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Akira Kurosawa Quotes

Total quotes: 32
“There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.”
— Akira Kurosawa, Something Like An Autobiography
Tagged: creator, Creation, Work
“So. Again we are defeated. [Shichiroji looks puzzled at Kambei] The farmers have won. Not us.”
— Kambei Shimada, Seven Samurai
Tagged: Loss, Defeat
“Train yourself, distinguish yourself in war... But time flies. Before your dream materializes, you get gray hair. By that time your parents and friends are dead and gone.”
— Kambei Shimada, Seven Samurai
Tagged: Training, Discipline, time flies, Aging, gray hair
“You fool! Damn you! You call yourself a horse! For shame! Hey! Wait! Please! I apologize! Forgive me!”
— Kikuchiyo, Seven Samurai
Tagged: Fool, Horse, Apology
“All farmers ever do is worry, whether the rain falls, the sun shines or the wind blows. In short, all they know is fear.”
— Gisaku, the Old Man, Seven Samurai
Tagged: Farmers, Rain, Sun, Wind, Fear
“Actually, kids work harder than adults. But only if you treat them like adults.”
— Heihachi Hayashida, Seven Samurai
Tagged: kids, adults, Work
“Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people”
— Akira Kurosawa, Something Like An Autobiography
Tagged: human, incapablility, Honesty, Truth, Pretend, People
“It's human to lie. Most of the time we can't even be honest with ourselves.”
— Akira Kurosawa, Rashomon
Tagged: human, Lie, honest, ourselves
“The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.”
— Akira Kurosawa, Something Like An Autobiography
Tagged: terrible, People, madmen, private, wear, bland, innocent, expression, public
“But is there anyone who's really good? Maybe goodness is just make-believe.”
— Akira Kurosawa, Rashomon
Tagged: Good, make, belive
“I already had you, but I only want you more. It's very hard. I beg you to be my wife.”
— Akira Kurosawa, Rashomon
Tagged: Want, hard, beg, Wife
“Man just wants to forget the bad stuff, and believe in the made-up good stuff. It's easier that way.”
— Commoner, Seven Samurai
Tagged: forget, bad stuff, good stuff
“How tragic that man can never realize how beautiful life is until he is face to face with death.”
— Akira Kurosawa, Ikiru
Tagged: tragic, Realize, Beautiful, Life, face to face, Death
“Priest: I don't want to hear it. No more horror stories.

Commoner: They are common stories these days. I even heard that the demon living here in Rashômon fled in fear of the ferocity of man.”
— Commoner, Seven Samurai
Tagged: Horror Stories, demon
“Find hungry samurai. Even bears come down from the mountains when they are hungry.”
— Gisaku, the Old Man, Seven Samurai
Tagged: Hunger, Bears, Mountains
“Consider who we're dealing with here. Give a wolf a taste of your leg and he'll ask for your hand.”
— Manzô - Father of Shino, Seven Samurai
Tagged: Wolf, Carnivore, Predators
“People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane.”
— Akira Kurosawa, Something Like An Autobiography
Tagged: People, delight, Torture, defenseless, Children, Reality, insane
“A man has to make a woman his by his sword.”
— Masako, Seven Samurai
Tagged: abduction, Rape Culture
“Ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal.”
— Akira Kurosawa, Something Like An Autobiography
Tagged: Ignorance, Insanity, human, animal
“Man is born crying. When he has cried enough, he dies.”
— Akira Kurosawa, Ran
Tagged: Man, born, cry, Die
“A human life is truly as frail and fleeting as the morning dew.”
— Akira Kurosawa, Rashomon
Tagged: human, Life, Frail, fleet, morning dew
“Dead men tell no lies.”
— Akira Kurosawa, Rashomon
Tagged: dead, Men, tell, Lies
“I can't afford to hate people. I don't have that kind of time.”
— Akira Kurosawa, Ikiru
Tagged: Hate, People, Time
“Dying is very difficult.”
— Akira Kurosawa, Ikiru
Tagged: Die, difficult
“What have I been living for all these years?”
— Akira Kurosawa, Ikiru
Tagged: Life, years, Time, Living
“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.”
— Kambei Shimada, Seven Samurai
Tagged: Battle, Fort, War, Attack, Military Strategy
“ This baby... It's me... It's what happened to me!”
— Kikuchiyo, Seven Samurai
Tagged: Baby, Fatherhood
“Danger always strikes when everything seems fine.”
— Akira Kurosawa, Shichinin no samurai
Tagged: danger, strike, Fine
“Women use their tears to fool everyone. They even fool themselves.”
— Akira Kurosawa, Rashomon
Tagged: Women, Tears, Fool
“I'm the one who should be ashamed. I don't understand my own soul.”
— Woodcutter, Seven Samurai
Tagged: Shame, Insight
“A woman loves a man who loves passionately.”
— Masako, Seven Samurai
Tagged: Woman, Love, Man, Passion
“War, earthquake, winds, fire, famine, the plague. Year after year, it's been nothing but disasters. And bandits descend upon us every night. I've seen so many men getting killed like insects, but even I have never heard a story as horrible as this. Yes. So horrible. This time, I may finally lose my faith in the human soul. It's worse than worse than bandits, the plague, famine, fire or wars.”
— Priest, Seven Samurai
Tagged: War, disaster, Fire, Plague, Soul, Famine
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