The last samurai

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Tormented Civil War veteran Capt. Nathan Algren is coerced by a mercenary officer to train the Japanese Emperor's troops in the use of modern weaponry. Opposing this modernization are the samurai warriors who are holding fast to their traditions of honor, despite their strategic disadvantage. As a captive of the samurai leader, Algren learns, appreciates, and adopts the samurai code, switching sides for a climactic battle that will put everyone's honor to the ultimate test.
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Grouping Titlelast samurai
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Grouping LanguageEnglish (eng)
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Atherton, William
Connolly, Billy
Cruise, Tom, 1962-
Dickson, Ngila
Goldwyn, Tony
Harada, Masato, 1949-
Herskovitz, Marshall
Kilvert, Lilly
Logan, John, 1961-
Spall, Timothy, 1957-
Watanabe, Ken, 1959-
Wilson, Scott, 1942-2018
Zimmer, Hans
Zwick, Edward
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
Watanabe, Ken,1959-
Wilson, Scott,1942-2018
Zimmer, Hans
Zwick, Edward
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Tormented Civil War veteran Capt. Nathan Algren is coerced by a mercenary officer to train the Japanese Emperor's troops in the use of modern weaponry. Opposing this modernization are the samurai warriors who are holding fast to their traditions of honor, despite their strategic disadvantage. As a captive of the samurai leader, Algren learns, appreciates, and adopts the samurai code, switching sides for a climactic battle that will put everyone's honor to the ultimate test.
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Fiction
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2004
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Warner Home Video
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Action and adventure films
Drama
Feature films
Historical films
Japan -- History -- 19th century -- Drama
Samurai -- Japan -- Drama
Samurai -- Japan -- Teatro
Soldiers -- Conduct of life -- Drama
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The last samurai
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The last samurai [videorecording] / a Warner Bros. Pictures presentation ; a Radar Pictures/Bedford Falls Company production ; produced by Marshall Herskovitz ... [and others] ; screenplay by John Logan and Edward Zwick & Marshall Herskovitz ; story by John Logan ; directed by Edward Zwick
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The last samurai
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Conduct of life
History
Samurai
Soldiers

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