Quotes

Anjin [1.01]

There's a saying out here that every man has three hearts. One in his mouth, for the world to know... another in his chest, just for his friends... and a secret heart buried deep where no one can find it. That is a heart a man must keep hidden if he wants to survive. You'll understand soon, Inglés. And who knows, maybe-maybe fate brought you here for a reason. Maybe you'll live long enough to find out what it is.

Anjin [1.01]

His eyes were just the end of hell - All pain, Articulate.

Anjin [1.01]

John Blackthorne: This isn't the end for me. I won't die in this wretched land. Vasco Rodrigues: This wretched land? I'll tell you what, Inglés. We're coming into port soon. Why don't you go on up there? Go up and tell me what you see. And tell me, when you set eyes on Osaka, if you really think our world is the hilt of civilization. And then ask yourself, "What kind of man wields power in a land like this? " The one who schemes in the open... or the one you never see?"

Servants of Two Masters [1.02]

Father Visitor Carlo Dell'Acqua: This English pilot... how do you mean, obscene? Father Domingo: You know the sort. Uh, dirty. Diseased. And he's got a filthy mouth. He's like a back-passage of the 15th rank. Know what I mean, Father-visitor? Father Martin Alvito: [Perusing journal] These journals are proof of his depravity. Look your eminence. [Hands journal to Father Visitor Carlo] Domingo: Sacked, pillaged and slaughtered his way through Manila. He's a real piece of work, that one. Brutal savage. Dell'Acqua: So we show this to the Japanese. And he will be hanged for piracy. Alvito: I'm afraid it may not be so simple. Despite the discord in Osaka, Toranaga is still president of foreign relations. He's a thorough man. I fear he'll want a complete translation of this journal. [Turns a whole pages] Perhaps a bit too complete. Dell'Acqua: [Servant drops a money bag on table, to Father Domingo] I'll thank you to leave now. Domingo: [Grabs money bag, to clergy figure] So you know, this, uh

Servants of Two Masters [1.02]

John Blackthorne: You're telling me the lords here don't know? Father Domingo: It's too late for that now. John: You don't understand. I must tell them. That's my way out. Domingo: You can't play their game. Their rules are too opaque, their hearts too guarded. John: You don't know me. Domingo: I've known a thousand of you.

Servants of Two Masters [1.02]

Toda Mariko: My master asks for you to draw a map of the world. John Blackthorne: Oh. Thank you. [Uses a stick to sketch a global map outline in a zen garden] Um... This is the limit... of what I know. The earth is round. Like a fruit. Uh, Japan is here. My country, England... is on the other side of the world. We came by way of Magellan's Pass. We are the first outsiders to use it because the Spanish and the Portuguese kept it secret. And for us, it was safer to sail this way. Because we had to avoid a Portuguese base in Macao. [Softly gasps] It employs Japanese mercenaries. I'm told you call them ronin. A secret Catholic fortress, used for guns. Employed during an uprising some years ago. My master asks that, later, you write this map and mark the Portuguese bases. If I may, I will explain now. This is the way Portugal and Spain carved up the New World that split undiscovered land between them. Your country falls... into the Portuguese half. So it belongs to them. I'm sorry, sir, but

Servants of Two Masters [1.02]

Father Domingo: Another soul for every hour of the day. It's nothing for you to fear now. You'll die a martyr. On the cross, perhaps. John Blackthorne: I'm sorry, Father, I didn't come all this way around the world just to die on a cross.

Servants of Two Masters [1.02]

Toda Mariko: He asks what you seek here. John: To vanquish our common enemies. Mariko: My master says you should not war against the Portuguese in Japan. You are outnumbered. It is hopeless. John: Unless I win.

Servants of Two Masters [1.02]

This is Lord General Ishido. Toranaga's chief rival. If you value your life, do not say a word.

Servants of Two Masters [1.02]

Dear God, you're a child in the wilderness. You don't know their games. Toranaga is a prisoner in Osaka castle. Isolated by his rivals on the Council of Regents. There's Sugiyama, descended from the richest samurai family in Japan. Ohno, a feared warrior, whose affliction of leprosy led him into the arms of the Church. And Kiyama, a man whose faith in Christ is guided only by his greed and ambition. All of them are in the palm of Ishido, caretaker of the castle. Any day now, these men will vote on Toranaga's demise.

