The Last Samurai - Battle against Katsumoto

[CriminalBabies]

BANZAI

[Stormdragonbrisvagas]

One part that ruined this was he fights so well in this scene and yet he is a complete gumby later on in the village...

[Fridabeekman]

@Stormdragonbrisvagas He was stabbed several times. The time required to heal from those injuries is enough to degrade from a well trained captain to a piece of snot.

[SicilyJo]

One of the many great scenes in this awesome movie!

[HaNsWiDjAjA]

Unseasoned conscript are only useful for defending entrenchment, taking them into a foggy forest is only looking for trouble.

[agdaah01]

All the "visitors" here might have been luck !

It is NOT Harakiri // Sepukku /過労死 :-(

It is Bushido and Kashi !

There is noting we can say more and provide our help and loveness than here!

[agdaah01]

lol: Held der Eisigen Welten"," Nachtherr" und "Zwielichtbezwinger"," Botschafter der Allianz" und "Der Entdecker"

IF you wanna fight with me - tell me..here: I've a FengLi HM SWORD!

[agdaah01]

@Fridabeekman

WE're doing not looking for any Battle AGAINST Katsumoto!?

We'll and will ever love Katsumoto!

FIGHT for your rights !

Fight for Katsumoto (is ideas to live!) one and only !

** Kill them all ! **

Gachi !!!



[agdaah01]

Nuoh...Katasumoto .. will WIN!

Awasete - Kachi !!!

[SetisX81]

cowards if they would just hold the line with bayonets xDD

[dondondodo]

it was awesome how the samurai were going slow mo until the dumb peasant fired his rifle.. if he just held his fire the samurai would have stayed in slow mo and he possibly could have had a better shot cause he could have aimed better, same goes for everyone else

hardly none of the samurais died because their slow mo effect was disabled when that one stupid peasant fired his rifle.

[StickItLikeGlue]

Billy Connelly!

[gonefishingstudios]

I love the part when the silhouette of the samurai can be seen and you can see on the riflemen face that they just shat bricks

[10113rc04573r]

@iken0805 nah there's palm trees in Japan, not many on the "main island" only in the south, but on the smaller islands like Okinawa and the ones near the Philippines and NZL there are

[NicholasGeschke]

Also as an aside note, the part where the Sergeant tells Nathan "Shove it up your ass" in real life that would be a violation of a direct order from a superior officer. He would be lucky if he wasn't whipped for insubordination, following his court martial and (likely) a dishonorable discharge.

[NicholasGeschke]

This scene is what you call an establishing character moment. Katsumoto realizes that the Captain is not like his men: He's strong, brave, resourceful and refuses to just lay down and die. Even when he kills several warriors - Katsumoto takes him alive and treats him with respect.

The way he held them off though, with the flag. That also was a nice act of symbolism.

[trickster672]

@NicholasGeschke Katsumoto's trained samurai aren't strong or brave?  I believe you are misinformed.

[NicholasGeschke]

@trickster672 I'm not talking about Katsumoto's samurai, I'm talking about the militia.

[iken0805]

WTF? palm trees in Japan? ow, of course this is New Zealand LOL

[Fishsticks187]

@88Scatter: In the heat of a full-on cavalry charge, you won't have the time to reload your muzzle-loader whether you fire in ranks or not. Notice that the Samurai are disciplined warriors using the element of surprise; striking from the mist and using the trees for cover. They are fighting ill-trained conscripts who piss their pants at the first sign of battle, as well they should. European cavalry charges took place on open ground where they were fully visible. There's a huge difference.

[apaintedhouse4444]

"Our men are running sir! Shameful display!"

[vidaett]

shogun 2 fall of the samurai ftw!!

[Fishsticks187]

The idea of fending off a cavalry charge with single shot rifles is ridiculous. you mow down 1 rank with a volley, and that's it. Armored, they'll slaughter you or route you if you're lucky.

[88Scatter]

@Fishsticks187 Cavalry charges were actually quite well countered in European battlefields as early as the 16th, maybe even 15th century - they did after all, play a huge role to the end of heavy armored knights with lances and swords. The most effective way is let the first line shoot, let them fall back in back of the formation, second line shoots, then they fall back, third line shoots and falls back, then the first line shoots again. Repeat it all over again.

[N0hN4me]

Matchlock Ashigaru vs. Katana Cavalry

Matchlocks: Low morale, require set-up, reload times, weak to penetrative charge formations, weak in melee

Cavalry: Fast-attack unit, delta formation ability, strong in melee, strong against missile units, charge bonus (+)

First rank of ashigaru running? SHAMEFUR DISPRAY!

