The last samurai [videorecording] / a Warner Bros. Pictures presentation ; a Radar Pictures-Bedford Falls Company production ; a Cruise-Wagner production ; Radar Pictures, Inc. ; produced by Marshall Herskovitz ... [et al.] ; directed by Edward Zwick.
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FilmLanguage: English, French Original language: English Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2004Edition: WidescreenDescription: 2 videodiscs (ca. 154 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: 0790782766Subject(s): Samurai -- Japan -- Drama | Soldiers -- Conduct of life -- Drama | Video recordings for the hearing impaired | Japan -- History -- 19th century -- DramaGenre/Form: Action and adventure films. | Feature films. DDC classification: 791.43/72 Production credits: Screenplay, John Logan, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz ; story, John Logan ; director of photography, John Toll ; editors, Victor DuBois, Steven Rosenblum ; music, Hans Zimmer.Cast: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada ... [et al.].Summary: Tormented Civil War veteran Capt. Nathan Algren is coerced by a mercenary officer to train the Japanese Emperor's troops in the use of modern weaponry. Opposing this modernization are the samurai warriors who are holding fast to their traditions of honor, despite their strategic disadvantage. As a captive of the samurai leader, Algren learns, appreciates, and adopts the samurai code, switching sides for a climactic battle that will put everyone's honor to the ultimate test.
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"2-disc widescreen edition"--Container.
Original production: c2003.
Includes special features.
Screenplay, John Logan, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz ; story, John Logan ; director of photography, John Toll ; editors, Victor DuBois, Steven Rosenblum ; music, Hans Zimmer.
Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada ... [et al.].
Tormented Civil War veteran Capt. Nathan Algren is coerced by a mercenary officer to train the Japanese Emperor's troops in the use of modern weaponry. Opposing this modernization are the samurai warriors who are holding fast to their traditions of honor, despite their strategic disadvantage. As a captive of the samurai leader, Algren learns, appreciates, and adopts the samurai code, switching sides for a climactic battle that will put everyone's honor to the ultimate test.
DVD.
In English; also dubbed into French; optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned.
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