L'ultimo samurai

Titolo originale: The Last Samurai
Regia: Edward Zwick |
Anno: 2003
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Azione Guerra
Tag: japan | samurai | swordplay | general | sense of guilt | war veteran | sword | war crimes | loss of loved one | self-discovery | arms deal | homeland | katana | emperor | language barrier | mountain village | foreign legion | insurgence | mercenary | campaign | war strategy | gettysburg | slaughter | soldier | period drama | alcoholic | u.s. soldier | japanese army | warrior | 19th century | war trauma | vindictive | intense | antagonistic | mighty whitey | going native |
Cast: Tom Cruise | Ken Watanabe | Timothy Spall | Tony Goldwyn | Hiroyuki Sanada | Koyuki | Shin Koyamada | Billy Connolly | Togo Igawa | Shichinosuke Nakamura | Masato Harada | William Atherton | Chad Lindberg | Scott Wilson | Ray Godshall Sr. | Masashi Odate | John Koyama | Satoshi Nikaido | Shintaro Wada | Shun Sugata | Sosuke Ikematsu | Aoi Minato | Seizō Fukumoto | Shoji Yoshihara | Kosaburo Nomura IV | Takashi Noguchi | Noguchi Takayuki | Sven Toorvald | Yuki Matsuzaki | Mitsuyuki Oishi | Jiro Wada | Hiroshi Watanabe | Yusuke Myochin | Hiroaki Amano | Kenta Daibo | Koji Fujii | Makoto Hashiba | Shimpei Horinouchi | Takashi Kora | Shane Kosugi | Takeshi Maya | Seiji Morita | Lee Murayama | Takeru Shimizu | Shinji Suzuki | Hisao Takeda | Ryoichiro Yonekura | Ryoichi Noguchi |

Nel 1876, il capitano americano Nathan Algren si reca in Giappone per addestrare il primo esercito regolare del Paese, che fino a quel momento aveva basato la difesa dei territori sull'impiego dei samurai. Ora l'Imperatore si prepara a sconfiggere gli ultimi guerrieri rimasti con le sue nuove truppe. Ma quando Algren viene ferito e catturato dai samurai, viene profondamente colpito dai loro ideali e dal senso dell'onore che li guida...

Frasi

Zebulon Gant: [shouting loudly] Right, you little [...] D
Katsumoto: I have introduced myself. You have intr [...] D
Algren: [shouting] What do you want from me? Kats [...] D
Katsumoto: What happened to the warriors at Thermo [...] D
Algren: [Narrating] I have been hired to suppress [...] D
Algren: I have questions. Katsumoto: Questions co [...] D
Taka: Japanese men do not help with this Algren: [...] D
Katsumoto: If I am no use, I will happily end my l [...] D
Algren: What else has she told you? Katsumoto: Th [...] D
Algren: I will miss our conversations. D
Algren: [shouting] What the hell am I doing here? [...] D
Algren: How's your poem coming? Katsumoto: The en [...] D
Algren: [narrating] They are an intriguing people. [...] D
Simon Graham: I came over with the British trade m [...] D
Simon Graham: You insolent, useless son of a peasa [...] D
Katsumoto: [Algren has just walked into Katsumoto' [...] D
Algren: I killed her husband? Katsumoto: It was a [...] D
Algren: There is some comfort in the emptiness of [...] D
Algren: [narrating] Spring, 1877. This marks the l [...] D
Algren: There is Life in every breath... Katsumot [...] D
Algren: Sergeant Gant, report to the rear and see [...] D
Emperor Meiji: [Referring to Katsumoto] Tell me ho [...] D
Algren: [Algren's 'conversations' with the Silent [...] D
Colonel Bagley: Son of a bitch thinks he can win. D
[watching the Imperial Army's target practice] Al [...] D
Algren: What do you want? Katsumoto: To know my e [...] D
[Katsumoto hands a samurai sword to Algren, it has [...] D
Katsumoto: You fought against your Red Indians? A [...] D
[Algren and Katsumoto ride up to Bagley, who sees [...] D
Emperor Meiji: I have dreamed of a unified Japan. [...] D
Algren: Who sent those men to kill you? Was it the [...] D
Katsumoto: The perfect blossom is a rare thing. Yo [...] D
[watching Algren fence with Ujio] Nobutada: He's [...] D
Omura's Companion: He's rude. Omura: That's how i [...] D
Nobutada: Father, let me stay. It is my time. D
Simon Graham: [first lines] Simon Graham: [narrat [...] D
Katsumoto: Many of our customs seem strange to you [...] D
Katsumoto: Well, they won't surrender. D
[With his dying breath] Katsumoto: Perfect... The [...] D
Algren: There was once a battle at a place called [...] D
[about General Hasegawa] Algren: He fought with t [...] D
Emperor Meiji: Ambassador Swanbeck, I have conclud [...] D
Nobutada: [after Algren is defeated in fencing pra [...] D
Katsumoto: The Emperor could not hear my words. Hi [...] D
Algren: Your highness... if you believe me to be y [...] D
Algren: This is Katsumoto's sword. He would have w [...] D
[last lines] Simon Graham: [narrating] And so the [...] D
Katsumoto: You believe a man can change his destin [...] D
Katsumoto: When I took this, you were my enemy. D
Higen: Will you fight the white men, too? Algren: [...] D
[Nobutada is shamed by Imperial Guards who cut off [...] D
Algren: [narrating] Winter, 1877. What does it mea [...] D
Colonel Bagley: Just tell me one thing, what is it [...] D
Katsumoto: And who was your general? Algren: Do [...] D
Silent Samurai: Algren-San. [he rushes in front o [...] D
Algren: Mr. Graham. Tell this man to fire at me. [...] D
Algren: My thanks, on behalf of those who died in [...] D
Katsumoto: This is my son's village. We are deep i [...] D
Algren: I'm sorry that I killed your husband. Tak [...] D
Algren: You want me to kill Jappos, I'll kill Japp [...] D
Katsumoto: You do not have to die here. Algren: I [...] D