The Last Samurai
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The Last Samurai

1974Movie2 h 39 min

Drama
74
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb7.5Letterboxd3.6/5
74
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb7.5Letterboxd3.6/5

Summary

The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child.

Good for

  • Friends night
  • Teens
  • Drop-in friendly

Skip it if

  • Graphic violence bothers you

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  • Weighs on you.
  • Gets your pulse racing.
  • Leaves you shaken.

Not for laughs, warmth 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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