The Last Samurai Forest Battle

The Last Samurai (2003) Rent or own full movie: amzn.to/3IyVNAd
Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) is an American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the art of modern warfare. As the government attempts to eradicate the ancient Samurai warrior class in preparation for more Westernized and trade-friendly policies, Algren finds himself unexpectedly affected by his encounters with the Samurai, which places him at the center of a struggle between two eras and two worlds.
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[@kyledunn6853]

I love how the samurai used the fog to conceal their movement and outflank them. This is my favorite samurai film. A true piece of art by Edward Zwik.

[@Oropher420]

It might’ve also been used to give themselves the illusion of having a bigger army than theirs, giving them a more intimidating presence to the enemy.

[@multivitamin425]

Outflank? They literally charged head on

[@kyledunn6853]

@@multivitamin425 I was talking about their infantry, not their cavalry.

[@multivitamin425]

@@kyledunn6853 what

[@brettgordon78]

Can tell you were never military or know what you're talking about. Because the samurai obviously didnt flank them. This was clearly a frontal assault. Not a flank attack.

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

Love how the Samurai leader sees the lonely soldier fighting, like he looking at a perfect blossom tree that's out of place or some rare animal in the wild being surrounded by hunters.

[@danielbadger2641]

It’s a reference to the beginning of the film. The leader has a premonition in his mind about the white tiger fighting (in the beginning it’s a literal tiger). Hence the tiger flag and the low growl you hear when they zoom in on it during the battle. Cruise’s character is the white tiger

[@jro7095]

Un animal acorralado es capaz de todo.

[@user-io6pj8bz8h]

No, it's his dream

[@BurntBattleBagel]

​@@user-io6pj8bz8hyou're both right. But the first and 2nd shot of the leader looking at him is the part where he is impressed or shocked at his tenacity... the 3 and 4th shot of his face (just before it's in slow motion with tom cruise) is where katsumoto then realises why he is so tenacious as his vision is confirmed by the flag. He probably may not have kept him alive if he didnt notice the flag.

[@user-io6pj8bz8h]

@@BurntBattleBagel No, I am right, the op and you are wrong.

[@SciModeler]

The scene when the samurais appeared like ghosts in their battle armor is my fav scene in this film. It was so badass!

[@jackdaone6469]

Japan’s feudal ghosts, returned to haunt the modernizing nation.

[@Angelo-yr1en]

They were fearless warriors

[@raymondyee2008]

This scene was done well. At 0:30 you would certainly feel fear coming right at you.

[@LoneWolf-zh1iy]

Not fear, death.

[@BurntBattleBagel]

​@@LoneWolf-zh1iyI'll meet you both in the middle: the fear of death

[@LoneWolf-zh1iy]

@@BurntBattleBagel Looking forward to it.

[@The_Gallowglass]

Katsumoto: Stop. Samurai: What? Katsumoto: He just killed like a dozen trained samurai. I have to talk to him.

[@halleck3]

That's the enemy he wanted to know :)

[@lobby-3alliance196]

Remember Algren, was a Captain in the Infantry, and he was battle_experienced, just a different type of warfare here !

[@selerim]

He was battle experienced already that’s why he took them on single handling. His combat experience is what ‘saved’ him in this battle.

[@shinsenshogun900]

Tom Cruise's finest role... preferred this over the recent Mission Impossibles

[@filipesugden1982]

masterpiece and greastest actor of this generation

[@megusta9045]

​@@fudgepacker2858not even close

[@johnnieboy66]

Id say Collateral

[@stonecold5373]

Tom Cruise has all kinds of FINEST roles....

[@tamikofox-lunn3591]

Less Grossman and Vincent

[@gunnerpfuntner842]

I have always admired how the samurai dress in a fashion that strikes fear in there enemy’s, resembling demons on the battle field

[@coltkeenan5854]

If an enemy fears you, you have already beaten him

[@flatearthisahoax4030]

​@@coltkeenan5854 But what if the enemy shows no fear even in the face of death? Like you don't care whether you live or die as long as you have nothing to lose?

[@zerosoldier2k6]

​@flatearthisahoax4030 it would be a worthy opponent for a demon. Idk an actual answer to this, but this is my opinion if I encounter a warrior who does not fear death as a samurai.

