The Last Samurai “The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one‚ and it would not be a wasted life” (Zwick). These are the words of Katsumoto‚ an important samurai warrior. The movie The Last Samurai directed by Edward Zwick is about an American War Captain named Nathan Algren who is hired to train‚ lead and modernize a group of Japanese soldiers to defeat a rebellion of the country’s remaining Samurai in 1876. Algren is captured by the Samurai and soon
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Throughout history there has been many strong warrior classes but the strongest of all was the samurai‚ physically and mentally. These Japanese warrior fought with honor and were very tough warriors.The samurai had advanced weapons‚ powerful armor‚and intense training. First‚ the samurai created and used many different types of weapons. The samurai owned two main types of swords. Their main sword was the katana‚ a curved longsword . The curve on the sword was so when you draw it‚ you can slash
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The commoner women of course were separated from the other students. Samurai women compared to commoners had much heavier regulations in their daily lives. As Yamakawa Kikue writes in her book Women of the Mito Domain‚ samurai women rarely left their household. Samurai women received most of their education from their fathers or female tutors. The text they had to study differed among their family situation. One of the
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Japan in the 10th century was experiencing change and disorder as its relatively new central government sought techniques for a strong and enduring legacy. In this period lived a man named Taira no Masakado. In events which are swirled with mystery and legend‚ Masakado found himself in direct opposition with the government‚ even proclaiming the title of the “New Emperor”. His legacy endures to this day and is a fundamental component in contemporary Japanese folklore. Was Masakado a product of his
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film’s format. The style of Samurai Cop can be described as cheap and fast filming‚ and according to critique George Pacheco from 10k Bullets it contains a plethora of “mini- masterpieces of unintentional comedic gold.” There are many moments in the film where there is comic relief with unintentional humor‚ such as close-ups of facial reactions and straight faced dialogue that give the film a comedic style even though it was unintentional. For example‚ when Joe‚ a.k.a. Samurai Cop‚ is giving a monologue
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The movie The Last Samurai was not only a great fighting action movie but it also touched on human spirituality‚ cultural‚ lifestyle difference and the effect of Japanese culture on a western man. The movie was created in 2003 and takes place in Jap in the 1860s. An American military advisor is embraces the samurai culture that he was hired to destroy after being capture. The battle scenes in The Last Samurai are accurate to how the samurai fought back then from weapons to battle strategies.
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Samurai Vs Ninja You might think ninjas and samurais are the exact same thing. Well you’re of kind wrong and kind of right. I can’t say that samurais and ninjas are the exact same‚ but i also can’t say there are completely different. Ninjas are very silent killers and have many weapons built into their attire that you can’t see. Just for an example they have a knife built into their sleeve for very close range killing. Samurais on the other hand did not care about stealth they showed their swords
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head to toe. Whether that armor belonged to a knight or a samurai doesn’t matter‚ because they are not all too different. The knights of Feudal Europe were fearsome armed warriors who lived to protect their country and fought even if it meant death. The fearless samurai of Feudal Japan did the same. Both groups lived to serve their lords and leader‚ and they fought to keep peace and to protect their country. The question is‚ were the samurai‚ the brave warriors of Japan‚ and knights‚ the strong warriors
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they were both very different in many ways‚ one example is their names. The samurai from Japan and the knights from Europe. These warriors were more different because of their armour design‚ views on death‚ and hereditary loyalty to their lords. One reason why samurai and knights were different was how their armour was made. The armour knights and samurais used were used for the same purpose‚ which was to protect themselves during combat‚ but because samurais and knights fought in different types
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Knights and samurai are much more similar than we think. They have many similarities such as they are loyal to their ruler‚ follow an ethical code‚ and defend the innocent. This makes them both very similar to each other. Knights and samurai both have a strict ethical code that guides what they do in life and on the battlefield. The knights have chivalry and the samurai have the bushido. In the code of chivalry‚ the knights must be loyal to the king‚ do good‚ and protect the people. In bushido‚ the samurai
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