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Akira Kurosawa Quotes

Total quotes: 43
“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
“We all want to forget something, so we tell stories. It's easier that way.”
— Commoner, Seven Samurai
Tagged: forget, Stories
“This is the nature of war: By protecting others, you save yourselves. If you only think of yourself, you'll only destroy yourself.”
— Kambei Shimada, Seven Samurai
Tagged: War, Military Strategy, Self-Protection, Destruction
“Shichiroji: Kikuchiyo, what on earth are you doing?

Kikuchiyo: I can't kill a lot with one sword!”
— Kikuchiyo, Seven Samurai
Tagged: Murder, sword
“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
“Damn it. Everyone is selfish and dishonest. Making excuses. The bandit, the woman, the man, and you!”
— Woodcutter, Seven Samurai
Tagged: Selfish, dishonest, excuses
“You all make great scarecrows. Problem is, the enemy isn't a bunch of sparrows and crows!”
— Kikuchiyo, Seven Samurai
Tagged: scarecrows, enemies, sparrows
“ Well, you can tell Lt. Dickinson from me, he couldn't hit a bull in the butt with a bass fiddle.”
— Vice Admiral William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr., Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tagged: Best Military Movies
“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
“The failed mind sees the heart's failings.”
— Akira Kurosawa, Ran
Tagged: Fail, Mind, see, heart
“Don't you see? A real sword will kill you.”
— Kyuzo, Seven Samurai
Tagged: sword, Death
“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
“In a mad world, only the mad are sane!”
— Akira Kurosawa, Ran
Tagged: Mad, World, Sane
“Men prefer sorrow over joy... suffering over peace!”
— Akira Kurosawa, Ran
Tagged: Men, Sorrow, Joy, Suffer, Peace
“No one tells a lie after he's said he's going to tell one.”
— Commoner, Seven Samurai
Tagged: Lies, signaling
“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
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