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Japan -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
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The
last
samurai
[videorecording (DVD)].
Warner Home Video, c2004.
Call #:
DVD LAS
Subjects
Japan -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
ISBN:
0790782758 (2-Disc fullscreen ed.)
0790782766 (2-Disc widescreen ed.)
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)].
Description:
2 videodiscs (154 min. + bonus material) : Dolby digital, Surround sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 folded sheet insert.
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture by Warner Bros. Pictures in 2003.
Special features (Disc 2): Commentary by director Edward Zwick ; History Channel documentary "History vs. Hollywood: the
last
samurai
" ; "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 solider to
samurai
: the weapons" ; deleted scenes ; Japan premieres ; theatrical trailer.
Includes a DVD-ROM PC* web link.
Some copies are the standard (full-screen) version and have been formatted to fit your screen. Other copies are the widescreen version presented in a "letterbox" widescreen format preserving the "scope" aspect of its original theatrical exhibition and are enhanced for widescreen TVs. See holdings.
Home use only.
Includes English and French language tracks & English, French and Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned.
Production:
Produced by Marshall Herskovitz, Edward Zwick, Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner, Scot Kroopf, Tom Engelman ; story by John Logan ; screenplay by John Logan and Edward Zwick & Marshall Herskovitz ; directed by Edward Zwick.
Performers:
Tom Cruise with Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada and Koyuki.
Summary:
"Tom Cruise plays Civil War hero Capt. Nathan Algren, who comes to Japan to fight the
Samurai
and ends up pledging himself to their cause. Ken Watanabe (Academy Award nominee) plays Katsumoto, a
Samurai
leader facing a vanishing way of life, whose destiny becomes intertwined with that of the American captain. Edward Zwick (winner of the National Board of Review's Best Director Award) directs this sweeping and emotional epic tale of the birth of modern Japan."--Container.
Genre:
Adventure films.
Epic films.
Samurai
films.
Period dramas.
Films for the hearing impaired.
DVDs.
DVD-ROMs.
Other authors:
Zwick, Edward.
Cruise, Tom, 1962-
Spall, Timothy, 1957-
Watanabe, Ken.
Connolly, Billy.
Goldwyn, Tony.
Sanada, Hiroyuki, 1960-
Koyuki, 1976-
Holds:
1
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