Emperor Meiji: You rise against me, my teacher. Is he going to attack? [Algren and Katsumoto ride up to Bagley, who sees that Algren has turned against him]. Company Credits Colonel Bagley: Captain Algren, we will show you no quarter. : The President of the United States? Colonel Bagley ], [The soldier loads as fast as possible, discarding his ramrod in his haste. : Emperor Meiji: No, I need your voice in the Council. Nathan Algren: [narrating] Winter, 1877. : Emperor Meiji: I have dreamed of a unified Japan. Nobutada: Hai. Katsumoto: "I belong to the warrior in whom the old ways have joined the new". We are deep in the mountains, and the winter is coming. : We have railroads and cannon, Western clothing. Dispensing with Greek gods altogether, this earnestly massive production (budgeted at upwards of $200 million) will s. Algren And though it may forever be obscure to me, I cannot but be aware of its power. : : Tom Cruise has given over 40 movies to the movie industry, both as an actor and a producer in some of them. Simon Graham Katsumoto: You believe a man can change his destiny? The spirit of samurai lives forever. Omura: We must resist the Western powers by becoming powerful ourselves. If The Emperor wishes my death, he has but to ask. Nobutada : What is it about your own people that you hate so much? Algren: I will tell you how he lived. Nathan Algren: You want me to kill the enemies of Jappos, I'll kill the enemies of Jappos. Graham: Katsumoto no longer dishonors himself by using firearms, you see. Katsumoto had previously been one of Meiji's teachers, and so the Emperor has a tenderness towards him that he does not have towards the other rebels. You're angry because they make you wear a dress. Gant: Captain, if I might have a word [Algren fires his pistol at the soldier's feet, making everyone except Gant and Bagley jump. I have failed them. Protecting me. I would see languages with shades of each other, like the colours of Czanne which often have a green with some red a red with some green, in my mind I saw a glowing still life as if a picture of English with French words French with English words German with French words & English words Japanese with French English & German wordsI was just about to leave when I met a man who seemed to know quite a lot about Schoenberg.. : You fought against your Red Indians? Katsumoto Last Samurai. : Katsumoto Every soldier has nightmares. 18 Apr. : They don't cut the heads off defeated, kneeling men. The end is proving difficult. Katsumoto: You do not have to die here. Algren: He's a tribal leader. [Emperor Meiji holds up Katsumoto's sword in front of Omura. Emperor Meiji: Omura, you have done quite enough. He feels disrespected and in a way feels like Omura has also disrespected the sword, and by definition, the way of the Samurai. : He must be stopped now. Algren Katsumoto: That is, Bushido. I knew a Bob once; God, he was ugly as a mule. Web. Tell this man that if he does not shoot me I will kill him. To devote yourself utterly to a set of, There is some comfort in the emptiness of the sea, no past, no future., We must resist the Western powers by becoming powerful ourselves. Quotes Emperor Meiji : [Referring to Katsumoto] Tell me how he died. ], [Graham asks Hasegawa about Katsumoto's rebellion and firearms. No mind. [As Algren and Katsumoto rides up to meet Omura, an unnamed commander and Col. Bagley. That you have nightmares. All the ninja seen in the film were played by actual modern day practitioners of the ninjitsu arts. Nathan Algren: You want me to kill Jappos? He merely views everything that is not like him as something savage, and identical. Algren It has 43 stars, something the flag did not have until 1891. The Last Samurai is a TV program that was first aired in 1970 . What do you want from me? Algren What do you want for yourself? Emperor Meiji: I need advisors who know the modern world. : The advice of the homely man was something of a curse. Algren Was it the Emperor? "A samurai should always be prepared for death - whether his own or someone else's." - Stan Sakai. This is something I will not allow. Algren-San. To devote yourself utterly to a set of moral principles. You don't mind if I call you Bob, do you? [watching the Imperial Army's target practice]. Omura wants to emphasize to Katsumoto that he is not above the law, even if he is a samurai. He is here to lead our armies in victorious battle against the rebels! Emperor Meiji [Re-c*cks his pistol], [Graham hurriedly translates for the soldier. So you will take your own life? : He's going to attack? Login The STANDS4 Network No. Algren Simon Graham I suppose we should be grateful they're all firing in the same direction. Algren: [Pulls out his pistol and c*cks it] Tell this man that if he does not shoot me, I will kill him. It is my time. ['Bob' rushes up, about to draw his sword and kill Algren, but Katsumoto gestures for him to stop]. Signal the attack. [Nobutada is shamed by Imperial Guards who cut off his top knot and take his swords, leaving him in a heap in the street]. I felt ashamed, really ashamed of all the years Id spent trying to identify the father who happened to be mine, instead of simply claiming the best on offer., There are people who think death a fate worse than boredom., People who generalise about people are dismissed as superficial. And to master the way of the sword. 