The Last Samurai DVD (2004) Reviewed by Stella Papamichael Tom Cruise slices and dices his way through the "bloody and brilliant" historical epic The Last Samurai, playing an American cavalry ...

Seki Sensei rates samurai battle scenes in movies and TV shows like "Shogun," "The Last Samurai," and "The Wolverine." ...

His latest movie, "The Last Samurai," falls squarely into the realm of the previous Zwick bedeviled-hero films, "Glory," "Courage Under Fire" and "The Siege." And I do mean squarely.

Tom Cruise plays Nathan Algren, a boozing officer disillusioned by the Civil War. Since Nathan is hired to go to Japan to modernize their army, wags have dubbed the film Dances With Samurai. And ...

Steven Okazaki’s Mifune: The Last Samurai goes beyond the genre associations of its title to create a wider documentary study that is as much about the actor’s world – the context of Japanese cinema ...