Japan changed a lot. From country of honour, nature and family to some strange cyberland with consumer society. I just have a feeling, and not only connected to Japan, that we've forgot who we are...That we gave up most of our values for money...
@Famousmomo1993 There are still plenty areas in Japan who still relate to the Feudal times. Perhaps Samurai are not at large as they used to be, but the history is still there.
tell me how he died, i'll tell you how he lived, we in todays materialistic world have forgotten that. that a truly well lived life, encompassess, courage in going for what you know is right, honour in respect to those who have come before you and have shown the way, and willing to devote your whole life to just cause, whether looking after those who are unfortunate and not casting them aside, or willing to sacrifice your life for a just cause (i.e Che, Sankara, gandhi, ml king, lumumba, biko
okay so this may be a stupid question but what is that instrument that plays in old japanese songs that sounds very alike to a flute? is it just a flute or another instrument?
''And so the days of the samurai had ended. Nations, like men it is sometime said, have their own destenies. As for the americain captain, no one knows what became of him. Some say he died of his wounds, others that he returned to his own country. But I like to think he may have finally a found some small measure of peace. That we all seek....and few of us ever find.''
"And so the days of the Samurai had ended. Nations, like men, it is sometimes said, have their own destiny. As for the American Captain, no one knows what became of him. Some say that he died of his wounds. Others, that he returned to his own country. But I like to think he may have at last found some small measure of peace, that we all seek, and few of us ever find."
"and what happen to the american capitan? well, some said he died form his wounds...others that he returned to his home country...but i think...that maybe at last he found A SMALL MEASURE OF PEACE, that many seek..and fewest ever find.."
in order to live you must first die, but in order to die you must first live means live you life to fullest and you alone chose when it is you time to go.
Katsumoto:"...I come to this place of my ancestors, and I remember. Like these blossoms, we are all dying. To know life in every breath, every cup of tea, every life we take. The way of the warrior...."
I didn't expexted anything good from hollywood and all but since i have watched the movie it changed my way of thinking, my way of life. Although years have passed since i saw it for the first time, i didn't forget it... and i think i never will... cause i just keeping on watching it again.. and again..
... "You want me to kill Jappos, I'll kill Jappos... You want me to kill the enemies of Jappos, I'll kill the enemies of Jappos... Rebs, or Sioux, or Cheyenne... For 500 bucks a month I'll kill whoever you want. But keep one thing in mind: I'd happily kill you for free..."
We come into this world, with our life before us, but totally bepended on others, and when we die, we have become hardened with a lifetime full of wisom, but even that can not escape our end. Our time will come, strip away all the superficiality and let go all the unessentail, life is now- in every second, stay humble to all the wonders life grants to those who listen...a stillness of the mind.
We come into this world, with our life before us, but totally bepended on others, and when we die, we have become hardened with a lifetime full of wisom, but even that can not escape our end. We have but one, and only one life to live...seek calmness and seperate all the impurites, hack away the unessential, do not watch your life go by- breath now, rejoyce now, cry now and forever sray humble- stay the path and give back to all who cross your path
information in a book is not 100% correct. history is history you can never know how it was back then. thats because a lot of the information could have been made up, lost, changed etc. so its up to your beliefs of what is was like nor a book, movie , tv series, or words from person can tell what is was like.
@Miniscutlermad i think you are right insome ways but you should believe in people more. Some books are written souly on the truth and that's what makes them so good. take the accounts of rifleman harris for example, a book written from what a soldier in the napoleonic wars told to and wrote down as his own accounts in a barbers in england. Many insights and discoveries were made from thiswhere parts in history seemed vague or covered up. Great piece of music too, very relaxinggg
u werent there ... reading a book shows u facts and numbers maybe but no book tells u about that. the life in a japanese village. perhaps life werent exactly like that, but i think its possible and it shows us, how important love, freedom, respect and honor is.
last samurai is great, even it is not 100% correct. love it
@captain1432 Thank you for saying what I've been thinking! There is much we can learn by books, but there is much more that will always remain unknown to us. It's a great movie, loosely based on the Satsuma Rebellion, but a great movie nonetheless
Samurai Clans fought for land, power and wealth every day. They certainly were not peaceful times with no worries in the world. Take possibly their greatest leader, Oda Nobunaga, killed his own brother for land and his uncle I believe. If you want to comment on how awesome this music is I'm with you 100% but when you start talking about feudal Japan and the Samurai, do your research people.
@MossNumber7 The Daimyo fought eachother for land and power, but the Samurai themselves fought for the honour of their Daimyo... Certainly, as you say, the "rulers" were NOT the tranquil bastions of honour which all feudal Japanese warriors have now become stereotyped as having been (by westoners) - but those of the true Samurai class, were.
@MossNumber7 The samurai terrorized and murdered the peasantry of Japan (not unlike the nobility of Europe). Up until the turn of the 20th century you could be executed simply for riding a horse as this was reserved for samurai (and only the highest samurai, not all). You're right people have no idea how much most people in the world suffered through most of history. But was the world simpler and easier to understand? Yes.
Some people truly are deluded. I love this music and I love the Samurai culture but God some people really have no idea. So many people come out with comments like I wish we could go back to that time everything was so peaceful and perfect. Looking at Romboness comment in particular, do you have any idea? Fuedal Japan was one of the most dangerous and war torn periods of any culture in the world. "Sit back in a small community where land mass or money doesn't matter" are you for real? >>>
You're very right, it was one of the most dangerous and war-torn peroids of history. But that ultimatley doesn't mean there were never any peace.
