47 Ronin Quotes

Yasuno I would rather have been killed by that beast than be saved by a half-breed.

Taglines An outcast exiled, enslaved, destined for revenge.

Mika My father taught me this world was only a preparation for the next, that all we can ask is that we leave it having loved and being loved.

Kai I will search for you through 1,000 worlds and 10,000 lifetimes until I find you.

Mika I will wait for you in all of them.

Yasuno Kai, forgive me for not thanking you for defeating the beast and saving my life. A samurai does not take credit for victories of others. This belonged to Basho. A samurai wears two swords.

Ôishi No one, but you and I, can know that you are, and will always be, the joy of my life.

Lord Asano I want all of Ako to share in this honor of hosting our great commander

Mika I have made special arrangements for the visiting lords, as well. I've ordered stands put up all along the route. Your mother would have been proud

Riku My Lady, Kai has returned.

Riku They told me you were hurt

Kai It's nothing, My Lady

Riku Your back. Sit down. Someone should have seen to this before

Kai Thank you

Riku I saw the shame in Yasuno's eyes when they were praising him. Even when you try to help them, they hate you.

Kai Your father's samurai have always treated me as well as can be expected

Riku And is that all you expect?

Kai It's all I know

Riku It doesn't have to be, Kai

Kai This is no place for you, my lady.

Riku Are you sending me away? Look at me and tell me you don't love me.

Kai I will always love you. But you have your place. and I have mine.

Taglines This Christmas, seize eternity.

Ôishi When a crime goes unpunished the world is unbalanced. When the wrong is unavenged the heavens look down on us in shame. We too must die for this circle of vengeace to be closed. We will leave this record of our courage so the world will know who we were and what we did. Tonight, we will regain our honor and avenge our lord. None of us knows how long he shall live or when his time will come, but soon, all that will be left of our brief lives is the pride our children feel when they speak our names. Kai.

Kai We end this now.

Ôishi Now, we are 47!

Oishi Where are my men

Riku They have all left Ako

Oishi And Lady Asano

Riku Her time of mourning is almost over. Lord Kira took her to his castle. to begin preparing for their wedding

Oishi Chikara, what of the half-breed?

Chikara Kira's men took him to the Dutch island and sold him into slavery.

Oishi We need three horses. Now. Riku You must make the whole world believe you've divorced me. It is the only way to protect you from what I have to do. No one but you and I can know that you are and will always be the joy of my life

Riku I am the wife of a samurai. Whatever your duty is, it is mine too.

Shogun Tsunayoshi For the crime of disobedience, you should all be executed as common criminals, but you and your men follow the old ways of Bushido, to honor your lord and to avenge treachery. I see only samurai before me. I grant you the samurai's death, to be buried alongside your lord, with honor.

Ôishi Thank you, your Highness.

Tengu Lord Was it worth it what you found in the outside world? The love of a woman you can never have?

Kai Yes.

Tengu Lord No matter what you do, Mika will never be yours in this life.

Kai Then I will go to my death and pray I find her in the next!

Riku I was worried

Yasuno You always worry

Riku He so wants your approval. Chikara has been training every chance he gets

Narrator Ancient feudal Japan, a land shrouded in mystery, forbidden to foreigners. A group of magical islands home to witches and demons. A nation of rival provinces whose lords were ruled by a shogun whose will is absolute. Peace in the realm is kept by the samurai, master swordsmen tasked with protecting their lord and their province at all costs. Should a samurai ever lose of fail his master, he suffers the greatest shame in all Japanese society. He becomes a ronin. And yet, to know they story of the 47 Ronin, is to know the story of all Japan.

Basho Kai, I have a confession to make. When I was a boy, I used to wait in the woods outside your hut and when you came out, I threw stones at you and hide.

Kai I knew it was you. I could see your belly sticking out from behind the trees.

Basho I'm sorry, Kai. You're a good man.

Ôishi We will leave this record of our courage so the world will know who we were and what we did. Tonight, we will regain our honor and avenge our lord. None of us knows how long he shall live or when his time will come, but soon, all that will be left of our brief lives is the pride our children feel when they speak our names. Kai.

Kai We end this now.

Ôishi Now, we are 47!