Katsumoto: You do not have to die here.
Algren: I should have died so many time before.
Algren: How's your poem coming?
Katsumoto: The end is proving difficult.
Algren: There is Life in every breath.
Katsumoto: That is, Bushido.
Algren: There was once a battle at a place called Thermopylae, where three hundred brave Greeks held off a Persian army of a million men... a million, you understand this number?
Katsumoto: I understand this number.
Algren: What do you want?
Katsumoto: To know my enemy.
Algren: I've seen what you do to your enemies.
Katsumoto: The warriors in your country do not kill?
Algren: They don't cut the heads off defeated, kneeling men.
Katsumoto: 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.
Katsumoto: What happened to the warriors at Thermopylae?
Algren: Dead to the last man.
Katsumoto: When I took this, you were my enemy.
Katsumoto: Many of our customs seem strange to you. And the same is true of yours. For example, not to introduce yourself is considered extremely rude, even among enemies.
Katsumoto: I have introduced myself. You have introduced yourself. This is a very good conversation.
