He was the greatest samurai in the Empire.
6 seconds sound clip from the Shogun Assassin (1980) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:00:13 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- When I was little, my father was famous.
- He was the greatest samurai in the Empire.
- He was the Shogun's decapitator.
- He cut out the head of 131 lords for the Shogun.
- It was a bad time for the Empire.
- The Shogun just stayed inside this castle, and he never came out.
- People said his brain was infected by devils.
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