[KiRiBaTiSOUL]

I was shitting bricks when I saw them charge out of the mist at the movies :@

[agdaah01]

For all the HEROs and Warriors! May existing ever in our dammned world!

Never forget the last Heros- The Samurai's !

* meiyoomonijru*

We'll meet again in the virtuality reality...like Guildwars or WoW !

[VagrantNoName]

@agdaah01

(facepalm) you need to get out often..

[Sindrio2]

If i had a dollar for each pixel in this video... I would have a dollar...

Yes, i know that joke is really old, but the quality in this video is bad

[MrZeromaster95]

This was no battle, this was a slaughter.

R.I.P Zeb

[Wayofthefighter]

4:30 Ok..... that was just awesome......

[redfox23f]

it was a good death

[KingsofSparta]

WTF AT 4:42 WAS HE BAYONETED TO THE THROAT????

[kiryu2000]

@KingsofSparta Chuck Norris' obscure predecessor?

[DespairIIIX]

@KingsofSparta no that was a yari. he got speared to the throat

[KingsofSparta]

@DespairIIIX why didn't he die? i mean he got stabbed! in the throat!!!

[LSKennedy78]

@KingsofSparta Nope, it was to the shoulder/ collar bone region; Not instantly fatal but a bad wound I think.

[TheycallmeFumbles]

4:53 I haven't seen the movie, but is this guy impressed with how this guy is fighting or something?

[KingsofSparta]

@TheycallmeFumbles without giving away too much the japanese samurai had a vision of a white tiger and so the tiger on the flag means the american is important so he keeps him prisoner

[fightinside1]

lol pause at 5:59 angry tom cruise face

[TheycallmeFumbles]

Tom Cruise= Badass in this scene

[CedarLand]

The Samurai War Cry gives me goosebumps everytime, it turns iron to butter.

[HectorAchilles777]

that last fight scene doesn't happen in real life

[Rebelcommander6]

Militia with guns against seasoned warriors with cold steel and arrows.... I was never in doubt over my guess.

[downedcoyote1]

@Rebelcommander6 That and they had a huge terrain advantage

[tenchimuyo69]

@Rebelcommander6

Though disappointing it may be, the samurai of the 19th century were not so well seasoned. Spending more of their time drinking and gambling than fighting. There were no wars to fight until the American's forced an end to Japan's isolationist policy.

The Boshin and Satsuma Wars see a slight revival in a romantic warrior class that was in decline. Soon after, it was basically gone.

[Rebelcommander6]

As someone who has studied the time period I understand. The Samurai did have an effective stability for 200 some-odd years and had been reading the Hagakure ever since.

[MrAwsomenoob]

@Rebelcommander6 Conscripts more like it

[JustFlemishMe]

Around 4:20 actually isn't the Samurai way (cooperating in battle). 2 on 1 wasn't considered honourable.

[TheImperialistStates]

@MrTheAntman u jelly lol

[jackz50cal]

This was recorded with a coke can

[manapuax310]

@R1DIKAL its funny but this is just a movie and wasn't supposed to be an accurate historical movie. The real last samurai clan was in the southernmost main island of Kyushu =)

[00regan]

5:58 what's up?

[rocktilltheeend]

whats the song playing in the background?

[dividednation44]

did this battle really took place? if so what was its name?

[topherno]

The way Connoly says "Load" is just EPIC

[TheNukaColaQuantum]

SHAMFURR DISPRAY!!!!

[kniptang1]

load!

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAD

hahahahha

[Fishsticks187]

I'd take a Yumi bow over a single- shot rifle any day. Going up against the samurai with un armored, hastily-trained troops with single shot rifles against a cavalry charge is nothing short of suicide.

[BrooklynRedLeg]

One big problem with this movie. Trained warhorses are not stupid enough to throw themselves onto pointed objects (bayonets). There was a reason why heavy cavalry was undone by a wall of pikes/spears. The same principle applies with a musket and ring-type bayonet. Those horses would have shied back, forcing the samaurai to dismount.

[bobenbob123]

Lol, that sergeant dude is awesome.

[JustFlemishMe]

@bobenbob123 Yeah... "No disrespect, sir, but you can shove that order up your ass!" ROFL =)

[WittyUsername816]

ah. gotta love that sargent.

[15GamingGuy]

BILLY CONNOLLY! NOOOOOO!

