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A Balasaur Score of 70 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 65%, Metacritic 55/100. Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 72% of the 3,126 2000s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 34m. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes65%
Metacritic55/100
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
7,758 audience votes
Key crew
- Edward ZwickDirector
- John LoganScreenplay
- Edward ZwickScreenplay
- Marshall HerskovitzScreenplay
- Hans ZimmerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tom CruiseNathan Algren
- Ken WatanabeMoritsugu Katsumoto
- Timothy SpallSimon Graham
- Tony GoldwynCol. Benjamin Bagley
- Hiroyuki SanadaUjio
- KoyukiTaka
- Shin KoyamadaNobutada
- Billy ConnollyZebulon Gant
- Togo IgawaGeneral Hasegawa
- Shichinosuke NakamuraEmperor Meiji
- Masato HaradaOmura
- William AthertonWinchester Rep
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Themes
japansamuraiswordplaygeneralsense of guiltwar veteranswordwar crimesloss of loved oneself-discoveryarms dealhomeland
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