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  1. The Last Samurai is a 2003 American [ 4 ] epic period action drama film directed and produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz from a story devised by Logan.

  2. Logan was a successful playwright in Chicago for many years before turning to screenwriting. His first play, Never the Sinner, tells the story of the infamous Leopold and Loeb case. Subsequent plays include Hauptmann, about the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, and Riverview, a musical melodrama set at Chicago's famed amusement park.

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  3. The Last Samurai. Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) is an American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the art of modern warfare. As the government ...

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  4. Apr 23, 2024 · The Last Samurai and Shogun act as strange companion pieces about the West’s relationship with feudal Japan, but one does it a lot better. ... Screenwriter John Logan provides enough nuance to ...

  5. The Last Samurai is directed by Edward Zwick (Legends of the Fall, Courage Under Fire), and he has done a masterful job of choreography for both large scenes with hundreds of extras and intimate moments between the major characters. Although the screenplay by Zwick, John Logan, and Marshall Herskovitz contains three major battle sequences, it is really about the spiritual changes that come ...

  6. The book will contain parts of the script, exclusive stills from the movie, and interviews from the actors, actresses, and the director. Synopsis of Movie: Set in the 1870s, this film captures Japan at the beginnings of its modernization out of a feudal society and the samurai way of life.

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  8. The Last Samurai: Directed by Edward Zwick. With Ken Watanabe, Tom Cruise, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg. In 19th century Japan, Nathan Algren, a US army captain, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques.