The Last Samurai




THE LAST SAMURAI
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"I always had a deep respect and a strong feeling for this culture of Japanese people and the elegance and the beauty of the samurai spirit."
- Tom Cruise

the last samurai

Starring: Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn

Genre: Historical, Drama

Plot: Civil War veteran turned Winchester guns spokesman, Captain Woodrow Algren (Tom Cruise), arrives Japan in the late 1870s to train the troops of the emperor Meiji, as a part of a break away from the long-held tradition of relying on employed samurai warriors to protect territories. Meiji plans to use his newly trained army to wipe out the remaining samurais. When Algren is injuried and captured by the samurai, he learns about their warrior honor code from Katsumoto, the samurai´s leader, and he then must choose on which side of the conflict he truly stands...

Director: Ed Zwick
Screenwriter(s): John Logan
Filming Location(s): New Zealand
Studio: Warner Bros.

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