TY  - ADVS
AU  - Cruise,Tom
AU  - Watanabe,Ken
AU  - Spall,Timothy
AU  - Connolly,Billy
AU  - Goldwyn,Tony
AU  - Sanada,Hiroyuki
AU  - Zwick,Edward
TI  - The last samurai
SN  - 0790782766
U1  - 791.43/72 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Burbank, CA
PB  - Warner Home Video
KW  - Samurai
KW  - Japan
KW  - Drama
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - Conduct of life
KW  - Video recordings for the hearing impaired
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Action and adventure films
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Feature films
N1  - "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.]
N2  - 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
ER  -