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Actors: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Tony Goldwyn
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Last Samurai (2003) |
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'The Last Samurai' is a movie featuring Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), a young, cocky American war hero, who is captured by Japanese samurai warriors. Initially, Algren founght for the national American army and was very skilled with firearms. Originally Algren was hired by the Japanese government to help overthrow the samurai. In the film, Algren comes across a unique kind of bravery, the bravery of the samurai. The movie is set in the late 1800's and shows how the Japanese Fuedal System changed when Emperor Meiji took over.
When Algren is captured by the samurai he is filled with resentment, but over time the captians views change. As more tension arises between the Japanese government and the samurai, Nathan Algren must choose which side to fight for.
--Kathryn Sobey, Resident Scholar
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After the civil war, a Captain is having a hard time dealing with the terrible things he did in the war.
He takes a job going to Japan to train an army to fight an army of samurais.
During the first battle the captain is captured and taken back to the samurai camp in the mountains.
The captain grows to like the samurais way of life. He trains with them and helps them fight off a small attack on their village.
When the snow melts, the captain is free to leave.
The samurai leader is captured by the emperor's guards.
The captain helps rescue the samurai and returns to their village with him. He helps them prepare for the attack by the army.
The 500 samurai warriors are able to hold off the first wave of the 2000 soldiers. The samurais kill most of the soldiers before being cut down by superior weapons.
The samurai leader is wounded and stabs himself.
The captain is badly wounded but he survives. He is allowed his freedom by the emperor and he returns to the samurai village.
--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Last Samurai (2003) |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
War Thriller
Yes
Combat acrobatics/martial arts?
Yes
POW movie?
Yes
Kind of movie
- superfast sword fighting
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- senior military
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- bald
Hair style
- (man) bald
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- enemy army
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Japan
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- in awe
How many deaths in film?
- hundreds
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- land battles
- swords
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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