.Inthe 1870s, Captain Nathan Algren, a cynical veteran of the AmericanCivil war who will work for anyone, is hired by Americans who wantlucrative contracts with the Emperor of Japan to train the peasantconscripts for the first standing imperial army in modern warfare usingfirearms. The imperial Omura cabinet‘s first priority is to repress arebellion of traditionalist Samurai -hereditary warriors- who remaindevoted to the sacred dynasty but reject the Westernizing policy andeven refuse firearms. Yet when his ill-prepared superior force sets outtoo soon, their panic allows the sword-wielding samurai to crush them.Badly wounded Algren‘s courageous stand makes the samurai leaderKatsumoto spare his life; once nursed to health he learns to know andrespect the old Japanese way, and participates as advisor in Katsumoto‘sfailed attempt to save the Bushido tradition, but Omura gets repressivelaws enacted- he must now choose to honor his loyalty to one of theembittered sides when ...
TAGLINE...................: The Last Samurai
GENRE.....................: Action | Drama | History
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