Once loyalty begins, it does not have an end. Otherwise, it would not be loyalty.

Mariko

If you look and see nothing, you must simply look harder.

Kiku

What you denied me wasn't death. It was a life beyond your reach. And I would sooner live a thousand years than die with you like this.

Mariko

Even when there's evil in this land, no one has the right to tear the realm apart. Crimson Sky was a mistake.

Before we die, I beg permission to take the barbarian's head.

Buntaro

Tonight, we'll get good and drunk

Toranaga

Why is it that only those who have never fought in a battle are so eager to be in one?

Toranaga

Fate is like a sword. Useful only to those who can wield it.

Gin

Death is the end of having lived. It is an affirmation of life itself.

Toranaga

Where I come from, prostitutes are neither this well presented, nor as inquisitive.

Blackthorne

Reclaim our family's legacy and become Shogun!

Nagakado

As a boy, I looked up to the Taiko as proof that even a peasant like me could lift himself to great heights.

Ishido

Shogun Season 1 Quotes

I'd say our chances are fare. This is not where we die.

Blackthorne

Insults? How dare you imply that Lord Ishido insulted me.

Toranaga