing, all the better.

Kikuchiyo Don't be so scared! No bandits are coming. Look here, you idiots. We came all this way and look at the welcome you give us! Yet when I ring the alarm a few times... ... you all rush out screaming for us to help you! You bunch of suckers.

Tajômaru She became very pale and stared at me as though her eyes were frozen. She looked like a child when it turns suddenly serious. The sight of her made me jealous of that man. I started to hate him. I wanted to show her what he looked like, all tied up like that. I hadn't even thought of a thing like that before, but now I did.

Kikuchiyo Hey, everybody! Give your wives plenty of lovin tonight, you hear?

Kikuchiyo It's me. I'm sleeping here from now on. Those guys cramp my style. Stop cowering, you idiot! This is your place! You hand over your house and sleep in a barn and you still can't stand up for yourself! Go lie back down, you! Brings back memories.

Kikuchiyo What's that?

Yohei ... It's my horse.

Kikuchiyo Horse? I thought it was a big mouse.

Kikuchiyo : Does any of you have a cute sister?

Kikuchiyo What do you think of farmers? You think they're saints? Hah! They're foxy beasts! They say, "We've got no rice, we've no wheat. We've got nothing!" But they have! They have everything! Dig under the floors! Or search the barns! You'll find plenty! Beans, salt, rice, sake! Look in the valleys, they've got hidden warehouses! They pose as saints but are full of lies! If they smell a battle, they hunt the defeated! They're nothing but stingy, greedy, blubbering, foxy, and mean! God damn it all! But then . . . who made them such beasts? You did! You samurai did it! You burn their villages! Destroy their farms! Steal their food! Force them to labour! Take their women! And kill them if they resist! So what should farmers do? Damn it... Damn it... God damn it...

Kikuchiyo You there, chewing the cud. Can you cut that out? This isn't a cow barn!

Kikuchiyo You again. I see that bald head of yours in my dreams. You had the nerve to ask me if I wazz a samurai. Didn't you, huh? I never forget a face. Look here, though I look like hell, I'm a real samurai, all right. Here. I got something for you. Damn jerks. Looky here. There, juzz you look at this. Izz been handed down in my family for generations and generations. And you asked me if I were a samurai! You jerks. Look at this, juzz look at this! Thazz me right there.

Kikuchiyo I'd hate to die on that dung heap.

Heihachi Nobody's asking you to.

Kikuchiyo This baby... is me! This is exactly what happened to me!

Tajômaru I saw the couple three days ago. It was a hot afternoon. Suddenly a cool breeze rustle the leaves. If it hadn't been for that wind, I wouldn't have killed him.