The Last Samurai
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The Last Samurai

2003Movie2 h 34 minR

Drama
66
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IMDb7.8Letterboxd3.8/5Metacritic558.1
66
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb7.8Letterboxd3.8/5Metacritic558.1

Summary

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.

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  • Date night
  • Family movie night
  • Friends night

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  • You want something to laugh at

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  • Puts you on the battlefield.
  • Makes you care deeply.
  • Gives you goosebumps.
  • Pays off your patience.
  • Lifts you up.

Not for laughs or scares.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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Tropes

Hollywood Historyin 191 titlesIt's not quite as bad as the Hollywood Medieval Japan trope, but it conflates the Boshin War of 1868-69 with the later Satsuma Rebellion of 1877.Seppukuin 133 titlesGeneral Hasegawa, a member of the samurai class who leads the modernized army against the rebels, commits seppuku after his forces lose the battle.All 214 tropes

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