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Name: The Last Samurai
Released: 2003-12-5
Cast: Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn

The Last Samurai

R
2h 34m
2003

66%

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Tom Cruise stars in this sweeping epic set in Japan during the 1870s as Captain Nathan Algren, 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 policies, Algren finds himself unexpectedly impressed and influenced by his encounters with the Japanese warriors, placing him at the center of a struggle between two eras and two worlds, with only his own sense of honor to guide him as The Last Samurai.

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

66%

Critics Consensus: With high production values and thrilling battle scenes, The Last Samurai is a satisfying epic.

Reviews

E! Online

Anderson Jones

Is a romance really necessary, no matter how ridiculous, just to prove the two male leads aren't in love with each other?

April 26, 2022

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Cultural Conversation

Tony Black

The Last Samurai delivers one of the stronger historical adventure epics of recent years.

February 16, 2021

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World Socialist Web Site

David Walsh

Zwick's film idealizes the "noble savage" and denigrates modern society not from the point of view of a serious critique of capitalism, but in a misanthropic, right-wing populist manner.

February 15, 2021

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Herald Sun (Australia)

Leigh Paatsch

The breathtaking showpiece skirmishes might well suggest a Braveheart set in Japan, but there is something more going on here than merely rolling out the battles.

Mostly, though, The Last Samurai aims for, and achieves, epic sweep: the glory of tradition-bound warriors hurling themselves against the modern world, the grandeur of Hollywood offering two points of view on everything.

August 15, 2017

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