[@taktktk5240]

15歳くらいの少年も顔晒す事になるから。そもそも鉄砲使うけどね

[@krieger8825]

​@@flatearthisahoax4030An unbroken infantry unit is a spiky wall with legs

[@brandoncarlson03]

the fact that he let Nathan kill one of his men, solely because "it was a good death" tells you all you need to know about Samurai.

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

Too Honor bound Heading towards extinction

[@brandoncarlson03]

this.@@APersonOnKZbinX

[@tomtom34b]

I think he had a fair chance... 🙂

[@MyJuan232]

His brother in law.

[@sword-and-shield]

More about that vision and the White Tiger than anything. He knew something was more important then his death, or he wouldn't have stopped his men.

[@davidsears6312]

Although the movie is not historically accurate, it's still a great movie.

[@xyPERSON]

Awe yes David... a Hollywood film that is historically and factually inaccurate. Who knew? I do think it was a pretty good film from an entertainment standpoint but looking back it definitely whitewashed history like many Hollywood films unfortunately do. The late Paul Mooney once made a joke on Dave Chapelle's comedy show about Tom Cruise being the last samurai and he compared it to if Tom Hanks was to star in a film called The Last Nigga On Earth.

[@TheBlackHawkOfGaming]

@@xyPERSON this movie is not a white wash of history. Compared to the movies like dances with wolves or even Avatar. This movie just shows the period of time through the eyes of Tom cruise whose character is helpless in changing the events. He is not a white saviour nor does his character show, a white superior complex. With his reasons for joining the samurai justified as he found something lost in himself within the culture the of the samurai.

[@LetsGoFlyers2011]

@@xyPERSON Except Tom Cruise isn't the last Samurai, or Samurai at all. The Samurai are the last Samurai.

[@GP.Records]

@@LetsGoFlyers2011right. The Last Samurai is Katsumoto. We’re just witnessing his last days from Tom’s POV.

[@fromryuk7785]

​​@@GP.RecordsToms characters point of view as told by Mr Graham. At the end Capt Algerin before the final battle gave Mr Graham all his writings and journals from his time in Japan and his time among the Native Americans to help Mr Graham finish his own book he talked about at the beginning of the movie.

[@dY5FUNCT10N4L]

My grandfather was in this battle in the 1800's, he said it was important for people on the internet to talk crap about where relatives served in combat

[@HollywoodMarine0351]

LOL 🍻🤪

[@shinsenshogun900]

you'd be an centenarian old enough to even grasp the concept of the internet lmao 🍻

[@inquisitorkrieger8171]

Hahahahaha. I see that all the time. Someone make this man a Samurai.

[@Oblioebel]

the fuck he was

[@Lil-yo-beach]

それじゃあ天皇側についた州と侍側についた州を言えるかね？

[@waynee5603]

3:13, Katsumoto looks absolutely BAD ASS.

[@bravosix8166]

I know right, his leader attire is super bad ass. And second that is Ujio's horned helmet. Ultimate badass

[@LockdLoaded619]

Hitoro looks better.

[@rogermoreno1152]

“What happened to the warriors at the Battle of Thermopylae? …dead to the last man.” *grins* LOVED that scene.

[@Vekren]

So terrifying for the unprepared defending soldiers, imagine being one of them and seeing that emerge from the fog especially since hearing about how legendary Samurai are/were. This is the legit one of the few Tom Cruise movies I can watch again and again.

[@fistinyourface7053]

Also one has to remember that the samurai were an elite not so long before action of the movie, before a peasant could get beheaded on spot for things like bowing not deep enough. And it was normal for them for generations. And suddenly these guys get rifles and are supposed to fight people who were training how to fight and kill for their entire lives.

[@7swordquanta459]

Algren (Tom Cruise) was definitely right when he said the men were not ready in a previous scene.

[@iatsd]

That makes little sense. "how legendary the samurai were"? Algren knew close to nothing about them and the Japanese soldiers would have grown up knowing exactly who and what samurai were. In the actual Samurai Rebellion the newly trained Western-style Japanese military beat the rebelling samurai in *every* battle except one.

