The 47 Ronin (1941)
Utaemon Ichikawa: Tsunatoyo Tokugawa
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Quotes
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Tsunatoyo Tokugawa : We are not Chinese. Before blindly accepting the teaching of the sages, we must always remember that we are Japanese samurai.
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Tsunatoyo Tokugawa : The Chinese sages teach us that filial duty begins with honoring our ancestors. But as presumptuous as it sounds, I believe there are times when we must step beyond the sages.
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Tsunatoyo Tokugawa : If you and your fellow ronin have a secret purpose, you should not think of it as purely private. For you to achieve your aim would be for hundreds of thousands of samurai across the land to achieve it.
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Tsunatoyo Tokugawa : I do not wish to stand in your way. To do so would be to lose my way as a samurai. To lend one's own samurai spirit to support another's -- that is the true and sympathetic spirit of the samurai.