[hellowhat890]

I'd probably fight to the death. But I'd rather be on the ground instead of on horseback with a pistol and sword. Sure I'll charge at guys with rifles on horseback but I'd rather fight on foot

[Illendyourfamily]

@hellowhat890 because you fear death

[hellowhat890]

@Illendyourfamily touche my honorable friend

[teencomment]

I wonder what that colonel guy was thinking when the survivors came back. Savages with bows and arrows my foot!

[thebluemonkey123]

1:24 - 1:32 i would be as scared as heck >.>

[x0TheJackal0x]

damn i forgot how many samurai algren took out in this scene. he got pretty fucked up himself though.

[Zucc60]

These guys couldn't aim in broad daylight, hence the scene where Tom Cruise says "They're not ready". Clearly he was right about that one!

[teencomment]

Very good place for an ambush...tight quarters, numerous obstacles interfering with aim, poor visibility...

[Blackhoundrise]

skin crawling stuff...

[kimnorkim]

it takes more than just weapons to win a battle..

[LeeroyFan101]

Is it just me or s the guy in 1:53 the same guy that plays the Emperor?

[Dogmeat1950]

lol Jap Officers like the Samurai are coming. Americans is like pfffft. this ain't shit go fight the Apache or any other fierce tribe in the Americans then will talk. lol.

[GeneraleFlavioEzio]

What would happen if the japanese soldiers had the Winchester rifle? XD...It would be enough the Model 1873 Trapdoor Springfield, at least it was a Breech-loading rifle!!!

[Fridabeekman]

@GeneraleFlavioEzio

Well if they could aim............. they would've raped the Japanese...... o_0

[DeviLBenjo]

@Fridabeekman Agree!

[TheChunkyKong]

@GeneraleFlavioEzio dude The only way to relead those rifles you need to pull out a lead ball and drop it in the barrel Make sure its in good by pushing it in with a steel rod all that takes about 30 to 40 seconds and when you have almost 100 angry japs on horses coming at you at almost 40 to 50 miles an hour on horses...........

[landfill2]

@GeneraleFlavioEzio in the movie that fat guy said that "Katsumoto no longer dishonors himself by using firearms"

[jeffersonyaj]

@GeneraleFlavioEzio not to be mean. but arent both side japanese?

[lordazn]

@jeffersonyaj Hence the beauty of a "civil" war

[ndgh209]

@jeffersonyaj Yep the Samurai wanted to keep there old ways of swords and arrows and well..ways of life.

The Other Japanese with guns wanted to keep the Newer ways of guns and society thats why they had a Civil war back then.

[KingsofSparta]

@GeneraleFlavioEzio what would happen if the soldiers had MG42s????

[RoyalDog214]

@GeneraleFlavioEzio Just because you made the XD face, I'm thumbing your comment down.

[catsareweapons]

@GeneraleFlavioEzio Doesn't matter if they break ranks.

[tenchimuyo69]

@GeneraleFlavioEzio

I believe several Eastern countries adopted various Western Rifles during this period. Like Japan and the Ottoman Empire. But I'm not sure to what degree Japan used them.

Fiction film aside, both the Samurai of Satsuma and the Imperialists used rifles.

[PJPbaseball]

@GeneraleFlavioEzio Actually the samurai that did rebel during this time used rifles. There where no samurai clans that used strictly melee weapons.

[havisham7]

its really scary the way they come out of the fog with those helmets.

[ADBcrew]

this scene was copied on Glory movie the civil war movie lol

[2210ethan]

@ADBcrew

Some similarities (same director). But of course the defenders win in Glory.

[anotherguttersnipe]

No disrespect intended sir but...... shove it up your arse!

Billy Connoly FTW

[tmtmjdmtja]

Fight is different

The chicken that these are suppressed with a sword and a spear by a samurai if there is not a gun

I post a mastermind first, and Takamori Saigou sets it by bow and arrow attack

This is the last fight in Japan

[DaSpartan71]

OMG! Everyone, listen to Queen-Princes of the Universe while watching this scene. It'll make it like a Million times more Epic!!

[LupuSabre]

He should have stuck with the saber for the whole movie.

[randomgurl1010123]

stupid soldiers, they shot too early and only hit two samurai!!!! those guns sucked back then. If they had our weapons from now, we could blow `em all away with missel launchers before they can even get to us!!

