- Oshizu: Master Ichi, how long have you been blind?
- Zatoichi: Since I was about eight.
- Oshizu: Then you must remember a lot of things.
- Zatoichi: Like what?
- Oshizu: Like the color of plants.
- Zatoichi: I can distinguish plants by touch, but the colors have all...
- Oshizu: What?
- Zatoichi: At first I remembered all the colors - green, red, and so forth. I told myself I had to remember them and tried hard not to forget. But they gradually faded away. All that's left now is darkness.
- Zatoichi: I came back from hell to get you. They won't let me across the River of the Three Crossings without you. The Lord of Hell is waiting for you.
- Zatoichi: [while massaging] Your muscles feel pretty loose tonight.
- Dr. Junan: Thanks to you. You're very good. You shouldn't have to wander backwaters like this for work.
- Zatoichi: Always being on the road means I occasionally get to rub the shoulders of great men like you.
- Dr. Junan: You're really laying it on thick tonight.
- [Both laugh]
- Zatoichi: Perhaps a little.