"They say Japan was made by a sword." "They say the old gods dipped a coral blade into the ocean... four perfect drops fell back into the sea and those drops became the islands of Japan." "I say Japan was made by a handful of brave men warriors willing to give their lives for what seems to have become a forgotten word:" "Honor." "Ladies and gentlemen:" "Winchester." "America's leader in all forms of armament used by the United States Army celebrates our nation's centennial by bringing you a true American hero." "One of the most decorated warriors this country has ever known." "Winner of the Medal of Honor for his gallantry on the hallowed ground of Gettysburg." "1876" "He is late of the 7th Cavalry and their triumphant campaign against the most savage of the Indian nations." "I present to you:" "Captain Nathan Algren!" "Captain Nathan Algren!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "ladies and gentlemen." "get out there!" "This is your last performance!" "You're fired!" "Now get out there!" "Come on!" "I'm sick of this!" "Come on!" "Yes!" "you are too kind." "This ladies and gents is the gun that's winning the West." "many's the time I've found myself surrounded by a swarm of angry hostiles with nothing but this rifle between me and a certain and gruesome death." "the red man is a fearsome enemy." "And if he'd had his way... this scalp of mine would be long gone and there'd be a balder man standing before you today." "Like those poor bastards out there on the Little Bighorn." "Bodies stripped bare mutilated." "Left to rot in the sun." "the 73 lever-action Trapper." "one round per second." "have you ever seen what this could do to a man?" "This would blow a hole in your daddy six inches wide." "missy." "This beauty." "seven braves without ever having to reload." "Note the patented loading port and the smooth cocking action." "My thanks on behalf of those who died..." "...in the name of better mechanical amusements and commercial opportunities." "Mr. McCabe here will take your orders." "God bless you all." "you have a flair for the old melodrama." "indeed." "We're going to the Little Bighorn." "What's this 'we' stuff?" It's the walking ticket for me." "Nine lives I have." "But I'll tell you what else I have." "I have a good job for the both of us." "God knows it looks as if you'll need one real soon." "What kind of a job?" "boyo." "A man's job." "you got your heart set on a career in the theater." "Nathan!" "Just listen to what your man has to say." "Been a while." "It's good to see you." "I'd like you to meet Mr. Omura from Japan... whose name I've given up trying to pronounce." "please." "Whiskey." "Japan's got it in mind to become a civilized country." "And Mr. Omura here is willing to spend what it takes to hire white experts to train their army." "And if we play our cards right the Emperor grants the U.S. exclusive rights to supply arms." "I have an agreement with Winchester Company." "I'm certain Mr. Omura has some concept of what an agreement is." "Your performances for the Winchester Company bring you $25 a week." "We will pay you $400 a month." "Five." "For each." "And another 500 when we get the job done." "How many other genuine heroes you got lined up?" "He's rude." "That's how it is here." "A land of cheap traders." "Whiskey." "So who will we be training your boys to fight?" "His name is Katsumoto Moritsugu." "He was once the Emperor's teacher." "He's Samurai." "Samurai?" "The word you might use is "warrior." "Mr. Omura is familiar with our experiences dealing with renegades." "Is he?" "He's even read your book." "Captain Algren's study of the tribes was a crucial factor in our defeat of the Cheyenne." "Please excuse." "What is funny?" "The corps back together again." "It's just so inspiring!" "Excuse me." "I need to use the necessities." "This isn't a problem." "I'll just talk to him for a minute." "colonel Bagley." "We contacted you because you are Captain Algren's superior officer and you assured us of his participation." "He'll do it." "I just need a minute." "Nathan." "I did what I was ordered to do out there." "And I have no remorse." "what do you say we put the past behind us?" "I'll kill Jappos." "I'll kill the enemies of Jappos." "Rebs or Sioux or Cheyenne..." "I'll kill whoever you want." "But