The Last Samurai (2003)

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Directed by

Edward Zwick

Starring (View all)

Ken Watanabe
Katsumoto

Tom Cruise
Nathan Algren

William Atherton
Winchester Rep

Chad Lindberg
Winchester Rep Assistant

Ray Godshall Sr.
Convention Hall Attendee

Billy Connolly
Zebulon Gant

Tony Goldwyn
Colonel Bagley

Masato Harada
Omura

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John Logan
(story)

Edward Zwick
(screenplay)

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3 years, 7 months ago at Mar 7 5:24

JaJlN2

1 vote

Recordé que Tom Cruise había hecho una película de samuráis así que decidí revisitarla a ver que tal y mis conclusiones son las siguientes: La historia es Dance With Wolves situado en el Japón feudal, Tom Cruise hace de un ex soldado maniaco depresivo con estrés postraumático que es llevado a entrenar nuevos soldados ahí para apaciguar y posteriormente aplastar una rebelión de samurá... read more

The Samurai's Shattered World

12 years, 2 months ago at Aug 6 20:13

charidotes20

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I've decided to review of all of movies of Tom Cruise that I've seen-- which I guess is actually only three: The Last Samurai, Valkyrie, and Minority Report.... And if I had to rank them, I guess that that would be the order that I would put them in, yeah-- just because I'm thinking of the guy. And.... Why could that be? (Seriously, though, this is nothing against Katie Holmes: I just like to keep... read more

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6 years, 8 months ago at Jan 12 22:15

johanlefourbe

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I already saw this movie but since it was a while back and since I had it on DVD, I thought I might as well check it out again. Well, the first thing I noticed while re-watching the damned thing was that it was actually pretty much 'Dances with Wolves' in Japan. As a result, they made a similar mistake which was that, in 'Dances with Wolves', Kevin Costner actually became a better Indian than the ... read more

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An American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle.

Release date: 5 December 2003
UPC: 085392838226

Tags: Action (51), War (43), Drama (37), Samurai (32), Historical (27), Japan (26), 2003 (19), Adventure (14), Romance (13), Civil War (11), Martial Arts (10), Revenge (9), Sword (9), 2000s (9), Epic (8), Emperor (8), (8), Battle (7), Ninja (7), Warrior (7)

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