[@lobby-3alliance196]

@@7swordquanta459.Totally overmatched !

[@Lorrdd]

In the Samurai's minds, they were the defenders, not the Imperial Army.

[@Excalibur01]

2:38 The man should be VERY lucky that the horse didn't crush his leg coming down or landed on him, breaking his back

[@PascalH9191]

Yeah! In real life his leg would have been broken

[@MUTANG_Official]

So true lol

[@EvgeneXI]

True warriors respect each other, regardless of which side they fight upon.

[@thomasmartin7524]

in your games. only in your little games.

[@EvgeneXI]

The fuck are you on about? And why do the folks that post stupid comments, such as yours, always have a username with this exact format: FIrstnamelastname0000. Are you bots? Are you creatively devoid? Does mommy not let you use your own KZbin account?

[@scottydu81]

@@thomasmartin7524There’s about a zillion real-life examples of “game recognizes game”

[@hawkeye7527]

​@@thomasmartin7524 Your comment assumes very much, based on very little. I have spoken with and known true modern warriors. There is respect due to your enemy. Fools are they who fail to respect their enemy, and who underestimate them.

[@vik24oct1991]

only in movies.

[@NordicSoldier]

Man I miss this era of historical drama and war movies. Truly a classic and maybe some of Tom cruise' best acting

[@legiovictrix5118]

1:13 OUR MEN ARE RUNNING AWAY FROM THE BATTLEFIELD! A SHAMEFUL DISPLAY!!!

[@ronal8824]

more like "your men are routing, sir!"

[@HallingtonA]

“Dang this weather sir”

[@Aka-293]

love the Shogun 2 total war reference

[@tiphares2355]

shameful dispray

[@bigrobnz]

that scene of the samurai attacking through the mist is one of the best pieces of cinema ever filmed......

[@jakeb3055]

The samurai leader sees the American fighting ferociously and when the blue banner with the tiger is visible, he recognizes that he is a tiger in spirit, a true warrior.

[@hickoryhippie]

I thought the Japanese people would roll their eyes at the thought of a white man being the hero of a Japanese war, but it is one of the most successful movies to be released in Japan. Truly a work of art, and that's pretty rare to achieve in the 21st century. I love this damn movie.

[@GaijinCartoonist]

Ah, but that's the secret. He isn't the hero, he's the witness. He doesn't save Katsumoto, he helps his men save him. He doesn't change their warfare, he integrates with it. He doesn't save the army, he willingly fights to the end with it. Algren isn't the Last Samurai, he helps the Last Samurai die as a Samurai.

[@LockdLoaded619]

Even if he was the white savior, Japanese people would still love this movie. East Asians get their knickers in a tie for Caucasian people. And I'm not being racist. I'm being honest.

[@Bajtjr]

Of course the movie exaggerated the white man role a lot to bring it closer to Western audiences but despite this being a Japanese war the white man did play a part in it. There were Europeans fighting with the Samurai as well, for example: -Jules Brunet, a Frenchman. He was a French military officer who served the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War in Japan. Originally sent to Japan as an artillery instructor with the French military mission of 1867, he refused to leave the country after the shōgun was defeated, and played a leading role in the separatist Republic of Ezo and its fight against forces of the Meiji Restoration. After the rebellion's defeat he returned to France, fought in the Franco-Prussian War, and later reached the rank of general of division and worked for the Ministry of War. -André Cazeneuve which is the Jule's friend. Cazeneuve fought in the Battle of Hakodate, in command one of the four Shogunate regiments. He was severely wounded in the battle, but was brought back to Yokohama at the end of the conflict and transported to France. He returned to Japan in 1871, where the new Meiji government employed him to supervise their military horse usage. He died in 1874 in Japan. These are two examples but of course these white men were not any savior or heroes, they fought no harder than the Japanese and were not the "heroes" of the war. The movie is indeed a work of art

[@tojiroh]

​@@Bajtjrfascinating, must read more on those two men. It's a good day when a kind stranger shares a nice tid it on a comment section... Thank you!

[@ramirowendler]

​@@GaijinCartoonistif it wasn't because of Nathan the emperor wouldn't change his mind

[@Lockieez]

I like how the soldiers close to Billy Connelly's character don't flee like the others. Shows the value of a leader raising morale of the troops by standing his ground himself.

