Mikijirô Hira credited as playing...
Yuuki Gennosuke
- Minister: Wait! We're not connected at all. Why kill me?
- Yuuki Gennosuke: No, we *are* connected because I'll see you in hell.
- Yuuki Gennosuke: I'm a cornered and wounded beast. I can't afford to live by my conscience. My opponent is a strong warrior, it is true, but it's up to me whether I defeat him and take his gold or am defeated by him... and left to die a dog's death in the hills.
- Yuuki Gennosuke: This mountain is a dwelling for beasts. I'll turn into a wolf too, before long... and take my share of that almighty gold.
- [first lines]
- Seductress: Mister, I saw them chasing you back there.
- Yuuki Gennosuke: You did? Where'd they go?
- Seductress: Don't worry. They ran towards town. So how about some fun now - with me? Might as well. You could die at any moment.
- Yuuki Gennosuke: You will soon become the clan counselor's son-in-law, but I'm a nobody in the clan. The sword is my only road out of obscurity.
- Daizaburo: This isn't a time of war. You can't rise by your sword alone.
- Yuuki Gennosuke: Times have changed since Commodore Perry's fleet arrived. No matter how much the leadership resist, they must reform.
- Yuuki Gennosuke: There are already people trying to kill me - as we speak. Never in my life have I been able to get what I wanted. Once I tried and I was chased out of my clan. Now there's nowhere under heaven for me to rest. But this time - I *will* get what I want. I will take it with these hands!
- Jurata Yamane: I protect my gold from wolves like you - with this.
- [holding his samurai sword]
- Yuuki Gennosuke: This wolf has very sharp teeth. We'll meet again.
- Yuuki Gennosuke: Are you afraid of me?
- Taka: No. Do whatever you want.
- Yuuki Gennosuke: Why are you here?
- Taka: I want to become a beast like you.
- Yuuki Gennosuke: Why do you insist on throwing your life away?
- Daizaburo: It's a matter of pride. Now fight!
- Yuuki Gennosuke: Look at her. The true daughter of a samurai. She's been violated, yet she still remembers her appearance.