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For three years they plotted,
pretending to be thieves,
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mercenaries, even madmen.
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That l didn't have time to do.
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And then one night they struck,
slipping into the castle
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of their lord's betrayer, killing him.
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Nice. l like that. My kind of job.
1:19:17
There's something more.
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All 47 of them committed seppuku,
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ritual suicide,
in the courtyard of the castle.
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Well, that l don't like so much.
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- But you understand it ?
- What do you mean, l understand it ?
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The warrior code, the delight in the battle.
You understand that, yes ?
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But also something more.
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You understand there is something
outside yourself
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that has to be served.
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And when that need is gone,
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when belief has died, what are you ?
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A man without a master.
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Right now l'm a man
without a pay cheque.
1:20:00
The ronin could have hired
themselves to new masters.
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They could have fought
for themselves.
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But they chose honour.
They chose myth.
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They chose wrong.
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Seppu... Seppu... what ?
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Yes, seppuku.
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Disembowelment.
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The sword goes in here.
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Are you sure this address is good ?
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Jean-Pierre gave it to me.