Servants of Two Masters [1.02]

I came here in '72, clutching my rosary, visions of the souls I would save. Then I learned the true tenets of the cloth: silk, gold and guns. These Jesuits care nothing for their souls. They've made an idol of that cursed Black Ship. That's how they dominate trade. The Chinese hate Japan. So all trade goes through the Portuguese. It's usury. The late Taiko even tried to put a stop to it, but the Church had incited the rebellion, smuggled guns from that secret base in Macao... I met a man who said he'd been to that fortress, said there were Japanese soldiers... hundreds of them... all converted to Catholicism.

Servants of Two Masters [1.02]

[To Kashigi Yabushige, translated] You have a way of being in the right place at the right time.

Servants of Two Masters [1.02]

Father Domingo: Toranaga was born Minowara. A name that carries great weight in Japan. For centuries, his ancestors dominated this country, carrying with them a divine mandate. John Blackthorne: Mandate? Domingo: A title, revered through the ages. The ultimate rank a mortal can achieve. Shogun.

Servants of Two Masters [1.02]

Hear me, my son. I alone will tell you the truth. If Toranaga claimed you as an ally, you'll never leave Japan alive.

Servants of Two Masters [1.02]

She didn't come for me, she came for him. [Referring to John]

Tomorrow Is Tomorrow [1.03]

Father Martin Alvito: But your black ship must stay where it is. Toranaga has come to understand the great profits being made from our monopoly over the China trade. He has invited us to provide a report on our rates of exchange. Ferreira: You men of the cloth with your impotent pricks. [Pokes table We... bring the profits. We... dictate terms. Father Visitor Carlo Dell'Acqua: And we are here at their pleasure. Alvito: Until Toranaga receives this report, you won't get clearance to leave. Ferreira: [Points at them] I am sitting, on one million ducats that has to get to Macao. [Points behind him] I won't lose this wind. That pilot should have been taken care of, before, he even reached Osaka. Dell'Acqua: Captain, you forget yourself. Ferreira: And you forget I don't work for the church, I work for the crown. [Walks away] Let it be known the Black Ship sails tonight.

Tomorrow Is Tomorrow [1.03]

John Blackthorne: What's been said about the assassin? Toda Mariko: Only that she belonged to a very dangerous sect. John: Hmm. Mariko: She had served as a palace maid for years. Some train their whole lives for a single kill. It is very costly. John: A price few could afford. You refuse... to see it. What those priests are capable of, even now. [Doctor pricks his arm] Christ! How much are the Jesuits priests are paying this one to kill me? Physician: He's too tense. He doesn't need a doctor, he needs a woman. John: Oh, my God, dear, what did he say? What did the warlock say? Mariko: Since, you are so upset, the doctor suggests we send a... woman to pillow with you instead. John: Pillow? Mariko: Uh, it is polite for... the physical joining of man and woman. John Blackthorne: [Groans] If he's not a warlock, he's most certainly a pimp. Mariko: Would you prefer a male companion? John Blackthorne: Dear God, where am I? [A general enters] Who's he? Toda Hiromatsu AKA Buntaro: Is the animal

Tomorrow Is Tomorrow [1.03]

Guard Captain: I need to verify all members of the party. Nebara Jozen: Lord Ishido cleared us to depart. Guard Captain: It is Lord Ishido's order. All travelers are to be verified. John Blackthorne: [To Mariko] No one's going to stop him? [Guard captain peers into royal sedan, John announces to himself] No one's going to stop him. [Walks up to Guard Captain] This is unacceptable! Peering into ladies private quarters?! It's not proper! Guard Captain: What is the barbarian saying? John: Worse than that! It's vulgar! Unholy perversion! Toda Mariko: [Walks up, in Japanese] I think the barbarian is offended. In his country it is improper to... leer at women. Guard Captain: This is Japan! [Shoves John aside] John: Am I the only man present who treasure the purity of a women?! [gets knocked down from the Guard Captain's backhanded slap] Mariko: [Gasps, to Guard Captain in Japanese] You must excuse him! He is ignorant of our customs! John: Low! A women's virtue is her glory! A blight on us al

Tomorrow Is Tomorrow [1.03]

Vasco Rodrigues: Ahoy, Inglés! [Chuckles] Still alive I see! John Blackthorne: How's your leg? Vasco: Fine. How's your mother? John: Dead! Vasco: Aww...

