Movie Essay (EVALUATION) The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai
When director Edward Zwick called, "Action!," on the set of The Last Samurai, he wasn't kidding! Though the human aspect lifts the epic film far above the standard action flick, this massive production is filled with impressive battle scenes and sword fights. As American military man, Captain Nathan Algren, Tom Cruise trained intensively for eight months in hand-to-hand combat, karate and Samurai style, two-handed sword fighting. He worked with sword master/choreographer …
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…Watanabe, who plays the leader of the samurai with a wit as sharp as his sword.
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Robert Smith Thompson; 2004, Empires on the Pacific: World War II and the Struggle for the Mastery of Asia, Basic Books, 2004, Revised Edition
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