Shōgun (TV Series)

The Eightfold Fence (2024)

Anna Sawai: Toda Mariko

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• Toda Mariko : Do you know "The Eightfold Fence"? From the time we are small, it is something we are taught to build within ourselves. An... impenetrable wall, behind which we can retreat whenever we need. You must train yourself to listen without hearing. For instance, you can listen to the sound of a blossom falling or the rocks growing. If you really listen, your present circumstance vanishes. Do not be fooled by our politeness. Our bows, our maze of rituals. Beneath it all... we could be a great distance away. Safe. And alone.

• John Blackthorne : The hell was that?

  Toda Mariko : Just a baby earthquake.

  John Blackthorne : A... A b-baby what?

  Toda Mariko : You will most certainly experience more while you are here.There are also tsunami that come from the sea and fires that break out in the villages and cities.It is why our houses are built to go up as quickly as they come down. Because death is in our air.And sea and earth.It can come for us at any moment.Before you meddle with our politics, just remember... we live and we die.We control nothing beyond that.

• Toda Mariko : Anjin-san, this is Omi-sama, the lord of this village.

  John Blackthorne : Actually, we've met.

  John Blackthorne : [in Japanese]  Pardon me.

  John Blackthorne : [in English]  And fuck yourself, you sniveling little shit rag.