[@FranklinSninsky]

I noticed this detail as well not until I watched it on dvd, didn't notice this the first time, however small of a part he had i nthe movie Billy Connelly is legendary and also memorable in every role he's in especially this one...

[@Excalibur01]

One thing I raised about this movie is how utterly misunderstood the American Colonel thought of the Samurai. He literally thought they were facing "Indians" on another part of the world instead, it could have been easily explained that "no, they are no savages with bows and arrows and wearing loin cloths. They are like the Knights of Europe wearing plate armor with swords and pikes. These are men they didn't live in tents in the wilderness. They are men who lived in castles and know what siege warfare is like" THAT would at least raise the level of expectation that of what they were facing. The Japanese Imperial Army could have easily explained to the Americans the tactics of cavalry charges the Samurai would use, which is pretty much EXACTLY the same type of tactics the US military at the time would still use even post Civil War, flank a position with horses and plow through them with swords.

[@jamalwilburn228]

The movie is fiction anyway. The Samurai were known to embrace firearms and were among the first to adapt them. The Colonel is somewhat realistic as rac*sm was common, and you can find leaders underestimating opponents throughout history. Colonel could've been one of those officers who were appointed and had no military education like many during the Civil War. Back then, you could purchase a commission.

[@jamalwilburn228]

He wouldn't listen to the IJA as they sucked so it could be reasonably assumed they were overflowing their enemies' skills, which happens quite often. If you suck or your enemy sucks to the point, it's shameful. People will sing praise about their enemy to excuse their poor performance or make themselves seem superior

[@Excalibur01]

@@jamalwilburn228 I know the background of the movie and I still like it despite its faults. It's one of my favorite "western" take on Samurai, be it a bit romanticized. It is hilarious that they made the movie "good guy" Samurai scoff at guns when they've always used guns from the moment they were introduced. Would have been cool to see them using matchlock vs "modern" guns of the time

[@koreancowboy42]

It is indeed true the samurai did use firearms however I very much liked this version of them not using guns as it showed that some of them didn't wanted to be westernized. However it would've been still nice to see some muskets like how back in the old days the Portugese came to trade the firearms to the Japanese

[@_Since-1994]

Lol Indians at that time are savage.... he'll noooo dude what you smoking Indian continent at that time are under British rule and before that they are rich and powerful then any other empire that's what make europeans to search the country and randomly discover other continents dude have some knowledge 😅

[@user-gu9mf6kz8b]

Edward Zwick understood the assignment. The fog was the doorway of legends marching into the real world and Samurais are legendary.

[@longbeforenow3130]

Notice when katsumodo walks near tom cruise his hatamoto to his right blocks his other retainers with his sword as they have their weapons drawn near their lord.

[@tresamigosflyfishing]

I’ve always loved that detail!

[@amare1cro]

Captain Algren clearly wanted to die here, and his sergeant witnessed his heroic last stand. What an absolutely fantastic movie. The tactics that Katsumoto applies in this battle seem disastrous, a cavalry charge onto straight lines of infantry equipped with modern firearms with bayonets fixed? But soon you realize that he gambled correctly on the Emperor's forces melting away out of fear and intimidation, and also he sent out his infantry on a flank attack, which meant that the cavalry charge was both used as a main attack and also diversion for the powerful blows at Algren's flanks. The Emperor's force was this clearly outmatched but a year later they would show up in force, unafraid of going head-to-head with the enemy, with powerful artillery, and finally, a Gatling gun to finish off the final charge of the samurai.

[@marcodraven9778]

Reminds me of the battle of Lake Trasimene, Hannibal used the fog and lake to ambush the Romans to defeat. Katsumoto like Hannibal are rare commanders that use the environment as their advantage when it comes to guerilla warfare.

