bushido and hollywood
The movie, The Last Samurai, wasn't far off from the philosophical ideals of Inazo Nitobe. I do agree, however, that it did not go in depth about the ideal of bushido. However, I do not see many interpreted facts about bushido. The samurai in the movie is shown as the brave and honorable warriors described in the book, Bushido. I believe Hollywood never could portray the true meaning very well in the movie. It is hard to go in depth so much through a movie. I did enjoy the movie very much. However, according to the feudal systems and the way of the Bushido, it wasn't too clearly expressed in the movie. Bushido talks about how the warriors came about, and shows how the feudal system worked. It expresses the ways of the samurai and goes in depth into their ideals. The Last Samurai does go into some point about how the samurai work; however, it doesn't show in depth why they do such things. There were still many hidden meanings and many people only watched the movie for the fighting. The movie, itself, of co
There is too much missing and too much undone for the movie to relate to bushido. urse was superb, but if someone were to watch to understand the way of bushido, they wouldn't get what they wanted. There is no explanation on how the samurai came to be and why they were so important to the Emperor. The movie basically is about the rebellion and how sad the tormented soul of one man was. It did not, however, go in depth with bushido ideals and did not give reasons for why things happened. Nevertheless, concerning the bushido tie in with the movie, it doesn't relate too much. It only describes Katsumoto's loyalty and the way he detested the morals of the council. It does not give the entire dollar. It does not really go into depth about the samurai's ideal life and their bushido. The best the movie did was to show the samurai's pride and their way of living. It is understandable since he is the main character, however, as far as the relation and philosophical link with the book, the movie lacks many things. There was too much focus on Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) and overcoming his regret of his past. It is easy to see the motives, but it doesn't show rarely any relation to the bushido code. This movie was very well laid out and the actors were amazing. It does show the heart of a warrior but does not give the explanation and how it manifested from the bushido code.
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