The Eightfold Fence [1.04]

Do you know "The Eightfold Fence"? From the time we are small, it is something we are taught to build within ourselves. An... impenetrable wall, behind which we can retreat whenever we need. You must train yourself to listen without hearing. For instance, you can listen to the sound of a blossom falling or the rocks growing. If you really listen, your present circumstance vanishes. Do not be fooled by our politeness. Our bows, our maze of rituals. Beneath it all... we could be a great distance away. Safe. And alone.

The Eightfold Fence [1.04]

John Blackthorne: The hell was that? Toda Mariko: Just a baby earthquake. John: A... A b-baby what? Mariko: You will most certainly experience more while you are here. There are also tsunami that come from the sea and fires that break out in the villages and cities. It is why our houses are built to go up as quickly as they come down. Because death is in our air. And sea and earth. It can come for us at any moment. Before you meddle with our politics, just remember... we live and we die. We control nothing beyond that. Toda Mariko: Anjin-san, this is Omi-sama, the lord of this village. John Blackthorne: Actually, we've met. [In Japanese] Pardon me. [In English] And fuck yourself, you sniveling little shit rag. Fuji: I can't be consort to a man without swords.

Broken to the Fist [1.05]

Ishido Kazunari: Any day, the Lady Ochiba will be returned to us from Toranaga's castle in Edo. Let us ensure that the mother of the heir comes home to a safer city than what she left. Toranaga must be impeached. Lord Sugiyama: I agree. His escape from Osaka was not only a mockery of this council but also an insult to the heir. Ohno... what do you think? Ohno: Impeach. Ishido Kazunari: How fortifying to see us this united. It's only... Toranaga's resignment has made impeachment impossible with our council now incomplete. Lord Sugiyama: Let us vote on his replacement. Ishido's friend, Ikeda, would make an excellent regent. [Kiyama scoffs] Kiyama ukon Sadanaga: The man's an idiot. The seat would stink of countryside. Perhaps Hiroda? Ishido Kazunari: The seat would stink of Christian. Lord Kiyama sends his regrets. I propose Maeda. Ohno: Wonderful choice. Lord Sugiyama: I won't sit on a council with that rotten syphilis. I'd rather slit my own belly. Ishido Kazunari: Sugiyama. Perhaps you

Broken to the Fist [1.05]

The stench of death, arrows sticking in the walls. Villagers are starting to whisper there's a tatarigami in your house.

Broken to the Fist [1.05]

You so easily fell for their trap. Broken to another man's fist. Like a falcon without the beauty.

Broken to the Fist [1.05]

Bad enough my wife must live under a roof with the Anjin. But now, I am to do the same.

Broken to the Fist [1.05]

If the Anjin asks for more sake, tell him that was the last of it. And pour that stew into the sea.

Broken to the Fist [1.05]

If you cheat, cheat death. If you steal, steal the heart of a woman. If you lie, lie in the everlasting warmth of her bosom. And if you drink, drink with me.

Ladies of the Willow World [1.06]

Reclaim our family's legacy and become Shogun!

Ladies of the Willow World [1.06]

As a boy, I looked up to the Taiko as proof that even a peasant like me could lift himself to great heights.

Ladies of the Willow World [1.06]

Death is the end of having lived. It is an affirmation of life itself.

Ladies of the Willow World [1.06]

Where I come from, prostitutes are neither this well presented, nor as inquisitive.

Ladies of the Willow World [1.06]

A man may go to war for many reasons: conquest, pride, power. But a woman is simply at war.

A Stick of Time [1.07]

Saeki Nobutatsu: Your boy is already a man! The last time I saw Nagakado, his chin was as hairless as his balls. [All chuckles with Yoshii Nagakado particularly amused] Hey nephew, I bet you have a different girl for every day of the moon. Just like your father. Yoshii Toranaga: Slander. Your uncle is far more gifted with women. Saeki Nobutatsu: [All chuckles with Yoshii Nagakado particularly amused] More lies! John Blackthorne: What's so funny? Toda Mariko: Saeki-sama remarks about how long it has been since he's seen Nagakado-sama. Kashigi Omi: It must bring you great honor... seeing your wife perform her duty to the Anjin with such devotion. Toda Hirokatsu: You mean her duty to our Lord. Yoshii Nagakado: Uncle, you honor me with these stories. What was my father like when he was young? Saeki Nobutatsu: This is a good story! Did you know that your father was still a boy when he won his first battle? Yoshii Toranaga, the boy warlord. But that's not even the good part. I'm told when th

A Stick of Time [1.07]

Tonight, we'll get good and drunk.

