April 20, 2021

A slice of prose




Lord Hidetora Ichimonji:
In a mad world, only the mad are sane.

Lord Hidetora Ichimonji:
What madness have I spoken? Wherein lies my senility?

Saburonaotora Ichimonji:
I'll tell you. What kind of world do we live in? One barren of loyalty and feeling.

Lord Hidetora Ichimonji:
I'm aware of that.

Saburonaotora Ichimonji:
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!

Kurogane:
Saburo is not our only enemy.

Jiromasatora Ichimonji
: So what? If they attack, we retaliate. We grab their land and enlarge our own.

Kurogane
: Fine words, but words don't win wars.

Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
: The Great Lord goes nowhere alone.

Jiromasatora Ichimonji
: You renounced your power. You have no need of an escort.

Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
: Only the birds and the beasts live in solitude.

Tango
: Men prefer sorrow over joy... suffering over peace!


~RAN by Akira Kurosawa


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