There were things of more importance than money and power back then in the heart of the people, something most people have forgotten and no longer see today. But It's true, greed has always been a plague to mankind.
@hollow1style16 Unfortunately it does not mirror the samurai mentality really well. It ofcourse goves a little insight, but many things remained unspoken, and in fact some moments of the movie were unrealistic compared to the Japaneese mentality of the era.
@Hidarite100 Which moments? I remember the film being praised for its authenticity...Remember this film is not set in ancient Japan, but more modern japan.
@suckit69er Well, the film is about the Meiji reform of 1860. Before that, the ruler of the state was the Shogun, the highest military commander of the class of soldiers. It is somewhat 20 years after the Americans forced japan to open their harbours to western ships, the society was, as always has been closed for the foreigners, since it was a cast system. In such a world it is impossible that a Japaneese woman openly confesses her love to a foreigner, or even fall in love with one.
@Hidarite100 I wouldn't call that unrealistic. Its a vital part of the story arc how they accept him as a friend, as one of there own. so I guess you could call it circumstantial not unrealistic.
Samurai were and are awesome, there's no way around it. However, this is extremely romanticized, like most movies are. While it is nothing unexpected, it takes from it something when you do know how history really was. History's ink is blood; it is and always has been. Even more so than shown in these movies.
i hate and love the end of the movie this movie was AWSOME i was so.......... i cant say what i fell........ this movie was so...... it was the best movie i have ever seen and this epic music Great,wunderfull wow
Thank God somebody reads. The Samurai were brutal killers and tyrants. However, honor, respect, humility, etc. are great traits to admire. I am glad that some people still admire these traits and their beauty, at the least.
Rapists and murderers they may have been, but that is typical of the warriors of any nation of any time period. You can't single out the samurai as having been rapists and murderers when they were but a ripple in the water of the history of mankind's sins against one another.
Let's not forget how easy the corruption of virtue can set in, and how history tends to decorate the victor and darken the lost cultures. I have no doubt that by reading the influence of zen on the samurai that it was a genuine way of life, but things don't stay that way long. Especially when cultures fight for self preservation. Aren't we able to justify horrible deeds in the name of nationalism, even today?
man i can never watch this movie without crying at the end. just makes me sad about the fact that the future is nothing but more and more destructive than the past. we hear leaders say things will get better but it hasnt. its like hole in a dam and they keep putting duct tape over it and saying "there that'll hold her for another 2min"
I am disappointed over my ancestors, of my brothers over everything we have destroyed. I just Hope, one day ... just one single day the world would be like then, with respect and honor, in the human hearts.
I would rather die with honor, than live a full life without honor.
It may seems impossible to get honor in these times, where the honor is gone...
but I do not give up, even if I have to die for prove that you can find the honor.
@Nicrlaitheking Lol that was epic to read with this music, I teared up.
But honestly, I would hate to live in days like those where blood was spilled without moral justification, turmoil and tyrants ruled over lands, and people were slaves..to themselves.
I am disappointed over my ancestors, of my brothers over everything we have destroyed. I just Hope, one day ... just one single day the world would be like then, with respect and honor, in the human heart.
I would rather die with honor, than live a full life without honor.
It may seems impossible in these times, where the honor is gone...
but I do not give up, even if I have to die for prove that you can find the honor.
Find the honor in your own heart and you will live forever.
this is truly moving and I to feel the music today is losing its soul. however one must keep hope even if in these modern times were honor and respect have lost their value. I know it may seem inevitable that the world is spiraling out of control but have faith in people there is still good in some.
Everytime i close my eyes listening to this i picture a sakura tree in the distance with a garden of flowers around me and a wind that blows away all troubles.Almost like this is the place to be.And when i open my eyes i realize that i found,in the middle of problems,a small measure of peace.
Everytime i close my eyes listening to this i picture a sakura tree in the distance with a garden of flowers around me and a wind that blows away all troubles.Almost like this is the place to be.And when i open my eyes i realize that i found,in the middle of problems,a small measure of peace.
i dont think their will ever be a composer that can make music like this dont get me wrong i luv the overall story of the last samurai especially the setting but when i watch this its mostly for the music, i have watched this movie so many times i couldnt even guess how many times. their is not one thing i luv to do more than too listen to this ive heard it so many times but it never gets old its intoxicating all most. this is music, most of hat else i have heard iis simply noise. amaizing
@kashga11 idk bout that we are too impulsive thats why were still animals because were not all reason and logic we also still have instinct in us comprised of emotions that change our way reasoning and logic. "As long as their is man there will be war"-albert einstien
@kashga11 we are by nature impulsive there is nothing that exsists that would lessen impulsive actions. they exist as mans makeup this is why we are humans, although impulse does not define humanity as much as our instinct. With humans comes reasoning this is what puts us above all living organisms but just as any other creature we do pocess instinct.it is instinct that leads us to do the things we are not sure why we did them. instinct that borders us with animals, but impulse exsists within it
@igunzOsick this has strayed very far from my original point about how this song makes us more appreciative of things in life, and how it could calm us all. i'm not going to argue anymore.
i actually like rap (depends who sings it of course and what the lyrics are about) but i always enjoyed orchestrated music like this, so count me out of the 'mindless' group within this generation.
personally i love all music for as long as it fits my taste. i don't see genres. i just see music that either fits my tastes or not. that's it. i don't wanna discriminate music just cause of its genre.
I laughed softly when i heard this. it was so embracing that i had no other way of showing it, and so i laughed.. but softly enough so that the beautiful sound of the music wouldn't fall under my voice.
