How a westerner joins the people he was sent to destroy

Rating: 10/10 (15 April 2006)

This is a really good movie. It is in part based on some historical facts too. There really was such a rebellion in Japan. But as mentioned in some other comments, it were the French and the Prussians and not the American Army which trained the Japanese Army. My favorite part is in the end in the King's Court. Won't describe it, see it and not read it. The action scenes are pretty good.
But I have one major doubt. The machine guns, I don't think the Gatler Guns were ever taken out of America. The machines guns were introduced in Europe only in the late 1890's or so.correct me if I am mistaken. There is also a lot of things about Japanese Customs that I didn't know about in the movie too.
How come this movie is not on the top 250 Greatest Movies of all time? It has an average of 7.9 and I have seen 7.8 rated movies in the top 250