[@jedcollings3624]

They were muzzle loading rifles with minie ball variants, probably Enfield 1853s, not modern compared to Billy Connolly's Winchester or even Captain Algren's colt percussion revolver in some aspects. Pikemen were used to engage forces at such distances in the past, I'm not too sure what ended the pikemen, probably just the bayonet and cost savings as models were standardized I guess

[@amare1cro]

@@jedcollings3624 pikemen were ended because no sane person would march into war with a pike while each of your enemies can easily pick you off at distance... while also having a bayonet. imagine slowly advancing, unable to fire back, while musket or minie balls are slamming into your ranks. The pikes were ended already in the 18th century, but somewhere it took some time to remove them from the battlefields. Realistically, I wouldn't even want to be wielding a pike in the era of longbow + first primitive firearms (14th, 15th century) The samurai were fighting a hopeless battle in this movie

[@thebladeofchaos]

@@amare1crothis is a bit of a falsehood. Pikes carried on into the age of shot for a while until we got to the point Muskets could do the job on it's own. there's a reason Pike and Shot is a thing after all. some of the first bayonets we used were plug ons. you could get them in but good luck getting them out in time for the fight. It wasn't until we actually started getting socket bayonets and indeed ring bayonets that we started properly phasing them out, but overtime, we moved the ratio more and more as weapons became more and more advanced. remember, 3 shots in a minute with a Napoloeonic rifle was seen as highly impressive. in a minute how far can a horse go? how far can you shoot? The Samurai were on the way out, there was no question with this, but not because of their lack of firearms alone. tactics advance and adapt over time and the tactics the samurai used initially worked wonders against their foes who were ill prepared for it. but knowledge, experience and development showed that it was just a matter of time. we see the same in WW2. the Germans learnt the lessons of WW1, the Allies didn't.

[@ianover6838]

@@amare1cro Pikes were still needed to counter cavalry

[@predetor911]

Perfect example of how a weapon doesn’t make the warrior. Just because the conscript soldiers had more advanced weapons they lack the courage, focus and discipline, unlike the battle hardened samurai.

[@SilverScribe85]

Tell that to all the gun lovers here in the U.S. this past year

[@Jupiter.141]

Not just that it's also the language barrier they only had 1 officer translating for the entire regiment. If they were able to communicate properly the first line of the cavalry would've been decimated by the first volley.

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

@@SilverScribe85 Different time difference in gap of technology.

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

⁠@@Jupiter.141 Wouldn’t matter much because someone they fired first without order. The other follow even their own officer who is a Japanese tell them to stop. But it too late.

[@SilverScribe85]

@@thanhhoangnguyen4754 All I'm saying is the moment guns were created, it made us humans foolishly believe we're powerful

[@marcodraven9778]

Reminds me of the battle of Lake Trasimene, Hannibal used the fog and lake to ambush the Romans to defeat. Katsumoto like Hannibal are rare commanders that use the environment as their advantage when it comes to guerilla warfare.

[@kodesh1674]

He did that? I thought he only fought at Cannae

[@herbthompson8937]

​@@kodesh1674Lake Trasimene is known as the largest ambush in history. And Hannibal has like 20 other battles as well besides those 2. You only know about Cannae because you're not a history buff and because Cannae is still taught to military academies around the world to this day. Hannibal IMO is GOAT

[@flatearthisahoax4030]

Napoleon also did that on the Battle of Austerlitz where he trapped the Austrians uphill while his army were hiding in the fog ready to fight

[@nekrataali]

@@kodesh1674 Hannibal waged war on the Romans in their own peninsula for 15 years.

[@kparsa1]

Love the fact that he took out multiple opponent's with inferior training from the perspective of the samurai. They realized that with proper planning they could defeat the samurai. He earned the respect of most of them immediately.

[@ArchonShon]

I love this scene, it shows how the route was the most deadly moment in battle. With cavalry many battles ended in slaughter only when fear became contagious.

[@timpope1745]

If youve never had a chance to watch this movie, and you appriciate great scriped, and great acting do yourself a favor,watch this materpiece uncut,unedited, this movie will touch you,move you and make you sit bach and really consider what life is about.

[@ianlacey6588]

It’s the same trick that they used in the Michael Fassbender version of Macbeth. You set up the smoke machine then have 5 or 6 people run in and out of shot. Looks like armies.

