Hanshiro Tsugumo Quotes in Harakiri (1962)

Hanshiro Tsugumo: What befalls others today, may be your own fate tomorrow.

Hanshiro Tsugumo: Swordsmanship untested in battle is like the art of swimming mastered on land.

Hanshiro Tsugumo: The suspicious mind conjures its own demons.

Hanshiro Tsugumo: After all, this thing we call samurai honor is ultimately nothing but a facade.

Hanshiro Tsugumo: The greatest delicacies taste of nothing when one dines alone.

[repeated line]

Hanshiro Tsugumo: Motome Chijiiwa was a man of some acquaintance to me.

Hanshiro Tsugumo: When my master's house fell we immediately left the domain and moved to Edo. The streets of Edo were crowded with ronin - flotsam from the Battle of Sekigahara. In former times, other clans would have gladly taken in any ronin who'd earned a name for himself. But in an era no longer in need of warriors or horses, so peaceful that no wind even rustled the leaves on the trees, it was a constant struggle simply to find a meal. Indeed, it shames me to recall our miserable lives of these last eight or nine years.

Hanshirô Tsugumo: They taste better with someone.

Hanshirô Tsugumo: A warrior's honor is not something simply worn for show!