[Sanic]

@randomgurl1010123 Then they would of probably had extended light saber that could cut down an entire group. :D

[whitelotus77]

Just because they have guns and form a line, mean they are soldiers. More like conscripts. o.o That would be scary for a Greek to be handed a medieval sword and know that 1000s of spartans are coming. For an african plains boy to be handed a flintlock pistol, and know that 100s of Zulu tribesmen are coming to take heads, its no different for these Japanese men who HAVE NO TRAINING or the mindset to take on their country's most feared warrior

[1tephania]

@whitelotus77

It's kinda funny how all you guys are discussing how this scene is possible in real life. You do know this never happened in history, right? By the 19th century, samurais had not been involved in warfare for three centuries. And the samurais in the real, historical samurai rebellion during the Meiji era all used as many modern weapons as they can possibly get.

[Coaco98]

I JUST NOW CAUGHT ZEB SAYING "PAY ATTENTION ITLL SAVE YOUR LIFE! XD

[whitelotus77]

@Coaco98 when.?

[petswodahs]

shove it up your ass lol

[Migas128]

the samurai roar and then the sound of the crows! damn run! run!

[Gulliman01]

Can't Wait for Shogun 2 Total War! OMG!! i need a new computer! thinking bout it is giving me chills.

[gunner6676]

Sad thing about firing when the enemy is close is that you will most likely die because of the reloading ESPECIALLY when dealing with calvary

[harlequin2262]

@gunner6676

Not nessasarily. Bayonets, see? A pike you can carry with you. They were there to PREVENT cavalry from overrunning a battleline. Not totally successful, but remember that each of these men basically had a spear with them.

[miniman631]

its cool how the samurai attack from behind aswell when they are retreating

[Creaturelover18]

The Samurai not only used ordinary tactics, but they also used psychological tactics using the enviroment. Like here in fog, they used the fog to disorientate their enemies.

[redslownight]

"No disrespect intended sir, but, shove it up your ass."

Great.

[YourProblem1]

@redslownight Most badass line in this movie :D

[AmericanWarrior1776]

great battle scene

[GuamKomudo]

I like how Tom Cruis would have not stood a chance at ALL during this battle... He grows up with guns, has minimum training in the art of a saber and martial arts and ends up beating the crap out of tons of Samurai that have trained for this everyday since they were like 3... LOL Hollywood fail =P

[AFGalwayz]

@GuamKomudo LOL he also gets a "draw" with Ujio. The samurais' best fighter and 2nd or 3rd highest commanding officer...lol. He was only training for like a few months.

[NickForelli]

@GuamKomudo Dude, it's Tom Cruise, he knows everything.

[aussieblackhawk123]

i'd shit my pants too if i heard that

[gaarafan19]

"no disrespect lieutenant sir but, shove it up your ass"

haha best line ever

[magicstorm1]

it is not because the men are untrained, they know that samurai are fierce so they are scared as hell.

[Fridabeekman]

@magicstorm1 because they are untrainted themselves so they know they get kicked arse. If they were trained they knew they would have a chance so it does matter.

[GuamKomudo]

They also grew up thinking the Samurai were pretty much instoppable warriors, almost like a demon warrior. They were the highest class of society for hundreds of years. Centuries of mind set is hard to break by giving people a gun and saying "Good luck".

[Tomy0791]

@Fridabeekman both factors are important even trained units fear strong enemys and run away......sometimes but an untrained unit againts such an enemy is a really a bad idea

[Fridabeekman]

@Tomy0791 True but believing you stand a chance is better than to believe you don't stand a chance so being trained will add confidence to a warrior's personalty most likely.

[Tomy0791]

@Fridabeekman when i believe i can win i have a chance to win you'Re absolutly right

[AFGalwayz]

@magicstorm1 it was because they are untrained and the samurai were much more disciplined and organized than they were. you can tell by the end of the movie that the imperial soldiers were getting much better than what they were in the beginning of the movie

[bleushift]

@magicstorm1 yes but obviously there are not trained with forced disiplined

elsed they would follow command

so yes there to untrained

[unknownaznboy209]

@magicstorm1 have you seen the movie?

[live7pheonix]

it is a bad samurai movie.... plz look the twilight samurai or the deadly sword. those are great samurai movies

[AFGalwayz]

@live7pheonix twilight samurai sucked. the best samurai movie was probably 7 samurai

[NickForelli]

@live7pheonix Wow, you just suck. Get outta here with that.

[mrHyperspook]

great scene...pity Tom Cruise was in it.

[sxlfkta]

For the Scottish/Irish Gallowglass warrior elite--who served over in Ireland between the mid 13th--early 17th centuries as these ferocious, professional & die hard Scottish mercenaries (with Norse, Gaelic & Pictish blood, as most initially came from the Western Scottish Isles!) that would hire themselves out to the highest bidder, or Irish chieftain, on this seasonal basis--were the late Medieval European equivalent to the Japanese Samurai! They were quite bloodthirsty indeed!!!

