Contrasts end of the Shogunate with a samurai's life Just wished there was less melodrama
The Last Samurai takes place at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate when different clans were battling for the future of the country. That’s shown by the opening scene which has the Shinsengumi, a group of ronin (masterless samurai) who were organized to protect the regime in Kyoto in their famous raid against the Choshu clan in 1864. There is nothing but dead bodies and blood in the aftermath. That’s what Japan was coming to at this time, total chaos. Into this mix comes Sugi Toransuke (Hideki Takahashi). The question is will he survive this tumultuous period and if he does what will he find on the other side?<br /><br />The conflict in the movie is between Toransuke’s immediate situation and his future. In the present, he wants to get involved in the battle for the country. His teacher is on the side of the Shogunate and he desperately want to join him. His teacher however sees the largely picture and tells Toransunke he needs to live to see the new age that is coming and constantly tries to preserve his life. The problem is Toransuke is stubborn.<br /><br />There are swordfights along the way and even three big battles but that’s really secondary to the direction Toransunke’s life will take. The problem is much of that part of the film is melodrama. What saves it is the end. I just wish they had edited the middle more.<br />C
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