TY  - BOOK
AU  - Edward Zwick
AU  - Edward Zwick
AU  - John Logan
AU  - Marshall Herskovitz
AU  - Tom Cruise
AU  - Ken Watanabe
AU  - Billy Connolly
TI  - The Last Samurai
AV  - PN1997 .L378 2003
PY  - 2004///
CY  - United States of America
PB  - Warner Bros., The Bedford Falls Company, Cruise/Wagner Productions
N1  - 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"
N2  - 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
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