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Regarded as one of the best movies of all time, Seven Samurai is one of director Akira Kurosawa's best known films and one that played spectaularly well to American audiences. The tale of a village under attack by bandits which finds salvation under the protection and tutelage of seven unemployed samurai was nominated for two Academy Awards and has one of the best penultimate fight scenes in film as the seven samurai take on 40 bandits.
This list includes all the best Seven Samurai lines and moments, just as they appeared in the actual movie script. Whether they are funny quotes, sad quotes, quotes about love or death, all the most famous Seven Samurai quotes are here.
Seven Samurai Movie Quotes,
I need more sword
Shichiroji: Kikuchiyo, what on earth are you doing?
Kikuchiyo: I can't kill a lot with one sword!
It's farmers vs. us
Kambei Shimada: So. Again we are defeated.
Kambei Shimada: The farmers have won. Not us.
Save yourselves
Kambei Shimada: This is the nature of war. By protecting others, you save yourselves.
Let's wait
Bandit second-in-command: We'll take this place next.
Bandit Chief: We took it last autumn. They haven't got anything worth taking yet. Let's wait.
I am no kid
Kambei Shimada: You embarrass me. You're overestimating me. Listen, I'm not a man with any special skill, but I've had plenty of experience in battles; losing battles, all of them. In short, that's all I am. Drop such an idea for your own good.
Katsushiro: No Sir, my decision has been made. I'll follow you sir.
Kambei Shimada: I forbid it. I can't afford to take a kid with me.
This is our battle
Kambei Shimada: Go to the north. The decisive battle will be fought there.
Gorobei Katayama: Why didn't you build a fence there?
Kambei Shimada: A good fort needs a gap. The enemy must be lured in. So we can attack them. If we only defend, we lose the war.
Forty bandits
Kambei Shimada: This would not be a game. A band of forty bandits! Two or three "samurai" could accomplish nothing. Defense is harder than offense. Mountains in the back of the village?
Rikichi: Yes!
Kambei Shimada: Can horses get over them?
Rikichi: Yes!
Kambei Shimada: Fields in front. The village is wide open to horsemen... until the fields are flooded. One guard for each direction takes four. Two more as a reserve. You'll need at least... seven, including me.
Angry Gorobei
Gorobei Katayama: How'd you like to kill thirty bandits?
It could kill you
Kyuzo: Don't you see? A real sword will kill you.
It's not hard to kill enemies
Heihachi Hayashida: Haven't you ever seen anyone cut firewood before?
Gorobei Katayama: You seem to enjoy it.
Heihachi Hayashida: That's just the way I am. Yah!
Gorobei Katayama: You're good!
Heihachi Hayashida: Not really. It's a lot harder than killing enemies. Yah!
Gorobei Katayama: Have you killed many?
Heihachi Hayashida: Since it's impossible to kill them all - yah!