The Last Samurai
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.
Run time: 154m
Tagline: In the face of an enemy, in the heart of one man, lies the soul of a warrior.
Release: 2003-12-05
Stars: Billy Connolly Hiroyuki Sanada Ken Watanabe Koyuki Shichinosuke Nakamura Shin Koyamada Timothy Spall Togo Igawa Tom Cruise Tony Goldwyn
Shōgun
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In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.
Stars: Anna Sawai Cosmo Jarvis Fumi Nikaido Hiroyuki Sanada Tadanobu Asano Takehiro Hira Tommy Bastow
The Wolverine
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Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.
Run time: 126m
Tagline: When he's most vulnerable, he's most dangerous.
Release: 2013-07-21
Stars: Brian Tee Famke Janssen Hal Yamanouchi Hiroyuki Sanada Hugh Jackman Ken Yamamura Rila Fukushima Svetlana Khodchenkova Tao Okamoto Will Yun Lee