Ôishi: No one, but you and I, can know that you are, and will always be, the joy of my life.
Shogun Tsunayoshi: For the crime of disobedience, you should all be executed as common criminals, but you and your men follow the old ways of Bushido, to honor your lord and to avenge treachery. I see only samurai before me. I grant you the samurai's death, to be buried alongside your lord, with honor.
Ôishi: Thank you, your Highness.
Basho: Kai, I have a confession to make. When I was a boy, I used to wait in the woods outside your hut and when you came out, I threw stones at you and hide.
Kai: I knew it was you. I could see your belly sticking out from behind the trees.
Basho: I'm sorry, Kai. You're a good man.