this be my very first imdb review and and let me tell you why i choose the last samurai and and no other . because this movie be the reason why i become a classic movie fan or collector . i remember it like yesterday . february of 2004 and summer in buenos aire ( where i live ) and go to recoleta for a walk and enter the movie theater just to see what be they play and buy the ticket and a popcorn and prepare myself to have a nice moment of light and harmless entertainmentaround half of the movie and epiphany . didn not i see this movie already and at least one million time . why tom cruise and again . i already know who be go to get the chick and to be the hero and to give a all an unforgettable lesson of honor and humanity . the yankee and right . why i keep see this kind of movie . and so oni leave the theater and to never return . this be my last hollywood crap big budget movie and period . i keep ask myself how could i spend so many year of my life and passively consume this junk culture propaganda . but ok and good late than never . now and after 3 year of rehab ( exclusively kurosawa and bergman and fellini and eisenstein and kubrick and indie and art and documentary and etc ) . i can finally say that i be cure and i can recognize junk from mile awayall thanks to the last samurai and which i will never forgetfidel polvorón ps1 represent this be base on a true story . in fact and it 100 % a true story ps2 represent i give it 4/10 and just because ken watanabe and art and costume .