A Stick of Time [1.07]

Why is it that only those who have never fought in a battle are so eager to be in one?

A Stick of Time [1.07]

Fate is like a sword. Useful only to those who can wield it.

A Stick of Time [1.07]

Before we die, I beg permission to take the barbarian's head.

A Stick of Time [1.07]

Even when there's evil in this land, no one has the right to tear the realm apart. Crimson Sky was a mistake.

A Stick of Time [1.07]

Where is the beauty in this?

The Abyss of Life [1.08]

I will reunite with my crew, get back aboard my vessel, then pay a visit to that Black Ship I have heard so much about.

The Abyss of Life [1.08]

I don't think you are her enemy. I think fear is her enemy.

The Abyss of Life [1.08]

What you denied me wasn't death. It was a life beyond your reach. And I would sooner live a thousand years than die with you like this.

The Abyss of Life [1.08]

Once loyalty begins, it does not have an end. Otherwise, it would not be loyalty.

The Abyss of Life [1.08]

If you look and see nothing, you must simply look harder.

Crimson Sky [1.09]

Which comes first, God or your purse strings?

Crimson Sky [1.09]

I am no peasant to be trodden upon. I am daughter of the great Lord Akechi Jinsai.

Crimson Sky [1.09]

It is not possible to fight through all these men. We must go back.

Crimson Sky [1.09]

Accepting death isn't surrender. Flowers are only flowers because they fall.

A Dream of a Dream [1.10]

Tonomoto Akinao: Until we find those who aided the Christian raiders, no one in this village will rest. Lord Toranaga has ordered it. [Walks past boards holding decapitated heads of European sailors] Kashigi Yabushige: [forced on his knees before Toranaga] Lord. Yoshii Toranaga: Thank you for returning my consorts and my vassals. Yabushige: You’ve heard the news that Lady Mariko is dead. Toranaga: Yes, I know. That night, you were seen letting intruders into my quarters. Kashigi Omi: One of Mariko’s ladies-in-waiting was with you in the cellar. She sent a letter to Omi. After Lady Mariko’s death, they say you were guilt-stricken and asked for forgiveness. I felt it was my duty to alert our lord. Toranaga: Did you aid this attack? Yabushige: [Sighs and inhales sharply] Yes, I did. Toranaga: Fine. All of your lands are forfeit. Please slit your belly by sunset tomorrow. Yabushige: Lord... If you must kill me, give me a good death! Like being torn apart by cannon or eaten alive by a schoo

A Dream of a Dream [1.10]

Yoshii Toranaga: If I could use words like scattering flowers and fallen leaves, what a bonfire my poems would make. Kiri No Kata: Those words are too beautiful to belong to you. Toranaga: They belong to Lady Mariko. Only her words remain with us now. But what a bonfire she made.

A Dream of a Dream [1.10]

War is inevitable.

A Dream of a Dream [1.10]

Ochiba: It was written by my friend. The Heir: The one who was just buried? Ochiba: Yes. So we must finish the poem.

A Dream of a Dream [1.10]

Only her words remain with us now.

A Dream of a Dream [1.10]

I, Anjin, by my death, protest the callous punishment of this village by Yoshii Toranaga.

A Dream of a Dream [1.10]

Kashigi Yabushige: If only I could have lived to see it... the day your plan comes together, whatever it is... my nephew’s first battle... when the Anjin sails against the Christians who burned his ship... so many days I could have seen. Yoshii Toranaga: If only it were that simple. The ship had to be destroyed. It was between that and the Anjin’s life. Appointing a watchman to spread gunpowder... wasn’t that hard. Mariko negotiated for the Church, and I agreed. Yabushige: You burned that ship. Toranaga: It was a necessary ruse to test the Anjin. Perhaps someday I’ll tell him the truth. By then he’ll have rebuilt the ship, and I’ll likely have to destroy it again. I don’t think it’s his fate to ever leave Japan. Yabushige: How does it feel to shape the wind to your will? Toranaga: I don’t control the wind. I only study it. Yabushige: [Sighs] But how can you win this? With your forces outnumbered, the Heir’s army about to attack... is it Crimson Sky? I suppose it could work... but I don

A Dream of a Dream [1.10]

If you win, anything is possible.