This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music i have ever heard, i like many types of music, certain pop, rock, club music, clasical, literally everything but there are only certain pieces of music that come along in a lifetime that can grab you at anytime and put you at ease no matter what is on your mind. Truely beautiful and should be heard by all the world instead of just a few, if this was the majority of all music then i cant help but think, the world would be a better place.
This is such a beautiful song. I don't care who you are or what your opinion of what I am about to say is but there is no damn way Miley Cyrus will ever be able to sing as good as the true musical artists in this song play their instruments. This is true music.
I would trade my complicated life to live a simple one, and not have to worry about how many materialistic products I'm going to purchase before. What happens when you die? All the things you worked for(college, money, and materials) is all left behind, instead of living a more spiritual life. Enjoy the beauty of life.
This is Katsumoto's sword. He would have wanted you to have it. He hoped with his dying breath that you would remember his ancestors who held this sword, and what they died for. May the strength of the Samurai be with you always. You where with him.... at the end.... Tell me how he died. No... I will tell you how he lived.
If it was possible to get in a fuckin' time machine and to go to Japan and hug Katsumoto for all the peace he brang into my head, I definitely would jump in it... And my favourite character's Ujio... So for the Jedi Knight... ^^
@bbcseriesfan Katsumoto wasn't real. And as romantically as this movie portrays the samurai, they only fought so they could keep their position in Japan's class system.
@The4Horsemen7Angels I know all this... I'm not like those fuckin' girls who think that Edward Cullen's real and wait for fuckin' Pattison to bite them. And by the way, samurai did exist and it's my opinion to think that it was a marvelous time, not like these which suck. Thanks for your opinion.
@The4Horsemen7Angels The samurai were real, and having studied them, its with an acceptable accuracy they are portrayed in this film. you can expect the romantic portrayal, its a film after all, not eye witness accounts and footage for a documentary.
@The4Horsemen7Angels Katsumoto was based off of Saigō Takamori.Yes, Katsumoto wasn't real but was shaped, It's sad that they only fought to keep themselves in Japan's class system, but it shows how they were ready to fight to the end, even for a poor cause.
I think (s)he was speaking about the fact the pre-Meiji Japan was organised by a class system : The noble, the warriors, the peasants, the craftsmen, etc. and that each class was very hermetic to the others, not mainly amongst the "low classes", but especially in the "bottom-up" way.
Did my attempt of an explanation made sense to you ?
This seriously hits me right in my heart just like The way of the sword. This is the music. Much more breath taking than something that's coming in every day
I wish you could go back in time, live like the culture of theirs. Sit back in a small community where land mass and money doesn't matter. Enjoy life and it's greater goods. Be a peaceful and a person who lives in harmony. This movie and it's music sure opens your eyes. I'd be more than grateful if I would be able to live in a time like this. I think this modern world is coming closer to our end. The world is a awful place today. Everything now matters about money nothing more nothing less.
@Ramboness it's probably worth mentioning that the samurai were, whilst very disciplined and cultured, predominantly warriors that would serve higher ranked members of society. Early feudal Japan was filled with bloody conflicts between various clans over... yep you guessed it, money and land.
It was not much different then, we like to romantisize everything now. But in that time you probaly would be dead before you become 30. You would end up being killed in some war of your clan leader.
@Ramboness damn Ramboness, you really nailed it bro-no way I could of said it better,truly. Hard to say else about it,as its truth. But as SuperiorSquid said, healthier & integrated now in retrospect,I guess we gain a thing but lose another part.Any kind of technology-such a boon yet ravaging as well. At times w/ greater the ascension, there may be a neutralizer or dwnfall to it. Sometimes, one might want to vanish as quick as the wind & as quiet as the snow and go back. This song takes me away.
@Ramboness Sorry but the "time of the Samurais" you glorify was not like the romantic image portrayed in this movie, with modern art conventions to invoke your imagination. Those were hard times for the common people. Be thankful you even live in an age where you can learn what the heck Samurai are, and have the ability to find your own peace wherever you want.
@Ramboness Sorry but the "time of the Samurais" you glorify was not like the romantic image portrayed in this movie, with modern art conventions to invoke your imagination. Those were hard times for the common people. Be thankful you even live in an age where you can learn what the heck Samurai are, and have the ability to find your own peace wherever you want.
now this is real beautiful music
DAEMSP 22 hours ago in playlist Mai multe videoclipuri de la TheHighKingFingolfin
I will miss our Conversations.
M2CardTricks 6 days ago
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M2CardTricks 6 days ago
It cuts out rather abruptly at the end :-( Love this music though!!!
RichySKing 1 week ago
All perfects
RapXkSi 1 week ago in playlist el ultimo samurai
It is... Perfect.
KalakaDusty 1 month ago 3
@KalakaDusty
They are all.... Perfect.
Raefael42 2 weeks ago
@Raefael42 Thanks, I know he said "They are all... perfect" in the movie, but I just worded it to fit with the one song, ;)
Jmini540 2 weeks ago
@Jmini540 Aye - I wasn't meaning to correct you man, I just wanted to complete the quote and draw a parallel with the rest of the soundtrack =)
Raefael42 2 weeks ago
- tell me how he died
- No.... I tell you how he lived
M2CardTricks 1 month ago 6
Japan changed a lot. From country of honour, nature and family to some strange cyberland with consumer society. I just have a feeling, and not only connected to Japan, that we've forgot who we are...That we gave up most of our values for money...
