Ran (1985)

Share this quote on facebook Man is born crying. When he has cried enough, he dies.

Share this quote on facebook Why stay with this mad old man? If the rock you stay on starts to roll, jump clean. Or you'll go with it and be squashed. Only a fool stays aboard.

Share this quote on facebook The failed mind sees the heart's failings.

Share this quote on facebook In a mad world, only the mad are sane!

Share this quote on facebook He gives away his house, He gives away his lands, He now holds a new title: 'Lord of the rice fields' a scarecrow!

Share this quote on facebook Does a traitor betray himself?

Share this quote on facebook Men prefer sorrow over joy... suffering over peace!

Share this quote on facebook Hidetora: The Great Lord goes nowhere alone.
Jiro: You renounced your power. You have no need of an escort.
Hidetora: Only the birds and the beasts live in solitude.

Share this quote on facebook Kurogane: Saburo is not our only enemy.
Jiro: So what? If they attack, we retaliate. We grab their land and enlarge our own.
Kurogane: Fine words, but words don't win wars.

Share this quote on facebook Hidetora: I am lost...
Kyoami: Such is the human condition.

Share this quote on facebook Kyoami: A serpent's egg is white and pure. A bird's is speckled and soiled.
Hidetora: This is a castle... Here's a wall.
Kyoami: The bird left the speckled egg for the white.
Hidetora: Strange...
Kyoami: The egg cracks; out comes a snake.
Hidetora: Empty space above the wall. Why?
Kyoami: The bird is gobbled by the snake.
Hidetora: Where am I? Who am I?
Kyoami: Stupid bird!

Share this quote on facebook Kyoami: Are there no gods... no Buddha? If you exist, hear me. You are mischievous and cruel! Are you so bored up there you must crush us like ants? Is it such fun to see men weep?
Tango: Enough! Do not blaspheme! It is the gods who weep. They see us killing each other over and over since time began. They can't save us from ourselves.

Share this quote on facebook Hidetora: What madness have I spoken? Wherein lies my senility?
Saburo: I'll tell you. What kind of world do we live in? One barren of loyalty and feeling.
Hidetora: I'm aware of that.
Saburo: So you should be! You spilled an ocean of blood. You showed no mercy, no pity. We too are children of this age... weaned on strife and chaos. We are your sons, yet you count on our fidelity. In my eyes, that makes you a fool. A senile old fool!

Share this quote on facebook Hidetora: [Hidetora has just signed a pledge abdicating his authority to Taro] Are you a son?
Taro: What do you mean?
Hidetora: Is this a son's attitude? The hen pecks the cock and makes him a crow.

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