Throne of Blood (1957)

Isuzu Yamada: Lady Asaji Washizu

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• Lady Asaji Washizu : Admirable, my Lord. You, who would soon rule the world, allow a ghost to frighten you.

• [Morning at Cobweb castle. Washizu, armed, dozes, seated] 

  Asaji attendant : My Lady!

  [Washizu wakes with a start and looks around, bewildered. He strides into Lady Washizu's quarters, almost bumping into two frightened female attendants. He sees Lady Washizu kneeling, staring blankly out at nothing, nervously washing her hands in a bowl] 

  Lady Asaji Washizu : Will it never be gone? The blood. I wash and wash, yet the blood remains - and the smell! Will my hands never again be clean?

  Taketori Washizu : Asaji!

  Lady Asaji Washizu : There is still blood. My hands. Why do they not become clean? I wash and wash, stilll they smell of blood.

  Taketori Washizu : Asaji!

• Taketori Washizu : Miki would never speak of it. He is my best friend.

  Lady Asaji Washizu : He is ambitious. Children kill their parents for less. This is a wicked world. To save yourself you often first must kill. It is possible that Miki has already betrayed you. I fear this.

• Lady Asaji Washizu : Without ambition, man is not man.

• Lady Asaji Washizu : I am... with child.

• Lady Asaji Washizu : I did not stain my hands with blood to forward Yoshiteru, Miki's son.

• Lady Asaji Washizu : What warrior would not want to be lord of a mighty castle?

• Taketori Washizu : His Lordship trust me more than anyone else. And that is why he has given me the honor of leading the attack.

  Lady Asaji Washizu : Where arrows will find you not only from the front but from the rear.

• Lady Asaji Washizu : Listen, even the crow is saying: The throne is yours.