Famousmomo1993 1 month ago
@Famousmomo1993 The world have given up it's values, for currency.
Ifailcausido 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
@Famousmomo1993 There are still plenty areas in Japan who still relate to the Feudal times. Perhaps Samurai are not at large as they used to be, but the history is still there.
RavensDelight 3 weeks ago
For me it's all about 7:30 (and the lead up to that release).
The note selection is fucking impeccable!!
sevnstrings 1 month ago
My favourite piece on this sound track
sevnstrings 1 month ago
I will miss our conversations
Rashad8671 1 month ago
this song transcends words
Dwish305 1 month ago
I want to go deep in the mountains to watch and listen to the grass grow.
credalthefirst 2 months ago
tell me how he died, i'll tell you how he lived, we in todays materialistic world have forgotten that. that a truly well lived life, encompassess, courage in going for what you know is right, honour in respect to those who have come before you and have shown the way, and willing to devote your whole life to just cause, whether looking after those who are unfortunate and not casting them aside, or willing to sacrifice your life for a just cause (i.e Che, Sankara, gandhi, ml king, lumumba, biko
Adjei88 2 months ago in playlist More videos from TheHighKingFingolfin
When I listen this song, make me cry.
XxMafiaChanclaxX 2 months ago
- Tell me how he died.
- I will tell you...how he lived.
yoshobbit 2 months ago 11
The cursed 240p we meet again at last. Probably in the top 3 soundtracks of all time, if not the best...
ResurgamZerg 2 months ago
Let's all hope that we can find some small measure of peace someday in our lives.
sflosi34 2 months ago 2
6 people did not have a GOOD CONVERSATION.
Edin55156236 2 months ago 3
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One of the best movies ever made
orochi818 2 months ago
I'm 17 y.o, I first watched the whole movie when I was 15...
I did not cry in Titanic.
I did not cry in any of the romances I've watched.
I did not cry in War movies.
I did not cry in any movie afterall...
But I could feel, a tear slightly coming out of my eyes when I saw Tom Cruise's character finding his small measure of peace.
That's what Hans Zimmer do, he shows us in music, what the world is too ocuppied to teach it's population.
Kazevura 2 months ago 7
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okay so this may be a stupid question but what is that instrument that plays in old japanese songs that sounds very alike to a flute? is it just a flute or another instrument?
Spazzosity 3 months ago
Each blossom is perfect.
mrshaggy095 3 months ago
''And so the days of the samurai had ended. Nations, like men it is sometime said, have their own destenies. As for the americain captain, no one knows what became of him. Some say he died of his wounds, others that he returned to his own country. But I like to think he may have finally a found some small measure of peace. That we all seek....and few of us ever find.''
PhantomSephiroth 3 months ago 5
The tigers eyes are like my own but he comes from a deep dark troubled past- Katsumoto
tradguitarplaya 3 months ago in playlist The Last Samurai OST
They are all...perfect...
HerculesTAK 3 months ago 8
@HerculesTAK
Exact same thought by hearing this.
JediGnome 3 months ago
This is a film you're never tired of watching <3
MaryOnNeverland 4 months ago 8
@MaryOnNeverland Seriously watched it over 50 times now. Still love it so much
Rawc90 2 months ago 2
THE BEST MOVIE FOREVER AND EVER
ZEITOVOCALOID 4 months ago 6
Takka ( Koyuki) is so werry great actor in this movie, when she cry i do too.
Andy110303 4 months ago in playlist The Last Samurai 3
it's too beautiful....perfect.
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if you are a human then u cried in the end
12345678922013 5 months ago in playlist The Last Samurai
whats up with my screen why is it getting all blury and watery? oh never mind those are just my tears.
cloudyy69 5 months ago 45
@cloudyy69 you total loser
GeoffreyLeonardAU 3 days ago in playlist Ost playlist
@GeoffreyLeonardAU so what if i am? at least im not a douche like you.
cloudyy69 3 days ago
@cloudyy69 agreed :)
TravianLegend 21 hours ago
@TravianLegend heheh ;)
cloudyy69 20 hours ago
"Perfect" - Katsumoto
ParkourSchweiz 5 months ago 17
IMO... this is Tom’s best roll to date.
R193L1 5 months ago 17
@R193L1
I could not agree more. This film is so moving.
RainTransformed 5 months ago 8
from 6:15 until the end. it feels sad but happy at the same time.after listening this part of the music i just cant get it of my head.its so amazing
gear360 5 months ago 11
Takka is SOOO hot!!
pasna45 5 months ago 5
I miss Japan :(
foodbug 5 months ago 9
Let's all be honest, all of us were either on the verge of tears or straight out crying at the end. I know I was ballin my eyes out.
CliffDiverBOA 6 months ago 11
This music makes for very good meditation music.
hypnotichellspiral 6 months ago 4
I like the part at the end, even "the enemy" gave him the last honor he deserved...
TheNikMaurice 6 months ago
around 7:00 is the outro where Algren looks at Taka as the end of the movie into the credits. seriously have you ever seen such a good ending before?
23viktor23 7 months ago 7
@23viktor23 I know what you mean. The end of the movie is sad, but it's also happy.
Emper0rH0rde 6 months ago
@Emper0rH0rde that's right and the gazes of eachother in that movie faded out into the credits is awesome
23viktor23 6 months ago
How many of us have really found a small measure of peace?
cernovlasy 7 months ago 6
@cernovlasy i guess 481. 6 didnt
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Emperor Meiji: Tell me how he died.
Algren: I will tell you how he lived.
niketsu5656 7 months ago 2
"Tell me how he died."
