The Last Samurai Quotes

[about General Hasegawa]
Algren: He fought with the Samurai?
Simon Graham: He IS Samurai.

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Algren: [narrating] They are an intriguing people. From the moment they wake they devote themselves to the perfection of whatever they pursue. I have never seem such discipline. I am surprised to learn that the word Samurai means, 'to serve', and that Katsumoto believes his rebellion to be in the service of the Emperor.

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Katsumoto: Well, they won't surrender.

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Taka: Japanese men do not help with this
Algren: [grabs firewood basket] I am not Japanese

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[Katsumoto hands a samurai sword to Algren, it has a message written on it]
Algren: What does it say?
Katsumoto: I belong to the warrior in whom the old ways have joined the new.

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