- Zatoichi: You have to understand, Otane. The man you're looking at is dirt. And everyone who comes close to him or touches him, in one way or another gets muddied by that dirt. There's nothing I can do about being dirt myself, but I don't want you to get mired in my dirt.
- Tomonoshin Sagawa: Are you telling me a blind man sees men as women?
- Zatoichi: No. A blind man sees men as men and women as women. We see with the eyes of our heart.
- Master: The doctor's a long way away and it's late, so he's not much use in an emergency. But we happen to have a shaman here tonight to exorcise one of the maids who's been possessed by a fox... so perhaps we can ask her to take a look at the girl.