"I will tell you how he lived."
ggnel91 7 months ago 14
"And so the days of the Samurai had ended. Nations, like men, it is sometimes said, have their own destiny. As for the American Captain, no one knows what became of him. Some say that he died of his wounds. Others, that he returned to his own country. But I like to think he may have at last found some small measure of peace, that we all seek, and few of us ever find."
Emper0rH0rde 7 months ago 2
On a scale from 1 to 10. The soundtrack of this movie gets a 752.
It's music that makes you feel, makes you think about life.
mamsmelk 7 months ago 4
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"I will tell you how he lived"
funkyflair 8 months ago
"and what happen to the american capitan? well, some said he died form his wounds...others that he returned to his home country...but i think...that maybe at last he found A SMALL MEASURE OF PEACE, that many seek..and fewest ever find.."
Migas128 8 months ago 6
although katsumoto probably wasnt a real person his idea of keeping the japanese culture alive is amazingly perfect
91BArmy 9 months ago 7
The scene where Katsumoto died.. I cried for like 10 minutes because it was so sad and dramatic. May his spirit and soul forever rest in peace.
36MetalLife 9 months ago 2
Best movie Tom Cruise did! That crazy guy...
RyanKHS06 9 months ago 9
THIS WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION.
CDMac09 10 months ago 114
@CDMac09 I will miss our conversations.
MrBluedodger 2 months ago 4
They are perfect, they are all perfect... Rest in peace Katsumoto.
TheDOWfan 10 months ago 7
in order to live you must first die, but in order to die you must first live means live you life to fullest and you alone chose when it is you time to go.
Miniscutlermad 10 months ago
KATSUMOTO DIESS?????!!! NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo T_T
icedfirion 10 months ago
"You have your honor back... Let me die with mine."
Paiotay 11 months ago 9
Katsumoto:"...I come to this place of my ancestors, and I remember. Like these blossoms, we are all dying. To know life in every breath, every cup of tea, every life we take. The way of the warrior...."
filipem13 11 months ago 4
I didn't expexted anything good from hollywood and all but since i have watched the movie it changed my way of thinking, my way of life. Although years have passed since i saw it for the first time, i didn't forget it... and i think i never will... cause i just keeping on watching it again.. and again..
Sane658 11 months ago 3
... "You want me to kill Jappos, I'll kill Jappos... You want me to kill the enemies of Jappos, I'll kill the enemies of Jappos... Rebs, or Sioux, or Cheyenne... For 500 bucks a month I'll kill whoever you want. But keep one thing in mind: I'd happily kill you for free..."
caviper1 1 year ago 2
We come into this world, with our life before us, but totally bepended on others, and when we die, we have become hardened with a lifetime full of wisom, but even that can not escape our end. Our time will come, strip away all the superficiality and let go all the unessentail, life is now- in every second, stay humble to all the wonders life grants to those who listen...a stillness of the mind.
vevitier 1 year ago 3
We come into this world, with our life before us, but totally bepended on others, and when we die, we have become hardened with a lifetime full of wisom, but even that can not escape our end. We have but one, and only one life to live...seek calmness and seperate all the impurites, hack away the unessential, do not watch your life go by- breath now, rejoyce now, cry now and forever sray humble- stay the path and give back to all who cross your path
vevitier 1 year ago 3
information in a book is not 100% correct. history is history you can never know how it was back then. thats because a lot of the information could have been made up, lost, changed etc. so its up to your beliefs of what is was like nor a book, movie , tv series, or words from person can tell what is was like.
Miniscutlermad 1 year ago
@Miniscutlermad There's that, but also that whoever 'writes history' writes it from their viewpoint, so bias becomes a factor.
tias90 10 months ago
@Miniscutlermad i think you are right insome ways but you should believe in people more. Some books are written souly on the truth and that's what makes them so good. take the accounts of rifleman harris for example, a book written from what a soldier in the napoleonic wars told to and wrote down as his own accounts in a barbers in england. Many insights and discoveries were made from thiswhere parts in history seemed vague or covered up. Great piece of music too, very relaxinggg
thespiritguru22 10 months ago
@thespiritguru22 you right but i still would like to know this if someone says it's the truth is it?
Miniscutlermad 10 months ago
@Miniscutlermad i think that's up to the person to decide through logic knowledge and what their expression tells you
thespiritguru22 10 months ago
@ all who want to explain reality of samruai:
u werent there ... reading a book shows u facts and numbers maybe but no book tells u about that. the life in a japanese village. perhaps life werent exactly like that, but i think its possible and it shows us, how important love, freedom, respect and honor is.
last samurai is great, even it is not 100% correct. love it
captain1432 1 year ago
@captain1432 Thank you for saying what I've been thinking! There is much we can learn by books, but there is much more that will always remain unknown to us. It's a great movie, loosely based on the Satsuma Rebellion, but a great movie nonetheless
Paiotay 1 year ago
real music , i feel peace!!!!
bboyLigo 1 year ago 3
Hans Zimmer's Power
Ashley976431 1 year ago
Samurai Clans fought for land, power and wealth every day. They certainly were not peaceful times with no worries in the world. Take possibly their greatest leader, Oda Nobunaga, killed his own brother for land and his uncle I believe. If you want to comment on how awesome this music is I'm with you 100% but when you start talking about feudal Japan and the Samurai, do your research people.
