The Last Samurai

Edward Zwick

The Last Samurai [videorecording]= Edward Zwick - United States of America Warner Bros. The Bedford Falls Company Cruise/Wagner Productions 2004 - 1 videodisc (ca. 154 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 in.

Supplemental features:
- Commentary by director Edward Zwick
- History Channel documentary: "History vs Hollywood: The Last Samurai"
- "Tom Cruise: A Warrior's Journey"
- "Edward Zwick: Director's Video Journal"
- "Making an Epic: A Conversation with Edward Zwick and Tom Cruise"
- "A World of Detail: Production Design wtih Lilly Kilvert"
- "Silk and Armor: Costume Design with Ngila Dickson
- "Imperial Army Basic Training"
- "From Soldier to Samurai: The Weapons"

From case cover:
Tom Cruise plays Civil War hero Capt. Nathan Algren, who comes to Japan to fight the Samurai and ends up pledging himself to their cause. Ken Watanabe (Academy Award nominee) plays Katsumoto, a Samurai leader facing a vanishing way of life, whose destiny becomes intertwined with that of the American captian. Edward Zwick (winnner of the National Board of Review's Best Director Award) directs this sweeping and emotional epic tale of the birth of modern Japan.


DVD video; Dolby Digital 5.1; surround; NTSC; Region 1; 4:3 fullscreen.


English and Japanese audio with English subtitles. Optional French or Spanish subtitles. Optional English closed-captions.

PN1997 / .L378 2003