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The Last Samurai [Blu-ray]
starring: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg
directed by: Edward Zwick

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While Japan undergoes tumultuous transition to a more Westernized society in 1876-77, The Last Samurai gives epic sweep to an intimate story of cultures at a crossroads. In America, tormented Civil War veteran Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) is coerced by a mercenary officer (Tony Goldwyn) to train the Japanese Emperor's troops in the use of modern weaponry. Opposing this "progress" is a rebellion of samurai warriors, holding fast to their traditions of honor despite strategic disadvantage. As a captive of the samurai leader (Ken Watanabe), Algren learns, appreciates, and adopts the samurai code, switching sides for a climactic battle that will put everyone's honor to the ultimate test. All of which makes director Edward Zwick's noble epic eminently worthwhile, even if its Hollywood trappings (including an all-too-conventional ending) prevent it from being the masterpiece that Zwick and screenwriter John Logan clearly wanted it to be. Instead, The Last Samurai is an elegant mainstream adventure, impressive in all aspects of its production. It may not engage the emotions as effectively as Logan's script for Gladiator, but like Cruise's character, it finds its own quality of honor. --Jeff Shannon

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Epic Action Drama. Set in Japan during the 1870s, The Last Samurai tells the story of Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), a respected American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the art of modern warfare. As the Emperor attempts to eradicate the ancient Imperial Samurai warriors in preparation for more Westernized and trade-friendly government policie

Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: WARNER HOME VIDEO
EAN: 0085391108092
Feature: Epic Action Drama. Set in Japan during the 1870s, The Last Samurai tells the story of Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), a respected American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the art of modern warfare. As the Emperor attempts to eradicate the ancient Imperial Samurai warriors in preparation for more Westernized and trade-friendly government policie
Format: THX, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageFrenchOriginal LanguageSpanishOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchDubbedSpanishDubbed
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: BR110809
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: November 14, 2006
Running Time: 154 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2003

Customer Reviews

Japan, and a man, at the crossroads

This epic swashbuckler is also the story of a man's search for peace and meaning, with a debt to both Dances with Wolves - Extended Cut (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) and James Clavell's Shogun. It's 1876, bare months after Custer's Last Stand, and Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), a survivor of the Seventh Cavalry, is working as a huckster for the Winchester rifle company and doing his best to drown himself in drink. Like Frank Hopkins of Hidalgo (Widescreen Edition), he's tormented by memories ... Read More

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