[@guts-141]

Fog of war

[@alexbenoitb2371]

765 / 5 000 Captain Jules Brunet is one of the fifteen officers responsible for training the Shogun's army in modern warfare techniques. But Brunet was immediately fascinated by the ancestral world of the samurai. He learned Japanese and became close to the Shogun. Unfortunately, his samurai troops were eliminated by British cannons, placed in the service of the Imperials. Thus, the shogunate was abolished on April 11, 1868. But Brunet decided to stay in Japan and continue the resistance against the Emperor for another year. Back in France, he distinguished himself again during the war against the Prussians in 1870. He ended up as a major general and commander of the Legion of Honor. So the last of the samurai was a very little Frenchman!

[@darwill7834]

Best tom cruise movie by a country mile and imo one of best ever made from the acting to fight scenes and the beautiful soundtrack 👌

[@kokutai3331]

And that’s why we don’t use Levy Infantry in Total War

[@hardy2051]

Samurai has one of if not the best looking medieval or whatever era armor!

[@cheerful_crop_circle]

What about ronin , shogun, shokun?

[@billlam7756]

That's racist! African leather armor is the shit armed with a wooden shield and bone spear!

[@moredistractions]

They were still wearing it in battle as late as the 1870s.

[@ryanchin2223]

Nathan Algren masters his Awareness against so many Samurai Warriors…

[@ghostwolf5432]

I really love this movie because of the history and the action of it

[@RetroRob420]

Love Hans Zimmer's score here. Works so well with the scene. A Way of Life one of my favorites of Zimmers'.

[@fredbloggs5902]

One of Tom’s best.

[@savagelifestylenetworkbts]

Yujio's battlecry at the beginning followed by the rest of them was epic

[@LockdLoaded619]

He always roused their passions. At the village when he does it again, and also in the final battle. Ujio was the MVP of this movie.

[@savagelifestylenetworkbts]

@@LockdLoaded619 hell yeah he was! Him and the Katie's son! One of my favorites of all time!

[@George-xb5ey]

Tom does his own stunts he took that sword slash like a true professional

[@jeremymerrifield7244]

The best Comedian in history firing a Winchester

[@jasonsphinx8461]

Sun Tzu said, "Do Not Play With Tigers."

[@NomadUrpagi]

This movie left a good impact on me that i still draw inspiration from it from time to time.

[@Matterian]

Such a great movie. Now I want to go watch it again.

[@robertodibaggio8181]

Awesome Film.. one of my All time favorites.. great story, characters,. obvious impressive fight scenes and greatest Love scene ever with Taka and Algren as she helps him prepare to go into battle for possibly the last time, brilliant scene, no words need be spoken just those 2 together.

[@Jason-er1vf]

Honestly the only thing that was really inaccurate about the movie is that the samurai were more than willing to use guns and cannons during the real rebellion.

[@pepperachu]

Though Nathan was an alcoholic he had faced Apaches and strong spirit warriors and was the only one who respected his opponents. He would go on to be the only one that lived and would be redeemed from his alcoholism, shame and guilt

[@JavaMoppel]

In the Napoleonic Wars, 60 years earlier in Europe, the infantry with muzzle-loaders were able to hold their own perfectly against the cavalry when lined up appropriately. But the prerequisite for this was good training and discipline. These poor soldiers had neither.

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

Well Nathan said they not ready. The moment they panicked and shoot without order is a their death.

[@sonyaboy7164]

one of my favorite scenes...

[@YAOZII]

The saber cut through Samurai’s armor like it was nothing😂

[@arethmaran1279]

At a full gallop, most armor can be split by a sharp, heavy blade like a saber.

[@TheNerdForAllSeasons]

I don't think it was actually cutting through, but riding into a steel bar at 25+ MPH is probably gonna knock you backwards if not unhorse you completely. He's probably just focused on deflecting each attack as it comes and then getting some kind of counter before the next guy comes at him.

[@JackMeoff46]

Samurai armor was just leather covered in a layer of steel and lacquered. Not particularly strong against anything other than slicing attacks.

[@24X7CARZ]

@@JackMeoff46- The type of armor plating shown in that scene would’ve been metal.

