wish i could be a samurai

Rating: 9/10 (5 June 2008)

impressive and quite entertaining. I for the first time witnessed the way of Japanese life style. Here American army captain Nathan algrin played by tom cruise is sent to japan at the request of the emperor of japan. Algrin itself is very disturbed , shocked and ashamed of killing and witnessing of Navajos (the red Indians) in cold blood. The emperor himself asked personally asked about the Indians , how much they are fearless and they ready themselves for an honorable death before going to battle , tom cruise answered yes ,they are very brave. When he is confronted by the samurai army who is in opposition of the royal monarchy algrin is deserted and surrounded by the warriors. Here is the moment , he catches the eye of kasamoto , played by ken watanabe. Kasamoto had a vision of a white tiger surrounded by his warriors ,and the tiger is still defiant and is willing to do or die. Tom had a spear at that time with a flag carved with an image of white tiger. When algrin is captured ,kasamoto willfully forced his lieutenants not to kill him. During he is in their custody , he experiences strange time. He is not like a prisoner but a guest. He is made stay and treated at the woman , whom her husband was killed by him, she is the sister of kasamoto. He is surprised when tells kasamoto about a general who took all his cavalry in between swarm of angry Indians and they all were slained. But kasamoto is very impressed. The samurais are very interested to know about the way Mohawk and Navajo Indians lead their lives. Mostly he came to know that the samurais are in opposition of the emperor just because they didn't wanted him to sign on an agreement regarding trade with USA , that would definitely impact the cultural identification of Japanese people. On the other hand inside in their hearts they respected the emperor as their father and mentor, all they want is to make him realize about the welfare and prosperity of Japanese people, to curb an iron hand on corrupt officials and politicians who are willing to malpractice in the cover of the trade agreement. They follo0wed a strict code of honor and preferred death before dishonor. Their spirit and will to fight till the end was so powerful that it even won the hearts and minds of their own rivals. Coz they just wanted to depict and display their own royal army adversaries the spirit of Japanese glory and prestige , they wanted all of them to know the way living the life before death. There is so much to say about this movie but i sum it up that this movie gave very much insight about the japs and i say they are awfully great people at the face of this planet. If u re not moved by watching this film just little only than i am sorry about u but at least i consider it damn good.