22 Powerful Samurai Movie Quotes

No one tells a lie after he’s said he’s going to tell one.Commoner, Rashomon (1950)

When you think you’re safe is precisely when you’re most vulnerable.Kambei Shimada, Seven Samurai (1954)

Without ambition, man is not man.Lady Asaji Washizu, Throne of Blood (1957)

Hide a stone among stones and a man among men.General Rokurota Makabe, The Hidden Fortress (1958)

A warrior may stand brave and strong with his bow and arrow, but love makes him timid.Heihachiro Komaki, Samurai Saga (1959)

Kill one or a hundred. You only hang once.Orin, Yojimbo (1961)

The best sword is kept in its sheath.Mutsuta's wife, Sanjuro (1962)

The suspicious mind conjures its own demons.Hanshiro Tsugumo, Harakiri (1962)

Each must live his own life.Isaburo Sasahara, Samurai Rebellion (1967)

All life is transitory, but the virtues are eternal.Narrator, Lady Snowblood (1973)

The shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.Nobukado Takeda, Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980)

Man is born crying. When he has cried enough, he dies.Kyoami, Ran (1985)

Book learning gives you the power to think. However the world might change, if you have the power to think you’ll always survive somehow.Seibei Iguchi, The Twilight Samurai (2002)

A fox thinks for himself – while a dog simply follows.Hajime Saitô, When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2002)

Even with my eyes wide open, I can’t see anything.Zatôichi, (Last lines: Zatoichi trips on a rock while walking down a road), The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)

Revenge is never a straight line. It’s a forest, and like a forest it’s easy to lose your way, to get lost, to forget where you came in.Hattori Hanzo, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life.Katsumoto, The Last Samurai (2003)

Be resolved you will both die. In that lies victory. Life lies in resolve for death.Shinnojo Mimura, Love and Honor (2006)

Ruling is convenient, but only for rulers. The people must live to serve.Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira, 13 Assassins (2010)

Each man has his own honor. We are nothing without it! Without the heart to preserve that, we can preserve nothing!Kageyu, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

You know what money can’t buy? What you’re begging for right now: your life.Kenshin Himura, (to Kanryu), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)

I will search for you through 1,000 worlds and 10,000 lifetimes until I find you.Kai, 47 Ronin (2013)