The Last Samurai

[GrayMouser]

This is an interesting viewpoint from someone who knows of what he speaks, though like most experts a little picky (check out the comments, too).


How True to History is Tom Cruise's The Last Samurai?
By Jonathan Dresner
Mr. Dresner is Assistant Professor of East Asian History at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo. His research examines Meiji-era (1868-1912) social history. And he is a member of the HNN group weblog Cliopatria.


http://hnn.us/articles/2746.html

[Millane]

i didnt at all feel that Kirotaro's children felt hatred towards Algren (sounds like something this bloke inferred himself) and i would even say the same of Taka when i think of it...
anyway i couldnt really be bothered reading that boring piece, but its nice to know Gray Mouse that when your own arguments are flawed you can find people who might have a better shot

[Nurvingiel]

I thought that review was very well thought out and researched. It doesn't take away from my enjoyment of the movie, though when I saw it, I did notice this:

The costumes and sets and scenery and military hardware are precise and proper and the swordplay is first rate (aside from some highly implausible sword-throwing).

I saw both the good (scenery, props, costumes) and the bad (Algren throwing his sword at his old officer what's-his-name.)