He is not sympathetic to the prisoners and will often blow off their actions as insignificant due to the immense power he and his subordinates hold over them. Īs the warden of the Prisoner Mine, Babanuki is quite cruel, going as far as to tell Hyogoro that if he cannot earn food by undergoing the prison's grueling work, he should die. Babanuki agreeing with Daifugo about the prison rules.