Civil War

Drama

2022 movie #65. Cruise plays burnt out Civil War vet Capt. Algren. He's lured to Japan to help train the Emperor's new army but gets captured by a samurai band and learns to love and be accepted by their culture. Very good and well made movie. ( )

Año 1876. El capitán Nathan Algren es un hombre que sobrevive atormentado por los recuerdos de la Guerra Civil (1861-1865) y de las campañas contra los indios, en las que participó arriesgando su vida. Desde entonces, el mundo ha cambiado radicalmente: el pragmatismo ha reemplazado al valor, el interés personal ha ocupado el lugar del sacrificio, y el sentido del honor ha desaparecido. En un país muy lejano, otro soldado ve también cómo su modo de vida está a punto de desintegrarse. Es Katsumoto, el último líder de un antiguo linaje de guerreros, los venerados samuráis, que dedicaron sus vidas a servir al emperador y a preservar el espíritu de la milenaria cultura japonesa.

Tom Cruise (Actor), Ken Watanabe (Actor), Edward Zwick (Director)
Epic Action Drama. Set in Japan during the 1870s, The Last Samurai tells the story of Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), a respected American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the art of modern warfare. As the Emperor attempts to eradicate the ancient Imperial Samurai warriors in preparation for more Westernized and trade-friendly government policies, Algren finds himself unexpectedly impressed and influenced by his encounters with the Samurai, which places him at the center of a struggle between two eras and two worlds, with only his own sense of honor to guide him.