* Sanjuro forcing the family who he saved to run before Ushitora finds them and learns the truth:
-->'''Sanjuro:''' [[HiddenHeartOfGold Take this gold and run; start a new life!]] [[ShooTheDog Go!! Stop grovelling, I hate beggars! Run or I'll kill you myself!]]
* Sanjuro sparing the gang member he met at the film's beginning during the FinalBattle, as said gang member had only joined to escape a poverty-stricken, gruel-eating life as a farmer and [[IWantMyMommy pathetically pleads for his mother]]. Said gang member is merely a boy compared to the rest of the hardened killers surrounding him.
-->'''Sanjuro:''' Children shouldn't play with swords! Go home to your mother and live a long life eating gruel!
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