The Last Samurai Reaction! | First Time Watch! | Tom Cruise | Ken Watanabe

The Last Samurai is one of those films that evokes such emotions that I can never get through it without shedding some tears. Hans Zimmer deserves so much credit for the score

Katsumoto-"The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your entire life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life" His last words - "Perfect. They are all perfect."

The scene where Taka prepares Algren for battle is one of my favorite scenes ever in any film. The intense intimacy in these moments is so much stronger than any sex scene could have been.

I met Hiroyuki here in New Zealand in 2002 as a 16 year old working on my uncle’s dairy farm. They were filming here in Taranaki and we got to take pics with some of the tLS cast. He spoke of the spiritual aspect of our land. Our Ancestral mountain Mt. Taranaki doubled as Mt. Fuji in this movie. Since then I’ve watched nearly everything he’s been in and am currently watching shōgun.

“Bob” is a veteran Samurai actor with 1000’s of TV and movie roles, he probably died more than all the other actors combined.

Hiroyuki Sanada, who plays Ujio, the general of Katsumoto here with the horn helmet is honestly one of the most underrated actor ever ! He's amazing in so many movie and he is a trained swordsman in real life as well as many martial arts, so no limits to what he can do and no wasted movement. This movie, The Wolverine, the Shogun serie right now, Scorpion in Mortal Kombat, Bullet Train, John Wick 4...The guy is making all the right choice of movie and is amazing in all of them !!

Say / Think about Tom Cruise what you want, but that man can act! One of my all-time favourite movies

Tom Cruise should have got an Oscar for his performance.

The long shot of Hiroyuki Sanada just tearing through guys on the battlefield like some kind of god of battle is my favorite part of the film. I love that they let the camera sit on him for a while.

In an interview at the time this came out, Ken Watanabe talked about his character. He said that it was difficult because "English is an expressive language, but samurai are not expressive. So I felt like I was being torn in two."

“Perfect! They are all... perfect”. What a profound realization just as you’re dying. That was worth living many lives and dying many deaths.

I'm glad some people get the fact that the last samurai is watanabe's character and cruise is only the witness. I get so annoyed with trolls hating on this movie because of the white man saviour thing. Cruise didn't save anything and he was just our eyes into this world.

The film, even if it doesn't seem like it, is based on reality. The film depicts the Satsuma Uprising in 1877 led by Takamori Saigó. The battle at the end of the movie is the "Battle of Shiroyama". Captain Algren is also supposed to represent a real character. He is based on Jules Brunet, a French soldier who was hired to train Japanese soldiers. Brunet eventually fought alongside the Tokugawa Shogun. I also recommend the song Sabaton- Shiroyama.

The legend in this movie, is Bob, Samurai Bob.

Many people think that Tom is the last Samurai in the movie . He is not. It is Ken. Kens character is based on Saigo Takamori. the head of the Satsuma Rebellion witch this movie is based on. Saigo Holds the honor of being the last Samurai. Toms character is based on a few different western men in Japanese history. Who were Dutch if I'm remembering my college Japanese history, correctly. Forgive me it's been about 40 years since college.

I've watched this movie several times and every time I cried. The first time I cried crazy. This movie is a masterpiece . No matter how modern we become, we must not forget our ancestors and cultures.

This instantly became a favorite movie for me. When I got hooked on reaction videos, this is one I will always watch no matter now many times I've seen the entire movie. Initially I was in the same boat with Kristen, I didn't like any character Timothy Spall, played. This role changed my mind. Idk about the validity of this but in my eyes, when Katsumoto was speaking with the Emperor, he kept lowering himself bit by bit because he knew he needed to tell him what to do but at the same time it wasn't his place to do that. At the end Omura was speaking down to the Emperor and even raised his voice. He was then reminded of his place. He felt the Emperor was dishonoring him but also realized that he did that all to himself. This was also the birth of my love of Hiroyuki Sanada!

10:00, I always go the impression that the Sergeant Gant was Algren's first NCO advisor.  It's been a long military tradition to have young officers who are freshly commissioned (and inexperienced) be paired with a non commissioned officer (NCO) who is an older more experience person but of lower rank. The NCO's job is to respectfully advise the young officer in military protocol like working with the enlisted people below them. However, because they are of a lower rank, they that can't countermand the lieutenant's orders. A smart young officer will put their ego aside and learn from their NCO advisor. They are essentially teaching the officer how to lead in the real world. My sister in law worked at the Pentagon for a number of years. She was assigned to work with a full bird Colonel who was highly respected by upper and lower ranks. In a moment of candor, he told her that he placed a lot of his career success on his first advisor. He went on to tell her that because of his NCO's loyalty and know how he avoided a lot of mistakes that young officers make.  When the Colonel saw that his NCO truly had his back they became a permanent team. When the officer got promoted or reassigned, he got his advisor promoted and reassigned with him as well. By the time my sister had met them, the Colonel and his Master Sergeant had worked together for over 20 years. Given the dynamic between these two men, I get the impression Gant still sees Algren as his student just like the Japanese conscripts. So he wasn't going to desert any of them to save his own neck.

Did not think that Achara would crack on this one buy finally the tears flowed

You don’t win the Medal of Honor, you earn it through bravery and sacrifice.