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The Last Samurai
A haunted American officer hired to modernize the Japanese army is captured by the very samurai he was meant to crush, and comes to embrace their vanishing code of honor. A sweeping historical epic.
Why it’s here
A Meiji-era Japan story built around imperial modernization and samurai myth.
- Runtime
- 154 min
- Genre
- Drama · Action · War
- Mood
- tense · thoughtful · dark
- Entry
- some context
- Best for
- first visit
Content notes: war or political violence · violence or threat · substance use Non-exhaustive