The 47 Ronin v1.3 (c#1A72A6.fdr - Whoa is (Not)
The 47 Ronin v1.3 (c#1A72A6.fdr - Whoa is (Not)
The 47 Ronin v1.3 (c#1A72A6.fdr - Whoa is (Not)
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98.<br />
MINORU<br />
<strong>The</strong> soldiers have passed. We’ll be<br />
safe for a few hours, but they’ll<br />
be coming back.<br />
It’s a quiet, tragic moment as they stare at the men. <strong>The</strong>n --<br />
OISHI<br />
I have m<strong>is</strong>calculated. My pride has<br />
brought us to th<strong>is</strong>.<br />
(beat)<br />
Perhaps we should have acted the<br />
night of Asano’s death. We were<br />
vastly outnumbered, but at least we<br />
would have died valiantly. With<br />
honor. Now we are only ronin...<br />
(beat)<br />
...and we have failed our lord.<br />
Minoru has never seen th<strong>is</strong> side of O<strong>is</strong>hi, and it scares him a<br />
little.<br />
MINORU<br />
What are you saying?<br />
OISHI<br />
We all go our separate ways.<br />
Scatter to the wind.<br />
We run?<br />
MINORU<br />
OISHI<br />
We live. For as long as we can.<br />
Maybe there will be another day.<br />
<strong>The</strong> one advantage we had was the<br />
element of total surpr<strong>is</strong>e, and it<br />
<strong>is</strong> gone.<br />
Is it?<br />
MINORU<br />
O<strong>is</strong>hi looks at him...and amazingly, the man <strong>is</strong> grinning.<br />
MINORU<br />
A great warrior once said, “If the<br />
enemy thinks of the mountains,<br />
attack like the sea; and if he<br />
think of the sea, attack like the<br />
mountains.”<br />
Minoru turns then...and O<strong>is</strong>hi follows h<strong>is</strong> gaze to the snowy<br />
peaks looming above Kira’s fortress.<br />
MINORU<br />
<strong>The</strong>y expect us to run. Shouldn’t<br />
we attack?
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