[Fridabeekman]

@sxlfkta

I don't see any honor in selling your sword as a mercenary though.

I don't think Samurai fought without a reason while mercenaries do.

[sxlfkta]

@Fridabeekman I wholly agree with you. Yet, as these largely tribal Celts, the Gallowglass had this largely vested interest in the destiny of Ireland & how it fared against the encroaching menace & feudal power of Norman military culture & civilization. For if Ireland failed then the Scottish Highlands would be next, if you know what I mean! Also, the Scottish had this deeply ingrained hatred of the English, while they were also very fond of engaging in warfare of the most savage kind!!!

[Fridabeekman]

@sxlfkta

I understand now, thanks.

[SparklingBlue89]

@Fridabeekman ever heard of ronin?

[sxlfkta]

Yes, this was probably the best, most thrilling & most edge of your seat scene in this entire, altogether excellent movie (yet it never did quite reach epic proportions, as was probably originally planned!). Any ways, those Samurai warriors were some pretty fearsome & frightening dudes indeed! Also, Sergeant Gant was this true Irishman, standing his ground till the end (actually, the Irish & Scots were sort of like the European Samurai back during the late Middle Ages till the mid 1600's!)!

[sasukemoores]

I think that the reason he kills so many is that even the most trained fighters can make mistakes in the heat of battle due to the flight or fight response. Example you see traind ufc fighters who are champions get ko in 1 puntch from lesser oponents from time to time.

[thetinkerer]

Indigenous Samurai Warriors > Japanese Imperial Rifleman

[tommy2ter]

remember kids no matter how much training a warrior has it doesn't matter, the only thing that matters is who is a better warrior at a split second of that time

[ELITESrBAMOFOS945]

@tommy2ter agreed. also, if I remember correctly, Tom Cruises character has more expeirence as a Cavalry Combatant, so that problably gives him an advantage on horseback? but on the ground he problably would've been disposed of pretty quickly. Just a thought.

[tommy2ter]

@ELITESrBAMOFOS945 just a movie lol

[ELITESrBAMOFOS945]

@tommy2ter yeah. sadly, sometimes i have too much free time xD

[tommy2ter]

@ELITESrBAMOFOS945 lol its ok dont we all :D

[ELITESrBAMOFOS945]

@tommy2ter true that.

[Yahoodude830]

lol those peasants with rifles totally SUCK!

[drunkentaekwondo]

even tho i support the samurai, you must realize that the role of tom cruise was a veteran captain who had alot of war expirience but yea i think too that the samurai shud just have slaughtered him ;)

[LeeroyFan101]

@drunkentaekwondo

Yeah but when he was at the samurai village and he was training with them he constantly got his ass kicked. It wasn't until he had trained with them for months that he started to hold his own against them. I guess its just another one of those Hollywood "rule of cool"

[SparklingBlue89]

@LeeroyFan101 only got his ass kicked by one guy, who apparantly is one of the strongest

[kungfoolai]

Great scene, the only thing i dont like is how could tom cruise kill so many samurai's when the samurais have traind for combat all their lives...he wouldn't satnd a chance in real life...good for a movie though...

[Fridabeekman]

@kungfoolai

I wondered the same:P they should've killed him easily with a blindfold.

[kungfoolai]

for sure!

samurais only live for combat so in reality they would not have been that easy to kill!...

[GuamKomudo]

Yeah, cause when he got taken back to their village, he got his butt kicked a hundred times lol But here he picks up a Japanese spear and just beats the crap out of everyone lol If you look at it from the white peoples point of view in this battle. That must have been the weirdest way for the old guy to die. In the middle of the forest of a country he probably never even knew exsisted as a kid from a guy wearing a freaky armor suit and mask  =P

[SUFI194189]

what i dont understand is... that he killed all them samurai in this battle scene but when he gets to their village its like he doesn't know it at all.

[kungfoolai]

exactly!!

but its just a movie after all...such a great movie though, apart from them faults!

[MrDikkehamster]

@kungfoolai yes that's true but officers always are good in fighting

they learn from the best teachers in the kingdom so he could be strong

but indeed the samurai are born fighters

[csandersen]

@kungfoolai well that is why the main samurai was so intrigued by him. i also don't think they expected to face another trained swordsman. they were caught off gaurd when he knew what he was doing , not to mention he was the best the west had to offer. on top of that he was an alcoholic and everyone knows alcoholics are crazy when they fight, even when sober

[pupentaco]

@kungfoolai Well Tom Cruise's Character also was in the military fought for a period of time, probably fought the civil war