The Last Samurai [HD DVD]

The Last Samurai [HD DVD]
by Edward Zwick

The Last Samurai [HD DVD]
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Actor: Chad Lindberg, Ken Watanabe, Ray Godshall Sr., Tom Cruise, William Atherton
Director: Edward Zwick
Brand: Ingram
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital-Plus 2.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 154 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-04-18
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
  • Actors: Ken Watanabe, Tom Cruise, William Atherton
  • Format: Anamorphic, CC, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Deleted Scenes With Commentary
  • Audio Tracks: English/French (Dolby Digital 5.1)

DVD Reviews of The Last Samurai [HD DVD]

DVD Review: I didn't see Dances with Wolves...
Summary: 4 Stars

So I won't make comparisons with that movie. I thought this is a well-done film. Sympathetic, and respectful of our culture. Thank you Hollywood and Zwick and Logan from a 'nihonjin.' I thought Cruise did a great job. I didn't see any of the reckless grinning that he known for, and he did a great portrayal of a disillusioned but fierce and loyal soldier. And this was exactly how many of the samurai felt in that era. This was a great fantasy film about a time of great change in Japan. You have to remember this is a fairy tale, but the Meiji Restoration was a turning point in Japan's history that I am happy that Americans can be better aquainted with. And the love scenes were well crafted, no obligatory sex scene (thats absolutely impossible for a gaijin and nihonjin in that time period!!!) It was a stretch to see Cruise handle a katana so well, and I was prepared to laugh going into the movie, but the story really turned me around, it was so well done that it felt natural.

DVD Review: Tom Cruise at his best!
Summary: 5 Stars

Okay, so I might like Tom Cruise more than your average person, but no one can say this movie was poorly done or that the acting was bad.

EXCELLENT movie!!

DVD Review: Awesomeeeeeeeeeee!!
Summary: 5 Stars

Just a really well done movie. This has it all: an epic scale, a love story, outstanding soundtrack, and fight scenes. Plain greatness.

DVD Review: The Last Samari
Summary: 5 Stars

I love historical dramas, and this was a really wondrous story. Anyone who loves history will love this film. Tom Cruise was at his height in acting. All the Japanese actors were great. I'm ordering Shogun for the Japanese history.

DVD Review: An unexpectedly great mixed-culture film
Summary: 5 Stars

Though I'm not a huge fan of Cruise's, his acting's been getting better with age. The Last Samurai is a solid film that shows us cultural clashes between American ideals and Japanese philosophies in a truly enjoyable way. Definitely worth watching!

Description of The Last Samurai [HD DVD]

  • Actors: Ken Watanabe, Tom Cruise, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg, Ray Godshall Sr., See more
  • Directors: Edward Zwick
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Rating
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: May 4, 2004
  • Run Time: 154 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: based on 618 reviews. (Write a review.)
  • DVD Features:
  • Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Disc One
  • Theatrical Film With Commentary by director Edward Zwick
  • Disc Two
  • Deleted Scenes with commentary
  • History vs. Hollywood: The Last Samurai {History Channel Documentary
  • Tom Cruise: A Warrior's Journey
  • Edward Zwick: Director's Video Journal
  • Making an Epic: A Conversation with Edward Zwick and Tom Cruise
  • A World of Detail: Production Design with Lilly Kilvert
  • Silk and Armor: Costume Design with Ngila Dickson
  • Imperial Army Basic Training
  • From Soldier to Samurai: The Weapons
  • Japan Premieres {Tokyo & Kyoto red carpet)
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • 2004 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. THE LAST SAMURAI, characters, names and related indicia are trademarks of and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved
    While Japan undergoes tumultuous transition to a more Westernized society in 1876-77, The Last Samurai gives epic sweep to an intimate story of cultures at a crossroads. In America, tormented Civil War veteran Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) is coerced by a mercenary officer (Tony Goldwyn) to train the Japanese Emperor's troops in the use of modern weaponry. Opposing this "progress" is a rebellion of samurai warriors, holding fast to their traditions of honor despite strategic disadvantage. As a captive of the samurai leader (Ken Watanabe), Algren learns, appreciates, and adopts the samurai code, switching sides for a climactic battle that will put everyone's honor to the ultimate test. All of which makes director Edward Zwick's noble epic eminently worthwhile, even if its Hollywood trappings (including an all-too-conventional ending) prevent it from being the masterpiece that Zwick and screenwriter John Logan clearly wanted it to be. Instead, The Last Samurai is an elegant mainstream adventure, impressive in all aspects of its production. It may not engage the emotions as effectively as Logan's script for Gladiator, but like Cruise's character, it finds its own quality of honor. --Jeff Shannon

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