| Uniform Title |
Last samurai (Motion picture : 2003) |
| Title |
The last samurai. |
| Published |
Neutral Bay, NSW : Distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment Australia Pty Limited, ©2003. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (148 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Warner Bros. : 82035. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. |
| Special feature: Commentary by director Edward Zwick. |
| Credits |
Directed by Edward Zwick. |
| Performers |
Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe. |
| Summary |
Captain Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) is an American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the art of modern warfare. As the government attempts to eradicate the ancient Samurai warrior class in preparation for more Westernised and trade-friendly policies, Algren finds himself unexpectedly affected by his encounters with the Samurai, which places him at the center of a struggle between two eras and two worlds. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : MA15+. |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital, Region 4, widescreen 2.40:1. |
| Language note |
English, Italian. Subtitles in English, Italian, Italian for the hearing impaired. |
| Subjects |
Samurai -- Drama |
| Americans -- Japan -- History -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Japan -- History -- 1912-1945 -- Drama |
| Japan -- Social life and customs -- Drama |
| Genre |
Action and adventure films |
| Samurai films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Zwick, Edward director. |
| Cruise, Tom, 1962- actor. |
| Watanabe, Ken, 1959- actor. |
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