The Last Samurai (2003), a celebration of Japan’s warrior culture — A review of the historic film by Miguel A. Faria, MD

The Last Samurai is a 2003 American film starring Tom Cruise and the Japanese actor Ken Watanabe, supported by an excellent cast of American and Japanese actors. The film’s plot is based on the historic 1877 Satsuma Rebellion led by the samurai Saigo Takamori, who was opposed to the forced modernization of Japan under the […]

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