MossNumber7 1 year ago
@MossNumber7 The Daimyo fought eachother for land and power, but the Samurai themselves fought for the honour of their Daimyo... Certainly, as you say, the "rulers" were NOT the tranquil bastions of honour which all feudal Japanese warriors have now become stereotyped as having been (by westoners) - but those of the true Samurai class, were.
Mazthoril 1 year ago
@MossNumber7 The samurai terrorized and murdered the peasantry of Japan (not unlike the nobility of Europe). Up until the turn of the 20th century you could be executed simply for riding a horse as this was reserved for samurai (and only the highest samurai, not all). You're right people have no idea how much most people in the world suffered through most of history. But was the world simpler and easier to understand? Yes.
RWT683 1 year ago
Some people truly are deluded. I love this music and I love the Samurai culture but God some people really have no idea. So many people come out with comments like I wish we could go back to that time everything was so peaceful and perfect. Looking at Romboness comment in particular, do you have any idea? Fuedal Japan was one of the most dangerous and war torn periods of any culture in the world. "Sit back in a small community where land mass or money doesn't matter" are you for real? >>>
MossNumber7 1 year ago
@MossNumber7
You're very right, it was one of the most dangerous and war-torn peroids of history. But that ultimatley doesn't mean there were never any peace.
There were things of more importance than money and power back then in the heart of the people, something most people have forgotten and no longer see today. But It's true, greed has always been a plague to mankind.
Tranquility lies in the heart of battle.
JrockNerd 1 year ago
The part where Katsumoto dies is a sad thing and it makes you feel cry.
It's the best movie I've ever seen.
hollow1style16 1 year ago 99
@hollow1style16 Unfortunately it does not mirror the samurai mentality really well. It ofcourse goves a little insight, but many things remained unspoken, and in fact some moments of the movie were unrealistic compared to the Japaneese mentality of the era.
Hidarite100 8 months ago
@Hidarite100 Which moments? I remember the film being praised for its authenticity...Remember this film is not set in ancient Japan, but more modern japan.
suckit69er 7 months ago
@suckit69er Well, the film is about the Meiji reform of 1860. Before that, the ruler of the state was the Shogun, the highest military commander of the class of soldiers. It is somewhat 20 years after the Americans forced japan to open their harbours to western ships, the society was, as always has been closed for the foreigners, since it was a cast system. In such a world it is impossible that a Japaneese woman openly confesses her love to a foreigner, or even fall in love with one.
Hidarite100 7 months ago
@Hidarite100 I wouldn't call that unrealistic. Its a vital part of the story arc how they accept him as a friend, as one of there own. so I guess you could call it circumstantial not unrealistic.
suckit69er 7 months ago
Samurai were and are awesome, there's no way around it. However, this is extremely romanticized, like most movies are. While it is nothing unexpected, it takes from it something when you do know how history really was. History's ink is blood; it is and always has been. Even more so than shown in these movies.
Lessinath 1 year ago
This is Music !!!!!!
shiachriz 1 year ago 2
i hate and love the end of the movie this movie was AWSOME i was so.......... i cant say what i fell........ this movie was so...... it was the best movie i have ever seen and this epic music Great,wunderfull wow
Ichbinnichschwulman 1 year ago
The honor of true samurai was not so romanticized. Rapists, murderers, very bad people often.
I love this song and love this movie, but remember the truth.
FoxxFire1 1 year ago
@FoxxFire1
Thank God somebody reads. The Samurai were brutal killers and tyrants. However, honor, respect, humility, etc. are great traits to admire. I am glad that some people still admire these traits and their beauty, at the least.
wctwctwctwct 1 year ago
@FoxxFire1
Rapists and murderers they may have been, but that is typical of the warriors of any nation of any time period. You can't single out the samurai as having been rapists and murderers when they were but a ripple in the water of the history of mankind's sins against one another.
Skeletonpack 1 year ago
@Skeletonpack
I'm not singling them out, I'm simply saying remember that when you're watching such a romanticized portrayal.
FoxxFire1 1 year ago
@FoxxFire1
Oh, okay. They way you wrote it made it seem like you were. My bad.
BTW: lol you're a furry, judging from your profile pic.
Skeletonpack 1 year ago
@Skeletonpack
that's right, furry power.
FoxxFire1 1 year ago
@FoxxFire1
Let's not forget how easy the corruption of virtue can set in, and how history tends to decorate the victor and darken the lost cultures. I have no doubt that by reading the influence of zen on the samurai that it was a genuine way of life, but things don't stay that way long. Especially when cultures fight for self preservation. Aren't we able to justify horrible deeds in the name of nationalism, even today?
yetzirahsan 1 year ago
man i can never watch this movie without crying at the end. just makes me sad about the fact that the future is nothing but more and more destructive than the past. we hear leaders say things will get better but it hasnt. its like hole in a dam and they keep putting duct tape over it and saying "there that'll hold her for another 2min"
templarknight456 1 year ago 4
Oh this song,even 2 years after...Always that touching.I simply cant get enough of it.
"All love".And what about those 2 last minutes?A small measure of peace ?Sure,it truely is.
fulmet 1 year ago
I am disappointed over my ancestors, of my brothers over everything we have destroyed. I just Hope, one day ... just one single day the world would be like then, with respect and honor, in the human hearts.
I would rather die with honor, than live a full life without honor.
It may seems impossible to get honor in these times, where the honor is gone...
but I do not give up, even if I have to die for prove that you can find the honor.
Nicrlaitheking 1 year ago 3
@Nicrlaitheking Lol that was epic to read with this music, I teared up.