keep one thing in mind I'd happily kill you for free." "1876" "There is some comfort in the emptiness of the sea." "no future." "I am confronted by the hard truth of present circumstances." "I have been hired to help suppress the rebellion of yet another tribal leader." "this is the only job for which I am suited." "I am beset by the ironies of my life." "1876" "I presume?" "Yes." "Jolly good." "How do you do?" "Simon Graham." "this was a sleepy little town." "Now look at it." "the Emperor is mad for all things Western and the Samurai believe it's changing too fast." "The ancient and the modern are at war for the soul of Japan. is bringing in every Western expert he can get his hands on." "architects from Holland warriors from America." "years ago." "I was soon relieved of my position." "I had an unfortunate tendency to tell the truth in a country where no one ever says what they mean." "I very accurately translate other people's lies." "no Emperor was even seen by a commoner." "of course." "but do not speak unless spoken to." "you must bow lower." "Do I look presentable?" "I haven't worn this in a decade." "Rather snug around the midriff." "And bow." "The divine Emperor Meiji bids you welcome." "He is grateful for the assistance your country offers." "We hope to accomplish the same national harmony you enjoy in your homeland." "The Emperor is most interested in your American Indians if you have fought against them in battle." "Your Highness." "The red man is a brutal adversary." "The Emperor wishes to ask Captain Algren if it is true they wear eagle feathers and paint their faces before going into battle and that they have no fear." "They are very brave." "Bow." "Thank you very much." "And step back." "step back and turn." "you little bastards!" "You will stand up straight or I will personally shit-kick every far eastern buttocks that appear before my eyes." "Sergeant." "everything falls into place." "rifles at the ready." "The second rank... 1876." "I am to receive three years of captain's pay teaching Orientals to soldier." "They are an army of conscripts." "Most of them are peasants who have never even seen a gun." "Fire!" "They are led by General Hasegawa." "who nonetheless commands enormous respect." "Katsumoto?" "He seems to have great knowledge of Katsumoto and his rebellion." "I will count on his help when facing the Samurai." "Who supplies their weapons?" "you see." "He uses no firearms?" "Katsumoto is a hero." "How well does he know this man?" "The general and Katsumoto fought together for the Emperor." "He fought with the Samurai?" "He is Samurai." "You must understand." "Katsumoto pledged his sword to defend the Emperor." "They say that a Samurai's sword is his soul." "Samurai are paradoxical people." "but they keep to themselves." "The bastards are still wearing armor." "When the Irish were comporting themselves in loincloths these chaps were the most sophisticated warriors on Earth." "I need information on their battle tactics." "I have several more books just waiting to be translated." "Oh the Captain will be speaking the lingo in no time." "You should hear him blather on in Blackfoot." "Really?" "capital!" "sir." "A word or two in the savage tongue." "no!" "Cut his tongue out and boil him in oil." "captain." "isn't it?" "I always had a fascination with scalping." "I never quite understood its technique." "Imagine someone who hates you with the utmost intensity grabbing a handful of your hair while you're lying prostrate and helpless and scraping a dull blade of a rusty knife around your scalp with a saw-like motion." "quick jerk on the turf of your hair to release any clinging particles would have on your nervous system." "And you'll have some idea of how it feels to be scalped Mr. Graham." "How soon can you translate those books?" "Right away." "I'm just delighted you're taking such an interest in Samurai." "I don't give a damn about the Samurai." "I want to know my enemy." "I shall not sleep until it is done." "Sake." "I bid you good night." "Can I get you anything?" "captain." "these people had nothing to do with the raids!" "sir." "boys." "Fire!" "I suppose we should be grateful they're all firing in the same direction." "sir." "against the shoulder." "down the sight." "slowly..." "Well