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The Last Samurai

2003 film directed by Edward Zwick
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Summary

The Last Samurai is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50,197 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3]
  • Director: Edward Zwick[4]
  • Screenwriter: John Logan[5], Marshall Herskovitz[6], Edward Zwick[7]
  • Composer: Hans Zimmer[8]
  • Genre: war film[9], drama film[10], action film[11], ninja film[12], white savior film[13], historical film[14], adventure film[15]
  • Cast member: Tom Cruise[16], Ken Watanabe[17], Shin Koyamada[18], Tony Goldwyn[19], Masato Harada[20], Hiroyuki Sanada[21], Timothy Spall[22], Koyuki[23], Billy Connolly[24], Togo Igawa[25], Scott Wilson[26], William Atherton[27], Sosuke Ikematsu[28], Chad Lindberg[29]
  • Producer: Marshall Herskovitz[30], Paula Wagner[31], John A. Logan[32], Edward Zwick[33], Tom Cruise[34]
  • Depicts: seppuku[35]
  • Production company: Bedford Falls Productions[36], Cruise/Wagner Productions[37]
  • Director of photography: John Toll[38]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[39]
  • Commons category: The Last Samurai[40]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[41]
  • Review score: 6.4/10[42], 55/100[43], 65%[44]
  • Color: color[45]
  • Country of origin: United States[46], Japan[47]
  • Publication date: November 20, 2003[48], December 5, 2003[49], January 8, 2004[50], November 16, 2007[51]
  • Characters: Saigō Takamori[52], Ōkubo Toshimichi[53], Emperor Meiji[54]
  • Distributed by: InterCom[55], Netflix[56]
  • Narrative location: California[57], Japan[58]
  • Official website: http://www.lastsamurai.com[59]
  • Filming location: New Zealand[60], Japan[61], Engyō-ji Temple[62]
  • Main subject: Satsuma Rebellion[63], Battle of Shiroyama[64]
  • Described at URL: http://tw.movie.yahoo.com/movieinfo_main.html/id=480[65]
  • Film editor: Steven Rosenblum[66]

Why It Matters

The Last Samurai has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[67] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[68]

FAQs

What awards did The Last Samurai receive?

Honors received include National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3].

Related Entities

Billy Connolly California Edward Zwick Emperor Meiji film Hans Zimmer Hiroyuki Sanada Japan Ken Watanabe Netflix New Zealand Ōkubo Toshimichi Saigō Takamori Scott Wilson Timothy Spall Tom Cruise Tony Goldwyn United States

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  2. [5] ↑ . siamzone.com. Retrieved . siamzone.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  26. [29] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  40. [42] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  48. [50] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . esadir.cat. Retrieved . esadir.cat. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [67] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [68] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Distribution format → video on demand
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