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The Last Samurai

DVD • December 1, 2003 • 2h 34m • R • Budget $140M • Box Office $456,800,000

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Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become ... More

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Other Titles:	ラストサムライ, ラスト・サムライ
Sub Genres:	japan, mercenary, campaign, leader, war strategy, gettysburg, soldier, japanese army, slaughter, loss of loved one, warrior, war hero, spirituality, u.s. soldier, period drama, seppuku, insurgence, foreign legion, mountain village, sense of guilt, war veteran, war crimes, general, 19th century... more
Release Date:	Theatre 12/01/2003, Theatre US 12/05/2003, DVD 08/07/2006, Digital 01/07/2016
Language:	English (EN)
Box Office:	$456,800,000 (Foreign)
Age Rating:	R
Director:	Edward Zwick
Type:	Movie
Links:	Movies Countdown, TVDB, Official Website, IMDB, Letterboxd, TMDB, WIKIEN

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Beautiful movie. One of my favorites. But definitely not flawless.
The story of a man searching for peace in his life set in Japan's Meiji era.
Emotional and inspiring. Fantastic soundtrack and some epic battlefield stunts.
There are a few things that are over the top, especially the scene where Tojiro(?) gets shot and falls to the ground but one minute later goes all rampage dual wielding katanas; this one really lowers the bar. And there is the whole white savior trope to it. The last scene was also a bit of a flop: why talk in English to the Emperor of you already know Japanese?! And of course everything is heavily romanticized.

Simon Graham: [narrating] They say Japan was made by a sword. They say the old gods dipped a coral blade into the ocean, and when they pulled it out four perfect drops fell back into the sea, and those drops became the islands of Japan. I say, Japan was made by a handful of brave men. Warriors, willing to give their lives for what seems to have become a forgotten word: honor.

Algren: There is some comfort in the emptiness of the sea, no past, no future.

Algren: I am beset by the ironies of my life.

Algren: [narrating] They are an intriguing people. From the moment they wake they devote themselves to the perfection of whatever they pursue. I have never seem such discipline. I am surprised to learn that the word Samurai means, 'to serve', and that Katsumoto believes his rebellion to be in the service of the Emperor.

Algren: [narrating] Winter, 1877. What does it mean to be Samurai? To devote yourself utterly to a set of moral principles. To seek a stillness of your mind. And to master the way of the sword.

Katsumoto: The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life.

Katsumoto: And you do not fear death, but sometimes you wish for it. Is this not so?

Katsumoto: [while looking at the cherry blossoms] Like these blossoms, we are all dying. To know life in every breath, every cup of tea, every life we take. The way of the warrior. Life in every breath. That is Bushido.

Katsumoto: The Emperor could not hear my words. His army will come. For nine hundred years, my ancestors have protected our people. Now... I have failed them.
Algren: So you will take your own life? In shame? Shame for a life of service? Discipline? Compassion?
Katsumoto: The way of the Samurai is not necessary anymore.
Algren: Necessary? What could be more necessary?
Katsumoto: I will die by the sword. My own, or my enemy's.
Algren: Then let it be your enemy's.

Higen: Will you fight the white men, too?
Algren: If they come here, yes.
Higen: Why?
Algren: Because they come to destroy what I have come to love.

Katsumoto: You believe a man can change his destiny?
Algren: I think a man does what he can, until his destiny is revealed.

Emperor Meiji: I have dreamed of a unified Japan. Of a country strong and independent and modern. We have railroads and cannon, Western clothing. But we cannot forget who we are. Or where we come from.

Emperor Meiji: [Referring to Katsumoto] Tell me how he died.
Algren: I will tell you how he lived.

Simon Graham: [narrating] And so the days of the Samurai had ended. Nations, like men, it is sometimes said, have their own destiny. As for the American Captain, no one knows what became of him. Some say that he died of his wounds. Others, that he returned to his own country. But I like to think he may have at last found some small measure of peace, that we all seek, and few of us ever find.

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