done." "Nathan!" "Katsumoto's attacked a railroad at the border of his province." "We cannot govern a country in which we cannot travel freely." "He must be stopped now." "My railroad is a priority for this country." "They're not ready." "The rebels don't have a single rifles." "They're savages with bows and arrows." "Whose sole occupation for the last thousand years has been war." "You have superior firepower and a larger force." "I am ordering the regiment to move against the rebel Katsumoto." "You will track him down and engage him." "Load." "Mr. Graham!" "Tell this man to fire at me!" "I beg your pardon?" "Tell this man..." "I will kill him!" "if I might have a word." "Tell him!" "Tell him!" "Load!" "Load!" "Faster!" "Faster!" "damn it." "Fire!" "Fire!" "They're not ready." "The regiment leaves at 6 a.m.!" "A thousand miles of rail track laid in less than two years." "It's astonishing." "And Omura owns all of it?" "he will yes." "How do you intend to find Katsumoto?" "he'll find us." "Move into position!" "1876 form a battle line on me!" "it will save your life!" "form on 1st Company." "form up behind." "Fill in on command!" "he refuses to fight against Katsumoto." "Cover down!" "Captain Algren." "We are not here as combatants." "Then who's gonna lead these men?" "Their own officers for Christ's sake." "Let's move to the rear." "We'll be there presently." "Fix bayonets!" "of course." "report to the rear and see to the disposition of the supply trains." "sir!" "Then you will obey it." "Now!" "but shove it up your ass." "Load!" "Load!" "Samurai come." "son." "Assume firing positions!" "Assume firing positions!" "Fire on my order only!" "Hold your fire!" "Hold your fire!" "Reload!" "Hold the line!" "Fire at will!" "fall back!" "Zeb!" "He's mine." "Stop!" "Take him away!" "What is your name?" "Insolent swine!" "Answer!" "Leave him be." "This is my son's village." "We are deep in the mountains and winter is coming." "You cannot escape." "Jolly good." "why do you spare the barbarian?" "He is shamed in defeat." "He should kill himself." "That is not their custom." "Then I will kill him." "Father..." "I don't think..." "Ujio there will be plenty of killing to come." "we will learn about our new enemy." "Keep him alive." "He's in bad shape." "Sake." "Sake?" "Sake." "Sake." "Taka will take care of you." "Sake." "Sake." "Sake!" "Aunt." "No." "That will not do." "This is my village." "This is my house." "Please." "Sake." "Sake!" "No!" "No!" "I told you!" "No!" "Morning." "Not here!" "Get out!" "go." "What's your name?" "don't you?" "do you?" "I know why you don't talk." "You're angry." "You're angry because they make you wear a dress." "Son of a bitch." "This temple was built by my family a thousand years ago." "My name is Katsumoto." "What is your name?" "Are my words not correct?" "I will practice my English with you." "If you would honor me." "You kept me alive just to speak English?" "Then what do you want?" "To know my enemy." "I've seen what you do to your enemies." "Warriors in your country do not kill?" "kneeling men." "General Hasegawa asked me to help him end his life." "A Samurai cannot stand the shame of defeat." "I was honored to cut off his head." "Many of our customs seem strange to you." "The same is true of yours." "For example... even among enemies." "Nathan Algren." "I am honored to meet you." "I enjoyed this conversation in English." "I have questions." "I have introduced myself." "You have introduced yourself." "This is a very good conversation." "I have questions." "Questions come later." "Who was the warrior in the red armor?" "Hirotaro." "And the woman who cares for me?" "Hirotaro's wife." "Her name is Taka." "I killed her husband?" "It was a good death." "You!" "Come sit..." "Come sit..." "Please... please..." "Thank you." "He smells like the pigs." "Tell my brother I cannot stand this." "Why don't you tell him?" "At least make him take a bath." "Nicely done." "but they are strong." "You try." "Try." "Put down the sword." "Put it down!" "I've..." "I have yet to thank you for looking out for me yesterday." "correct?" "Protecting me?" "Bob." "do you?" "he was ugly as a mule." "Bob?" "Ujio is teaching you the way of the Japanese sword." "indeed." "You fought against your Red Indians?" "Yes." "Tell me of your part in