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Summary:
Edward Zwick returned to the director's chair for the first time since 1998's The Siege with this sweeping period drama set in 19th-century Japan. After centuries of relying on hired samurai for national defense, the Japanese monarchy has decided to do away with the warriors in favor of a more contemporary military. Tom Cruise stars as Nathan Algren, a veteran of the U.... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Tom Cruise - (Nathan Algren)
Timothy Spall - (Simon Graham)
Ken Watanabe - (Katsumoto)
Billy Connolly - (Zebulon Gant)
Tony Goldwyn - (Colonel Benjamin Bagley)
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Review:
While it certainly is not groundbreaking or original, Edward Zwick's The Last Samurai does succeed in telling a moving story in a well-crafted manner. With similarities to Dances With Wolves and Zwick's own Glory, the film also tries to capture the magic of such classic samurai films as Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai. But the ... Continue >>

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