[@doublep1980]

Samurai armor was nearly as thick as European plate armor and cavalry sabers where made out of better steel than any Katana ( because Japanese iron ore is really low quality) and were sharp af. Also, Tom Cruise´s character is a trained cavalry officer who fought in the US Civil War & the "Indian Wars" against the the Sioux & Comanches, according to the movie. He´s by far the most battle hardened and experienced warrior on the field. The Samurai of that era, had not seen any proper "action" for centuries. Realistically speaking, a regiment of properly trained/ experienced & armed US or European cavalry, would have made short work of the Samurai.

[@uncledutch1431]

Am i the only one that thinks cruise got knocked out when he and the horse got hit? You can see it for a split second at 2:40, looks like his lights went out.

[@cx5870]

Haha

[@bravosix8166]

Just noticed it was Ujio who did it

[@albertonicastro9380]

This movie is on my top five of all times.

[@justvid366]

What are the other 4?

[@KevinKim122]

This scene indicates the importance of keeping line up and listening command order in battle.

[@xEricGNx]

0:33, Not gonna lie. If I see a silhouette towards me like that on a foggy day in the forest, I would scared shitless at as well.

[@methos-ey9nf]

Watching Shogun, and after the finale airs I'm going to try and sit through Scorsese's "Silence" and then finish it off with this movie.

[@Gear2716074]

Love this powerful scene.

[@saintroddy]

It's both insanely plot armor-y and deeply impressive seeing Algren annihilating armored knights left and right with nothing but a cavalry saber.

[@patricktalbot8980]

I love how in this scene he could take on 5 samurai but 2 scenes later the samurai easily beat him with a stick

[@OddNess9339]

I love this movie despite its historical inaccuracies. For instance, the Japanese military was not incompetent like we see them here, in fact by the time this fight would have taken place the Japanese military was more like they were depicted in the end of the movie. In fact the character Katsumoto was inspired by rarely if ever won a battle against the more modern Japanese military. This movie is more about the dramatization and story, the emotion rather than it being an accurate depiction of the waning days of Samurai culture against the rapid modernization Japan was going through.

[@JonBlockCreations]

If Ed Zwick had not also directed the masterpiece Glory, which also featured a Civil War era forest battle, it would be easier to love this scene. As such, it feels a bit too Hollywood. First, Cruise himself - while capable of great acting - is just too modern and cool to really pull off period era. And the fact that Cruise kills several samurai before getting spared and captured is not a function of reality, so much as necessity of plot. It’s a bit contrived. Which this whole movie, while having its positive traits, feels that way overall. Again, if it were not for Mr. Zwick’s masterpiece Glory setting such a high bar, this one would be much easier to love.

[@anam.caballerowilson9421]

Love the film the best of Tom Cruise

[@neofulcrum5013]

This was a good scene

[@Plasticsoul345]

日本には生えていない、自生していない植物ばかりでね、日本人としてはこのシーン見ただけで違和感だらけ トム・クルーズは大好きだけど

[@jacksontaylor290]

Dang I just realized that the guy who killed the Irish homie was Taka’s husband. So Algren avenged his pal’s death!

[@sicariomegrella516]

This is what will happened to your Hand Cannoneer and Janissaries when being swarmed by Paladins in AOE

[@bernotheinferno8157]

Perfect soundtrack

[@TheRampagingGallowglass75]

As fearsome, fearless & badass as those attacking Samurai were two rows of highly trained, powerfully disciplined & formidable Scottish Highland infantrymen armed with those rifles, with bayonets attached, would have been capable of stopping then defeating that charge of galloping, inspired Samurai warriors (Scots Highland units were the best soldiers in the World back then, & remember that immortal ""Thin red line"" during the Crimean conflict!). With all due respect to the sheer awesome badassery of those die hard, by then anachronistic Samurai patriots. Great scene!

[@Komnenos1234]

When I was a poor college student my job was as a re-enactor for the 78th Highlander Regiment. Those guys would fight and defeat anything and everything, including elephants.

[@ultra_vires]

0:28 - telling your scared troops to only fire when you say "fire", and then starting your sentence with the word "fire"....

[@NPC_maga]

I enjoy how Tom Cruise beat the piss out of multiple samurai in this fight, but then can't hold his own in a simple 1-on-1 against Sanada's character literally less than 10 irl minutes later.

[@samuelcanare6795]

Love how the foreigners fought with honor more than the actual Japanese soldiers just retreating.