But honestly, I would hate to live in days like those where blood was spilled without moral justification, turmoil and tyrants ruled over lands, and people were slaves..to themselves.
hyperzyph64 1 year ago
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I am disappointed over my ancestors, of my brothers over everything we have destroyed. I just Hope, one day ... just one single day the world would be like then, with respect and honor, in the human heart.
I would rather die with honor, than live a full life without honor.
It may seems impossible in these times, where the honor is gone...
but I do not give up, even if I have to die for prove that you can find the honor.
Find the honor in your own heart and you will live forever.
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Nicrlaitheking 1 year ago
this is truly moving and I to feel the music today is losing its soul. however one must keep hope even if in these modern times were honor and respect have lost their value. I know it may seem inevitable that the world is spiraling out of control but have faith in people there is still good in some.
snookman2 1 year ago 2
Everytime i close my eyes listening to this i picture a sakura tree in the distance with a garden of flowers around me and a wind that blows away all troubles.Almost like this is the place to be.And when i open my eyes i realize that i found,in the middle of problems,a small measure of peace.
mangakafan225 1 year ago 3
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Everytime i close my eyes listening to this i picture a sakura tree in the distance with a garden of flowers around me and a wind that blows away all troubles.Almost like this is the place to be.And when i open my eyes i realize that i found,in the middle of problems,a small measure of peace.
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mangakafan225 1 year ago
i dont think their will ever be a composer that can make music like this dont get me wrong i luv the overall story of the last samurai especially the setting but when i watch this its mostly for the music, i have watched this movie so many times i couldnt even guess how many times. their is not one thing i luv to do more than too listen to this ive heard it so many times but it never gets old its intoxicating all most. this is music, most of hat else i have heard iis simply noise. amaizing
igunzOsick 1 year ago
I hate all music that is dubbed 'our generation's'...
If all people listened to beautiful music such as this, then our world wouldn't have just a small measure of peace. No. There would only be peace.
kashga11 1 year ago 5
@kashga11 idk bout that we are too impulsive thats why were still animals because were not all reason and logic we also still have instinct in us comprised of emotions that change our way reasoning and logic. "As long as their is man there will be war"-albert einstien
igunzOsick 1 year ago
@igunzOsick but surely music like this would lessen that impulse?
kashga11 1 year ago
@kashga11 we are by nature impulsive there is nothing that exsists that would lessen impulsive actions. they exist as mans makeup this is why we are humans, although impulse does not define humanity as much as our instinct. With humans comes reasoning this is what puts us above all living organisms but just as any other creature we do pocess instinct.it is instinct that leads us to do the things we are not sure why we did them. instinct that borders us with animals, but impulse exsists within it
igunzOsick 1 year ago
@igunzOsick this has strayed very far from my original point about how this song makes us more appreciative of things in life, and how it could calm us all. i'm not going to argue anymore.
kashga11 1 year ago
@kashga11 When we will focus only on things we like and not on things we don't like, only then we'll have peace.
credalthefirst 2 months ago
The last minute is wonderful.So touching.I can´t just get enough of it.Powerful,brilliant.
fulmet 1 year ago
when Katsumoto died i froze for like 5 seconds it was that dramatic.
chamath41 1 year ago 101
i loved the ending to this movie, not to much but not to little just perfect
skorn16 1 year ago
i actually like rap (depends who sings it of course and what the lyrics are about) but i always enjoyed orchestrated music like this, so count me out of the 'mindless' group within this generation.
personally i love all music for as long as it fits my taste. i don't see genres. i just see music that either fits my tastes or not. that's it. i don't wanna discriminate music just cause of its genre.
Reziari 1 year ago
Who are the 4 idiots to dislike this?
SuperDarren1990 1 year ago
@SuperDarren1990 The people who would take rap over beautiful music.
reborny123 1 year ago
@reborny123 They need a different outlook on life.
SuperDarren1990 1 year ago
6:15
theLXGproject 1 year ago
Hans Zimmer 2003
check out Hans Zimmer Rainman
jussipejulliano 1 year ago
I laughed softly when i heard this. it was so embracing that i had no other way of showing it, and so i laughed.. but softly enough so that the beautiful sound of the music wouldn't fall under my voice.
CrystalAnimes 1 year ago 3
@CrystalAnimes that was beautiful.
moh09 1 year ago
This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music i have ever heard, i like many types of music, certain pop, rock, club music, clasical, literally everything but there are only certain pieces of music that come along in a lifetime that can grab you at anytime and put you at ease no matter what is on your mind. Truely beautiful and should be heard by all the world instead of just a few, if this was the majority of all music then i cant help but think, the world would be a better place.
MrJamesc91 1 year ago 2
this music... i think its my own small measure of peace.
when i listen it i just stare out of my window and forget all things in the life, then i feel happy.
thanks
jochemperez 1 year ago 5
6:15
theLXGproject 1 year ago
This is such a beautiful song. I don't care who you are or what your opinion of what I am about to say is but there is no damn way Miley Cyrus will ever be able to sing as good as the true musical artists in this song play their instruments. This is true music.
aceangel5891 1 year ago 4
My Favorite Song! *__*
Pontinhusss 1 year ago
because only stupid teens loves her...
bastelini 1 year ago
Music like this might change our unstoppable extinction hehehehe
windsong227 1 year ago
4 people missed the like button, congragulations
LucaGroenendijk 1 year ago 4
I would trade my complicated life to live a simple one, and not have to worry about how many materialistic products I'm going to purchase before. What happens when you die? All the things you worked for(college, money, and materials) is all left behind, instead of living a more spiritual life. Enjoy the beauty of life.
