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Oct 11, 2024 · _Hans Zimmer - The Last Samurai Theme [Ultra Extended by Gilles Nuytens]_This is an "ultra extended" version of the theme of the movie « *The Last Samurai* »...
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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 ...
An American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle. Genres: Action Drama History Actors: Ken Watanabe / Tom Cruise / William Atherton / Chad Lindberg / Ray Godshall Sr. / Billy Connolly / Tony Goldwyn / Masato Harada / Masashi Odate / John Koyama / Timothy Spall / Shichinosuke Nakamura / Togo Igawa / Satoshi Nikaido / Shintaro Wada
The film is based on an original screenplay entitled The Last Samurai by John Logan. The project itself was inspired by writer and director Vincent Ward . Ward became executive producer on the film – working in development on it for nearly four years and after approaching several directors, including Francis Ford Coppola and Peter Weir , until he became interested with Edward Zwick .
The 500 Samurai warriors are ready to fight but will have to face an enemy 5,000 strong. The director explains that the title refers to the Samurai as a race or class of people. The whole movie, in fact, is based on the end of the Samurai culture and the emergence of a new way of life in Japan, based on western ideals.
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Dec 5, 2003 · “The Last Samurai” breaks with the convention that the Western hero is always superior to the local culture he immerses in. It has been compared to “Lawrence of Arabia” and “Dances With Wolves,” films in which Westerners learn to respect Arabs and Indians, but this film goes a step further, clearly believing that Katsumoto’s traditional society is superior to the modernism being ...