this war." "Why?" "I wish to learn." "Read a book." "I would rather have a good conversation." "Why?" "Because we are both students of war." "So you were the general of your army?" "No." "I was a captain." "This is a low rank?" "A middle rank." "And who was your general?" "Don't you have a rebellion to lead?" "People in your country do not like conversation?" "He was a lieutenant colonel." "His name was Custer." "I know this name." "He killed many warriors." "yes." "Many warriors." "So he was a good general." "he wasn't a good general." "He was arrogant and foolhardy." "He got massacred because he took a battalion against 2000 angry Indians." "Two thousand Indians?" "How many men for Custer?" "Two hundred and eleven." "I like this General Custer." "He was a murderer who fell in love with his own legend." "And his troopers died for it." "I think this is a very good death." "Maybe you can have one like it someday." "If it is in my destiny." "What do you want from me?" "What do you want for yourself?" "What are you doing?" "Why are we having these conversations?" "What the hell am I doing here?" "In spring the snows will melt and the passes will open." "you are here." "captain." "1876." "Day unknown." "Month unknown." "I continue to live among these unusual people." "in that I cannot escape." "I'm treated with a kind of a mild neglect as if I were a stray dog or an unwelcome guest." "Everyone is polite." "Everyone smiles and bows." "I detect a deep reservoir of feeling." "Higen." "They are an intriguing people." "From the moment they wake they devote themselves to the perfection of whatever they pursue." "I have never seen 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." "Ready!" "Begin!" "Please forgive." "Too many mind." "Too many mind?" "mind enemy." "Too many mind." "No mind." "No mind." "Thank you." "More rice?" "Taka." "He spoke Japanese!" "This is great!" "Eat a lot." "Don't be polite." "Not so fast." "What are these?" "Chop sticks." "Chop sticks?" "yes chop sticks." "How can he understand?" "Chop sticks." "Top knot." "Ears." "Yes." "Bowl." "no." "Not so fast." "I'm Algren." "Nobutada." "Nobutada." "Magojiro." "Magojiro." "Higen." "Higen." "Taka." "please make him leave." "I cannot stand it." "Is he so repulsive?" "The shame is unbearable." "I ask permission to end my life." "You will do as you are told!" "You'd rather I kill him to avenge your husband?" "Yes." "Hirotaro tried to kill the American." "It was karma." "I know." "Forgive my weakness." "There must be some reason why he is here." "It is beyond my understanding." "She's been very kind to me." "She's honored to have my guest in her house." "1877." "What does it mean to be Samurai?" "To devote yourself utterly to a set of moral principles to seek a stillness of your mind and to master the way of the sword." "no?" "But still so ugly." "Cold." "Cold?" "Cold." "I'm cold." "I'm cold." "I'm also cold." "Fire." "Fire?" "To burn." "To Burn?" "To burn." "The fire burn?" "The fire is burning." "please." "Yes." "Japanese men do not help with this." "I am not Japanese." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Hirotaro." "as a Samurai." "And... you did your duty." "I accept your apology." "Mommy... 1877." "This marks the longest I have stayed in one place since I left the farm at 17." "There is so much here that I'll never understand." "I have never been a church-going man and what I've seen on the field of battle has led me to question God's purpose." "something spiritual in this place." "And though it may forever be obscure to me I cannot but be aware of its power." "I do know it is here that I have known my first untroubled sleep in many years." "no you gotta get... no not me!" "You gotta get the ball!" "You gotta get the ball!" "The ball!" "Ujio will win in three moves." "In five!" "Next in five moves." "In six." "No mind." "A draw!" "Hey!" "Who is this amateur?" "Katsumoto!" "Protect Katsumoto!" "Protect our Lord!" "please go inside!" "Yes!" "The perfect blossom is a rare thing." "and it would not be a wasted life." "Who sent those men to kill you?" "I'm writing a poem about a dream I had." ""But he comes from across a deep and troubled sea."" "Was it the Emperor?" "Omura?" "he has but to ask." "So it was Omura." "I'm having trouble finishing the poem." "Can you suggest a last line?" "I'm not a writer." "Yet... you have written many pages since you came here." "What else has she told you?" "You have nightmares." "Every soldier has nightmares." "Only one who is ashamed of what he has done." "You have no idea what I have done." "You may leave." "You have seen many things." "I have." "but sometimes you wish for it." "Is this not so?" "Yes." "I also." "It happens to men who have seen what we have seen." "And then I come to this place of my ancestors and I remember." "Like these blossoms we are all dying." "To know life in every breath every cup of tea every life we take." "The way of the warrior." "Life in every breath." "That is Bushido." "The Emperor has granted a safe passage to Tokyo." "We leave tomorrow." "Good." "Good." "you were my enemy." "Excuse me." "I am finishing." "I must go away." "You have been kind to me." "I won't forget..." "Algren-san!" "Algren-san." "Algren?" "you are alive." "you never cease to astonish." "indeed." "As soon as the Emperor signs the trade agreement he gets the whole package." "Including this particular item." "Two hundred rounds a minute." "And the new cartridges cut down on jamming." "I need a bath." "I can only imagine." "Captain." "my teacher." "Highness." "I rise against your enemies." "like you." "They advise in their own interest." "I need advisors who know the modern world." "I will happily end my life." "No..." "I need your voice in the council." "Highness." "You are a living god." "Do what you think is right." "I am a living god as long as I do what they think is right." "What sad words you speak." "Forgive me for saying what a teacher must." "Have you forgotten your people?" "Tell me what to do my teacher." "not me." "You must find the wisdom for all of us." "come in." "it seems you have endured your captivity with little ill effect." "sir." "I have here a draft of the arms agreement." "I'm eager to know how many Samurai have joined Katsumoto." "I'm afraid I don't know." "You spent the winter at his encampment." "As his prisoner." "tell us what you saw." "they're savages with bows and arrows." "Ambassador." "I'll address them at the appropriate time." "our president's patience is wearing thin." "Perhaps there is someone else we should speak to." "ambassador perhaps there is someone else we should speak to." "the French or the English." "Or any of the legations waiting in the next room." "we should be looking forward to hearing from you." "gentlemen." "Captain Algren." "sit down." "thank you." "is he not?" "He's a tribal leader." "I've known many of them." "But none who are Samurai." "Their ways have great appeal." "I don't see how this concerns me." "But it does." "we were not prepared to go to battle." "and Colonel Bagley was wrong." "we are ready." "If Katsumoto is allowed to attract other Samurai to his cause we will have 10 years of rebellion." "This is something I will not allow." "or you'll lead my army against him." "you will crush him." "I appreciate the offer." "It is not an offer." "my contract with you was to train your army." "Then we will make a new contract one that will recognize the extraordinary contribution you've made to the Emperor." "Do we understand each other?" "we understand each other perfectly." "Then I am pleased." "kill him." "Captain Algren!" "What in heaven's name is going on?" "The diplomatic community is abuzz." "Omura has passed laws against the Samurai." "I need a drink." "Is your friend Katsumoto planning to go up against the council this afternoon?" "Samurai!" "Stupid idiots!" "Don't you know about the order?" "it's started." "are you listening?" "No wonder the foreigners mock you." "Let's give this Samurai a haircut." "Cut off his top knot." "Get down!" "Kneel!" "Captain Algren!" "Lower your weapons!" "Lower your weapons!" "Lower your weapons!" "Lower your weapons!" "Who are you?" "I am Captain Algren." "Stop!" "Get down!" "let's go." "I'II take you home." "Jolly good." "We must resist the Western powers by becoming powerful ourselves." "must be strong." "you honor us." "It is my honor to rejoin this council." "Perhaps you are unaware of the Iaw against wearing swords?" "I read every law carefully." "Yet you bring weapons into this chamber?" "This chamber was protected by my sword when" "We