I want that that small measure of peace.
FreshPrinceCM 1 year ago 3
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This is Katsumoto's sword. He would have wanted you to have it. He hoped with his dying breath that you would remember his ancestors who held this sword, and what they died for. May the strength of the Samurai be with you always. You where with him.... at the end.... Tell me how he died. No... I will tell you how he lived.
I will miss our conversations....
Awesome Movie!
cyeber2004 1 year ago
i would like to 'truly' have this song played at my funeral... it shall be my last wish.
shador40 1 year ago
平和!
LucaGroenendijk 1 year ago
hey.. i think i will call you Bob.. hey Bob. your angry becoze they make you wear a dress.. are you a ladies man bob?
ndsboy888 1 year ago 4
@ndsboy888 i knew a bob once... god he was ugly as a mule
1bol1 1 year ago 2
If it was possible to get in a fuckin' time machine and to go to Japan and hug Katsumoto for all the peace he brang into my head, I definitely would jump in it... And my favourite character's Ujio... So for the Jedi Knight... ^^
bbcseriesfan 1 year ago
@bbcseriesfan Katsumoto wasn't real. And as romantically as this movie portrays the samurai, they only fought so they could keep their position in Japan's class system.
The4Horsemen7Angels 1 year ago
@The4Horsemen7Angels I know all this... I'm not like those fuckin' girls who think that Edward Cullen's real and wait for fuckin' Pattison to bite them. And by the way, samurai did exist and it's my opinion to think that it was a marvelous time, not like these which suck. Thanks for your opinion.
bbcseriesfan 1 year ago
@The4Horsemen7Angels The samurai were real, and having studied them, its with an acceptable accuracy they are portrayed in this film. you can expect the romantic portrayal, its a film after all, not eye witness accounts and footage for a documentary.
Warlord1500 1 year ago
@The4Horsemen7Angels Katsumoto was based off of Saigō Takamori.Yes, Katsumoto wasn't real but was shaped, It's sad that they only fought to keep themselves in Japan's class system, but it shows how they were ready to fight to the end, even for a poor cause.
JimHawpah 1 year ago
@The4Horsemen7Angels I dint understand what you mean when you say class system
datseb997 1 year ago
@datseb997
I think (s)he was speaking about the fact the pre-Meiji Japan was organised by a class system : The noble, the warriors, the peasants, the craftsmen, etc. and that each class was very hermetic to the others, not mainly amongst the "low classes", but especially in the "bottom-up" way.
Did my attempt of an explanation made sense to you ?
Briselance 1 year ago
@Briselance yes now I understand thank you
datseb997 1 year ago
hey but miley is more beauiful than Clint I suppose....
Joggaa18 1 year ago
End of this Music so F**king Great !!!!!!! 5 Stars to composer - Just Great !!!!
3dimon3 1 year ago 2
@ Ramboness
it is possible to live in their time period
NightGraveHunting 1 year ago
This seriously hits me right in my heart just like The way of the sword. This is the music. Much more breath taking than something that's coming in every day
Stephan131992 1 year ago 2
I wish you could go back in time, live like the culture of theirs. Sit back in a small community where land mass and money doesn't matter. Enjoy life and it's greater goods. Be a peaceful and a person who lives in harmony. This movie and it's music sure opens your eyes. I'd be more than grateful if I would be able to live in a time like this. I think this modern world is coming closer to our end. The world is a awful place today. Everything now matters about money nothing more nothing less.
Ramboness 1 year ago 54
@Ramboness I fully agree!
alberttky 1 year ago
@Ramboness it's probably worth mentioning that the samurai were, whilst very disciplined and cultured, predominantly warriors that would serve higher ranked members of society. Early feudal Japan was filled with bloody conflicts between various clans over... yep you guessed it, money and land.
joebell1329 1 year ago
@Ramboness that's my dream... :'(
Coaco98 1 year ago
@Ramboness this people...is an example of a person with a brain, heart, and soul well said :)
ldjx1000 1 year ago
@Ramboness
It was not much different then, we like to romantisize everything now. But in that time you probaly would be dead before you become 30. You would end up being killed in some war of your clan leader.
SuperiorSquid 1 year ago
@Ramboness
You're not the only one to wish that my friend
Valk72 1 year ago
@Ramboness damn Ramboness, you really nailed it bro-no way I could of said it better,truly. Hard to say else about it,as its truth. But as SuperiorSquid said, healthier & integrated now in retrospect,I guess we gain a thing but lose another part.Any kind of technology-such a boon yet ravaging as well. At times w/ greater the ascension, there may be a neutralizer or dwnfall to it. Sometimes, one might want to vanish as quick as the wind & as quiet as the snow and go back. This song takes me away.
EarthenAncient 1 year ago 2
@Ramboness Money? I wish that were just the case, no this modern world is worse than how you described it.
FierceGriffon 1 year ago
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@Ramboness Sorry but the "time of the Samurais" you glorify was not like the romantic image portrayed in this movie, with modern art conventions to invoke your imagination. Those were hard times for the common people. Be thankful you even live in an age where you can learn what the heck Samurai are, and have the ability to find your own peace wherever you want.
Huzzadashuzza 1 year ago
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@Ramboness Sorry but the "time of the Samurais" you glorify was not like the romantic image portrayed in this movie, with modern art conventions to invoke your imagination. Those were hard times for the common people. Be thankful you even live in an age where you can learn what the heck Samurai are, and have the ability to find your own peace wherever you want.
Huzzadashuzza 1 year ago
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@Ram