The Last Samurai 2003

Sensity:	No
Imdb rate:	7.7
Imdb Votes:	372,504
Duration:	154 mins
Year:	2003
Language:	English, Japanese
Genre:	Action, Drama, War
Country:	USA, New Zealand, Japan
Director:	Edward Zwick
Writers:	John Logan (story), John Logan (screenplay), Edward Zwick (screenplay), Marshall Herskovitz (screenplay)
Actors:	Ken Watanabe , Tom Cruise , William Atherton , Chad Lindberg ,
Awards:	Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 62 nominations.

Description:

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 an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.

Keywords:

japan, loss-of-loved-one, war-crimes, sense-of-guilt, swordplay, general, samurai, war-veteran, katana, sword, arms-deal, homeland, emperor, language-barrier, self-discovery, mountain-village, foreign-legion, mercenary, campaign, commercial-agreement, insurgence, leader, war-strategy, gettysburg, slaughter, soldier, alcoholic, u.s.-soldier, japanese-army, 19th-century, war-trauma,