2023. : Nathan Algren: There is some comfort in the emptiness of the sea, no past, no future. : To do that, he must tell Meiji the way in which Katsumoto lived. His aide bows to the emperor before leaving], Omura: [in Japanese] Enlightened One, we must discuss this-. Algren: Yes, we understand each other perfectly. : Quotes.net. https://www.quotes.net/movies/the_last_samurai_13568, https://www.quotes.net/movies/the_last_samurai_quotes_13568. 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? Algren They're savages with bows and arrows. Colonel Bagley: Just tell me one thing, what is it about your own people you hate so much? : There is Life in every breath Katsumoto : [shouting] : : 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 islands of Japan. -Inscription on Algren's sword in 'The Last Samurai'. Do we understand each other? GradeSaver, 29 March 2020 Web. : Omura: Enlightened One, we weep for Katsumoto, but Algren: He hoped with his last breath that you would remember the ancestors who held this sword and what they died for. Compassion? Katsumoto: With this sword I guarded the Emperor Katsumoto: We are a nation of whores selling ourselves Omura: If we are whores, the samurai made us this way. [Recovers to face both Algren and Katsumoto] Sir, the Imperial Army of Japan demands your surrender. ], Zebulon Gant [to Japanese recruits]: Alright, you little bastards! Nathan Algren: Mr. Graham, tell this man to fire at me. Allegedly this led to a running joke on set where if the ninja were rehearsing with a stunt double or an extra they would spontaneously perform a kill move (obviously stopping before actually hitting their opponent) then remind everyone they were only contracted to let, Who does the voiceover for the trailer? Nathan Algren: My thanks, on behalf of those who died in the name of better mechanical amusements and commercial opportunities. He was a murderer who fell in love with his own legend. : - Nathan Algren: What else has she told you? Others, that he returned to his own country. "I belong to the warrior in whom the old ways have joined the new.". Katsumoto: To know my enemy. [pretending getting it] To know my enemy. The conversation also suggests why Algren does not like Begley, after his experiences serving under him in the Indian War. Algren Algren I wish to learn. Or where we come from. : : : Simon Graham [opening narration]: They say Japan was made by a sword. Nathan Algren: [narrating] Spring, 1877. Colonel Bagley: Good God! There are many reasons to recommend Troy as a good ol' fashioned Hollywood epic, especially if you've never read Homer's The Iliad. Mr. Graham. Nobutada I knew a Bob once; God, he was ugly as a mule. Official Sites The Emperor could not hear my words. Algren : I should have died so many time before. [Algren bows, turns, and leaves the room. Please forgive; too many mind. : There is so much here I will never understand. In his first battle against the oppositional samurai, Algren is taken prisoner by Lord Katsumoto who gradually converts him to his cause. He only wants to perfect his art., I once read somewhere that Sean Connery left school at the age of 13 and later went on to read Proust and Finnegans Wake and I keep expecting to meet an enthusiastic school leaver on the train, the type of person who only ever reads something because it is marvellous (and so hated school). | [he rushes in front of Algren to protect him from being shot, and is consequently shot himself]. : Algren The pushchair is also loaded with White Fang, VIKING!, Tar-Kutu: Dog of the Frozen North, Marduk: Dog of the Mongolian Steppes, Pete: Black Dog of the Dakota, THE CARNIVORES, THE PREDATORS, THE BIG CATS and The House at Pooh Corner. Colonel Bagley : "The rebels don't have a single rifle among them. 4. [Algren has just walked into Katsumoto's house, after being beaten thoroughly by Uijo] The Last Samurai is a 2003 alternate history film about an American army captain Nathan Algren who is hired to train Japanese troops during the Meiji Restoration. Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback. Tell me how he died. Algren : : Our army and our economy must be strong. My mother practiced hours every day, hours as painful to hear as to play. December 5, 2003. There is some comfort in the emptiness of the sea, no past, no future. [angrily storms out of the room. Uijo is teaching you the way of the Japanese sword. I'll look for you on the field. Katsumoto Omura: Commence firing.. You see, even the mighty samurai cannot stand up to the howitzers. If you and your fellows lay down your arms, you will not be harmed. And now we have railroads and cannon, Western clothing. You will stand up straight or I will personally shit kick every far eastern buttock that appear before me eyes! Algren Kill him, all of them now. Throughout the battle they braced accurate fire from cannons, howitzers, and even Gatling guns. [Algren is seen pleased at Omura's downfall.]. Well done 'Bob.' That is, Bushido. Discipline? Sometimes I rode the Circle Line reading a book on organic chemistry and sometimes I read Leave It to Psmith for the 20th or 21st time and sometimes I watched Jeremy Brett's marvellous grotesque Sherlock Holmes or of course Seven Samurai. This is madness. There is an obvious difference between someone who works within the technical limitations of his time which are beyond his control and someone who accepts without thinking limitations which are entirely within his own power to set aside., He only tells the story once but you see it from about 8 points of view, you have to pay attention the whole time to see whether something seems to be true or is just what somebody says is true., Here was a man who'd learned to write before he could think, a man who threw out logical fallacies like tacks behind a getaway car, and he always always always got away., I thought suddenly Look. For example, not introducing yourself is considered extremely rude, even among enemies. : You have no idea what I have done. Omura? ], [He fires again, this time knocking the soldier's hat off. Nathan Algren: Good, then you will obey it. That is your job, correct? resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss thenovel. Only one who is ashamed of what he has done. : Contact me | Privacy policy | Join the mailing list | Links. Of course L has not been reading the Odyssey the whole time. Bagley is shocked to see Algren in a red samurai armor.]. Katsumoto : Japanese men do not help with this, Algren Good, then you will obey it. Omura promptly has him arrested for carrying a sword in public, something that is now illegal under the new government. Emperor Meiji : "Tell me how he died." Nathan Algren : "I will tell you how he lived." Conversation between Meiji and Algren after Katsumoto's death. : Katsumoto : This is my son's village. He IS Samurai. : Algren Error rating book. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make yourown. Meiji: Omura, you have done quite enough. Sometimes a book can be called from the dust and the dark to produce a book which can be bought in shops, and perhaps it is interesting, but the people who buy it and read it because it is interesting are not serious people, if they were serious they would not care about the interest they would be writing thousands of words to consign to the dust and the dark. Emperor Meiji: I dreamed of a unified Japan. Omura: [in English] Emperor. Katsumoto Their ways have great appeal. Colonel Bagley: I'm not asking you to kill anybody. This page was last edited on 5 August 2022, at 01:07. : You insolent, useless son of a peasant dog! You don't mind if I call you Bob, do you? : He would have wanted you to have it. The village was rather medieval and rustic. Silent Samurai Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. I do know that it is here that I've known my first untroubled sleep in many years. I will die by the sword. Katsumoto: When I took this, you were my enemy. This is the President of the United States of America! Algren No, he wasn't a good general. He would have wanted you to have it, that the strength of the Samurai be with you always. : Tell this man that if he does not shoot me I will kill him. Meiji: If your shame is too unbearable, [holds up Katsumoto's sword in front of Omura] I offer you this sword! After Katsumoto's death, Algren interrupts the trade talks to try to impress upon Meiji the importance of honoring Katsumoto's legacy. Memetic Loser: Let us not forget the sad tale of the samurai Hirotaro, who was not only killed (while in full armor) by Tom Cruise while the latter was lying on the ground, unarmored, with a broken flag pole, but the latter then went on to be granted Hirotaro's armor and sword, be welcomed in with open arms by his friends, and kiss his wife. "The Last Samurai" Quotes 18 quotes Sort by . Katsumoto: I understand this number. 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