[@user-dh7ze1hk2j]

Those Japanese soldiers have little to no training and they are peasant's that uses advanced firearms

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

⁠@@user-dh7ze1hk2j Sometime I wonder why the commander suggest this action. Considering he fought in the Civil Wars he know perfectly well what un trained conscript and farmer are not ideal to fight the enemy that already know combat.

[@cheerful_crop_circle]

​@@user-dh7ze1hk2j lol

[@grenadiermike394]

This is what you get for spamming levy infantry in your Fall of the Samurai campaign You get destroyed in melee by samurai "Our men are running from the battlefield, A SHAMEFUR DISPRAY!"

[@sugiantoharuka745]

Japan armor is the best 🇯🇵❤️

[@user-qq8te9ni9l]

The samurai are so menacing as they come out of the fog in slow mo.

[@heatherngo6375]

I like the Samarai weapons

[@Excalibur01]

Awesome movie. For me, this beats Dances with Wolves on the basis that Tom Cruise is not "the white savior". I like this story better than Avatar because THAT movie is pretty much Dances with Wolves in space.

[@DenKHK]

I felt Avatar was just Pocahontas in space with a bit of search & replace done on the story ...

[@Excalibur01]

@@DenKHK dances with wolves

[@towdjumper5]

Great stuff

[@kuroroluxifer8321]

btw at this point in the story Nathan was a alcohol addict who hadn't been in active combat for quite some time..he still got 2 guys with his revolver ( probably more, that weren't shown), 5 with the cavalry saber, 1 with the bayonet, 2 with the spear. gottaa be quite the badass to kill 10 samurai even tho you're an alcoholic and out of shape.

[@savagelifestylenetworkbts]

You can see Tom was ready to die here

[@princegodwinoguimas3071]

I wish the Samurai's won so they wouldn't go extinct. Except the Tokugawa Clan today

[@micahthezilla9432]

Let's not forget that irl, Saigo Takamori lost every battle with the Imperial Army.

[@user-cx7wg9on5p]

Мы являемся с люди Востока это уже пора принятт😊😊😊

[@carlosalbertogis7194]

Cuando el cine de acción era de admirar!😮

[@fredbloggs5902]

Unfortunately, Hans Zimmer went on to reuse virtually the same music in multiple films which can snap you out of the film you’re watching at the time and back to this one.

[@bull2012]

❤Splendido mette in risalto valori come amicizia e onore 😂ngrandissimo film

[@imperatorglaber1752]

Tom cruise best role

[@budda3258]

Браво!Самураи :Сила!Отвага!Честь!

[@cyrahomega]

Katsumoto was so prophetic

[@JeffBourke]

looked absolutely terrifying for them!!!

[@PhamVans]

Tom Cruise definitely looks like a white tiger. 😂

[@khanhgiapham-mi4hg]

when noob team has few pro players and the pro players can't carry the match.

[@caelincoolz5814]

Bf1 in a nutshell

[@realitygaming4088]

The bit when the leader comes in to save him, his guards direct there swords at the guys that where about to kill him the one on the right puts his blade infront to block 😅😅😅😅

[@user-lg3dl3sb6r]

Scorpion standing in the back😈

[@user-lg3dl3sb6r]

The rarest moment is that there’s only one person who respect the “1v1” and whoever wins in any way winss

[@DialgaMarine3]

The part I didn’t get about this film is that the Samurai were not averse to the idea of using guns. In fact, I’m pretty sure they were one of the first armies to use rifles in line battle in the 1500’s.

[@luke88perry]

Tom Cruise truly was the last Samurai.

[@JackMeoff46]

Bruh…

[@doublep1980]

Katsumoto is the last Samurai, that´s the whole frikin´point of the movie. With his death in the end, the age of the Samurai ends. Some people are just so daft, they need the movie to literally spill it out for them I guess.

[@luke88perry]

Lol

[@tresamigosflyfishing]

Katsumoto is the last samurai

[@GorojaneTv]

Шикарный фильм!

[@ericfaz1427]

Captain Algren was right; these were not the soldiers of the Battle of Nagashino.

[@ranvabclc]

They are not ready.

[@napalmman8292]

That war cry, i would’ve shit myself right there.