They are known as Ninja, these assassins.
5 seconds sound clip from the Ninjutsu (1968) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:07:50 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- General, do you have any idea who they were?
- They released acid. They didn't want us to see who they were.
- But from the manner in which they fought, I don't think they're Chinese.
- Also, why should they want to assassinate you, sir. Who gains from your death?
- They are known as Ninja, these assassins.
- The Japanese bandits may burn our villages, but they're no match for you.
- They recognize you can defeat them in the field, so they have resorted to the ninja to kill you.
- I hear not to far from here, there lives an old man. In his youth, he used to be a pirate chief.
- He has lived in Japan, and he is well versed in the ways of the ninja.
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