Tattoo Master Quotes in Ninja Assassin (2009)

[Raizo approaches the remaining witness of a job]

Tattoo Master: For sixty years I've told this story. No one believed me. But you ARE real, aren't you?

Tattoo Master: The irizumi does not hide the skin. The tattoo reveals the nature of the man and illuminates the four noble professions in the Book of Five Rings: the warrior, the artist, the merchant, and the farmer. If there is a conflict between the needle and the skin, between the mark and the man, then perhaps the path you have chosen is not the path for which you're suited.