Samurai Rebellion (1967)

Isao Yamagata: Shobei Tsuchiya

Quotes 

• Shobei Tsuchiya : Well, I don't blame him. Emotionally it is intolerable. The chamberlain and steward know that. But you know very well... that we can't have all our wishes granted in this world.

• Yogoro Sasahara : It may be our lord's wish, but he is being too selfish. Ichi is not a doll. She is a living being.

  Shobei Tsuchiya : Yes, you're right. You're young. And I don't blame you. But you can't reason with a crying child nor with your lord, as they say.

• Isaburo Sasahara : Well, I want my lord to explain his orders to me. When his son's mother proves inconvenient, he forces her to marry a vassal. Inconvenienced once again, he demands her return. This is cruel and unreasonable. He has no understanding of human emotions.

  Shobei Tsuchiya : No understanding of human emotions?

  Isaburo Sasahara : Kotani-san, our family didn't accept Ichi particularly gratefully. Nor did Ichi herself know Yogoro or the Sasahara family. She was none too happy about it either. But the reason they are getting along is because they're kind to each other and care for each other.

  Shobei Tsuchiya : I understand all that clearly enough. But Isaburo, if you continue to be so stubborn, who knows what might happen to your family.

  Yogoro Sasahara : I don't care. I will not return Ichi, even if the heavens rain fire!

  Shobei Tsuchiya : What? Even if the heavens rain fire... and blood?

• Shobei Tsuchiya : Orders from our lord! Accept obediently! I said orders from our lord! Will you not obey?

  Yogoro Sasahara : It's too late for orders now!

  Isaburo Sasahara : Now, now, Yogoro. Let's hear what the orders are.

  Shobei Tsuchiya : Orders! Isaburo and Yogoro Sasahara, for your insolent conduct and defiance toward our lord, you are ordered to commit seppuku.

  Isaburo Sasahara : Seppuku? It is gracious of our lord to permit it. I thought men would come arrest us and then hang or crucify us. We will bravely commit seppuku.

  Yogoro Sasahara : Father.

  Isaburo Sasahara : However, we want something before we kill ourselves. Bring us three heads!

  Shobei Tsuchiya : What?

  Isaburo Sasahara : Those of Lord Masakata Matsudaira, ruler of the Aizu domain, Chamberlain Yanase, and Steward Takahashi. Bring me the heads of the villains who took my son's wife!

• Shobei Tsuchiya : I'd rather see you two duel than merely test swords. There are rumors in our clan. The reason you don't fight is because it would hurt the family of the loser. You both understand that, and so you avoid a duel. Be that as it may. Perhaps protecting your family name rather than promoting your pride and rank is the wisest way to get along in this world.