need no protection." "We are a nation of laws." "selling ourselves-- the Samurai made us this way." "I have not seen the Omura family giving gold to the masses." "it is with great regret but I must ask you to remove your sword." "This sword serves the Emperor." "Only he can command me to remove it." "The Emperor's voice is too pure to be heard in this council." "I must refuse to give up my sword." "my guards will accompany you to your home in Tokyo." "There you will await our summons." "I heard you were leaving." "and you run away." "I suppose I should thank you." "including back pay for time spent in captivity." "Enough to climb back inside a bottle for the rest of your life." "You're welcome." "it is pretty much over." "Katsumoto's under arrest." "Omura won't let him last the night." "we should have little trouble handling the rebellion even without you." "Especially without you." "Just tell me one thing." "What is it about your own people that you hate so much?" "Save us the trouble... do it." "The Samurai are finished!" "Stop!" "Don't come any closer!" "don't stop." "Minister Omura has commanded us to photograph the traitor" "Stop!" "Somebody!" "Bring that equipment here now!" "Immediately!" "You stop!" "useless son of a peasant dog!" "How dare you show your sword in his presence!" "Do you know who this is?" "This is the President of the United States of America!" "He is here to lead our armies in a victorious battle against the rebels!" "It's not my responsibility..." "Now get over there and help those men with their equipment!" "Carry the equipment." "President of the United States?" "Sorry." "I think I'm going to be sick." "How's your poem coming?" "The end is proving difficult." "This is Mr. Simon Graham." "He'd like very much to take your photograph." "It's an honor." "I thought you returned to America." "I decided to stay." "See if I could convince you to escape." "How do you plan to do that?" "perhaps you would care to take pictures of my village." "I would be greatly honored." "no!" "Nobutada!" "let me stay." "It is my time." "My Lord we must go." "The Emperor could not hear my words." "His army will come." "It is the end." "my ancestors have protected our people." "Now I have failed them." "So you will take your own life in shame?" "Shame for a life of service?" "Discipline?" "Compassion?" "The way of the Samurai is not necessary anymore." "Necessary?" "What could be more necessary?" "I will die by the sword." "My own or my enemy's." "Then let it be your enemy's." "we will make the Emperor hear you." "He was a good man." "too?" "yes." "Why?" "Because they come to destroy what I have come to love." "The way of the Samurai is difficult for children." "He misses his father." "And he is angry because I am the cause of that." "No." "He is angry because he fears you will die as well." "My father taught me it is glorious to die in battle." "That is what he believed." "I would be afraid to die in battle." "So would I." "But you have been in many battles." "And I was always afraid." "I don't want you to go." "AIgren." "They are coming." "I'd say two full regiments." "They'll come in waves of a thousand." "And they have the howitzers." "It makes no difference." "They will com and we will make our stand." "How many men will we have?" "Maybe 500." "huh?" "There was once a battle at a place called Thermopylae." "Three hundred brave Greeks held off a Persian army of a million men." "A million." "You understand this number?" "I understand this number. and were defeated soon after." "What do you have in mind?" "Take away the advantage of their guns." "They're overconfident." "We'll use that." "Lure them close." "Close enough for a sword." "You believe a man can change his destiny?" "I think a man does what he can until his destiny is revealed." "1877." "This will be the last entry in this journal." "what I have done." "I do not presume to understand the course of my life." "I know I am grateful to have partaken of all this even if for a moment." "will you come with me?" "it will honor us." "Stop!" "You will need this." "What does it say?" "I belong to the warrior in whom the old ways have joined the new." "Good God." "the Imperial Army of Japan demands your surrender." "you will not be harmed." "as Mr. Omura knows." "Captain