The Last Samurai

[Gohanssj]

I dont think Tom Cruise did a bad job on this movie, it is his best movie i think, ive seen it alot lol, i have it on SVCD, its awesome once you start to notice little things in the movie. especially when you can go through the fighting scenes over and over. for the bokkens without the tsuba, i got one, its white oak made in japan, it came with a tsuba but you can slide it off, its a good bokken, perfect balance.

[Caleb]

The boken Miyamoto Musashi carved on his ? duel actually didn't have a tsuba. Iv heard that the Wooden swords we use in kendo actually arn't boken because boken were alot heavier. -Im not sure about that fact- Many of the kenjutsu ryu schools weren't rich eneough for real metal swords, so very many samurai used boken instead of swords. Amazingly, boken could break metal swords in half, and could easily break bones. It goes with the story when Musashi was in the boat carving an oar into a boken, right before his fight with Sasaki. I guess Musashi won, because he lived to write the Book of Five Rings. Just an observation--

[Gohanssj]

Yea quite easily could, its heavier than a actual sword, its to build your strength so real swords dont feel so heavy.

[don_lubo]

You can watch the movie on
http://free.data.bg/loverboy/Moviez/...SVCD%20MPT.avi

[Chopstix]

i believed Katsumoto's character was based in the life of Saigo Takamori....

I second that. Some history:

Saigo Takamori (1827-1877) was an important figure in bringing about the Meiji Restoration and was, therefore, an eminent statesman in the newly organised Meiji government. But disagreement with his colleagues led him to resign his post. He retreated to Kagoshima where he established a military academy. Subsequently, urged by his students, he revolted.

In 1877, 10 years after Imperial rule was restored, Saigo Takamori led the ex-samurai of Kagoshima in southern Kyushu in a rebellion, popularly called the Seinan War. It was the most serious rebellion compared to the other samurai rebellions of that time. The rebels were defeated by draftees - commoners - equipped with guns and cannons bought from the West. Takamori disemboweled himself after his defeat.

[muschio]

Personally....I think its great that somebody wants to sorta re-ignite the Samurai genre! And the fact that somebody as bigname as Tom Cruise is in it is only going to help. When was the last good Samurai movie? Dare I say Kurosawa? I hope this gets more people interested in Japanese swordsmanship, at the least. If there is actual authentic stuff in it, I will be even happier.

But...I know I shouldn't go with any of my friends to see it cause I'll be like "Oh man that is so not how you really do it" But I think I'll enjoy watching it anyways.

Mmhh... I think that if you are gonna do something, you better do it right or not doing it at all, so...

Have you seen Kamegusha?. GREAT MOVIE, not so new though.

[aru-ma]

Mmhh... I think that if you are gonna do something, you better do it right or not doing it at all, so...

Have you seen Kamegusha?. GREAT MOVIE, not so new though.

kamegusha? turtle what? although I think everyone here knows what you meant I'll correct you regardless, it's kagemusha, and yes it's a very good movie.

[watanabe2k]

kamegusha? turtle what? although I think everyone here knows what you meant I'll correct you regardless, it's kagemusha, and yes it's a very good movie.

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lol! Kame Gusha! you know the turtle Gusha............

yeah Kagemusha is a great movie, Kurosawa is a genius!

[Raiza]

Bob kicked ass in the ensuing battles!

Here's some info on Bob aka Seizo Fukumoto.

[[Kensei 剣の聖者]]

Kagemusha was a True epic, however it didnt tackle the "way of life" or philosophy of the samurai like the last samurai did, i really liked the insight into it, but i dont know why they decided to change Takamoris name to "katsumoto"!?!?! and why they had to change history by putting that natha alburn guy there which never really existed or dare i say slightly glorifying the samurai which they did tho, but overall a great film to go by, almost at Korusawa standards... Kagemusha however serves better as a historical epic and displays the plots and intrigues of Sengoku Jidai japan

[Ren Blade]

My favorite character was Ujio.