"Dances with Samurai" a better title for this unoriginal film.

Rating: Null/10 (17 September 2004)

I totally disagree with the statement "This film in My opinion is original and does not try to be like other films." In my opinion any who has seen "Dances with Wolves" would have to notice many obvious similarities between the two movies. They might as well have called it "Dances with Samurai." This movie presents an over dramatic and romanticized view of the samurai. Many of the samurai that rebelled against the Mejia era government did so because their stipend (aka payment for being samurai by the government)was being reduced. Is this as honorable as the movie shows, no. Were all samurai rich and honorable, no. But the movie fails to show this.