Algren." "We will show you no quarter." "and you are the same as them." "I'll look for you on the field." "Captain Algren." "Mr. Graham." "Perhaps you can use these for your book." "I will." "Captain." "Godspeed." "Mr. Graham." "Platoon attention!" "Well they won't surrender." "Are we ready?" "Get into your positions!" "Get into your positions!" "Fix bayonets!" "Commence firing!" "Fire!" "Elevate 20 mils." "Comment: 0,1:56:19.72,1:56:31.16,Japanese,0000,0000,0000,I don't know what he says on the previous line I just made something up that sounds right in artillery terms." "Stand-by!" "Fire!" "They're covering their retreat." "You see?" "Even the mighty Samurai cannot stand up to the howitzers." "Signal the attack." "I advise sending in skirmishers first." "Nonsense!" "Full attack!" "Foward march!" "They're coming." "Wait for the volley." "Second volley." "Comment: 0,1:59:28.52,1:59:34.31,Japanese,Japanese,0000,0000,0000,I don't know what he says on the previous line." "Maybe someone will find out eventually and fill it in." "Thanks future buddy... :)" "What on earth?" "What is happening?" "Comment: 0,2:00:28.74,2:00:53.71,Japanese,Japanese,0000,0000,0000,I don't know what he says on the previous line." "Maybe someone will find out eventually and fill it in." "Thanks future buddy... :) (Something about firing an arrow" " ANATE)" "The attack has been stopped." "Send in the rest of the regiment." "What happened to the warriors at Thermopylae?" "Dead to the last man." "Algren-san!" "Now the Signal!" "Son of a bitch thinks he can win." "I can still fight!" "Keep fighting!" "Comment: 0,2:05:13.33,2:06:07.87,Japanese,0000,0000,0000,I don't know what he says here either (previous line), just made something up that sounded right." "They'll bring two more regiments up here soon." "We won't be able to stop them again." "You do not have to die here." "I should have died so many times before." "you live again." "Yes." "It was not your time." "It's not over." "What is this?" "prepare to fire!" "Prepare to fire!" "This is madness." "He's going to attack" "Yes." "He's defeated!" "He must accept his shame!" "Kill him." "All of them." "Now!" "My horse!" "Fire!" "Fire!" "Ready!" "Aim!" "Fire!" "Fire at will!" "Bring up the new guns!" "Prepare the new guns!" "Fire!" "Backward!" "Fire!" "Quickly fire!" "Fire!" "Stop firing!" "keep on firing!" "Stop firing!" "Stop!" "No." "Shoot!" "Kill Katsumoto!" "Kill the American!" "You have your honor again." "Let me die with mine." "help me up." "Are you ready?" "I will miss our conversations." "Perfect." "They are all perfect." "On behalf of the United States of America the signing of this treaty will usher in an era of unprecedented prosperity and cooperation between our two great nations." "On behalf of the Emperor we are pleased to have successfully concluded this negotiation." "Algren is here?" "if we could just conclude the matter at hand..." "This is Katsumoto's sword." "He would have wanted you to have it." "...that the strength of the Samurai be with you always." "but" "He hoped with his last breath that you would remember the ancestors who held this sword and what they died for." "Your Highness..." "You were with him at the end?" "Yes." "this man fought against you!" "Your Highness... command me and I will gladly take my life." "I have dreamed of a unified Japan of a country strong and independent and modern." "Western clothing." "But we cannot forget who we are or where we come from." "Ambassador Swanbeck I have concluded that your treaty is not in the best interest of my people." "if I may" "So sorry but you may not." "This is an outrage!" "we should discuss this" "Omura you have done quite enough." "I have done for my country." "Then you will not mind when I seize your family's assets and present them as my gift to the people." "You disgrace me too much..." "If your shame is too unbearable I offer you this sword." "Tell me how he died." "I will tell you how he lived." "And so the days of the Samurai had ended." "have their own destiny." "As for the American Captain no one knows what became of him." "Some say that he died of his wounds... that he returned to his own country." "But I like to think he may have at last found some small measure of peace that we all seek and few of us ever find."