The Last Samurai. Big In Japan (Alphaville)

The Last Samurai

Big In Japan - Alphaville

Winter's city side
crystal bits of snowflakes
all around my head and in the wind.
I had no illusions
that I'd ever find a glimpse
of summer's heat waves in your eyes.

(CHORUS 1)
You did what you did to me
Now it's history I see
here's my comeback on the road again.
Things will happen while they can
I will wait here for my man tonight
it's easy when you're big in Japan

(CHORUS 2)
Ah when you're big in Japan-tonight...
big in Japan-be-tight...
big in Japan...


oh the eastern sea's so blue.
Big in Japan-all right,
Pay! then I'll sleep by your side
things are easy when you're big in Japan
oh when you're big in Japan

Neon on my naked skin,
passing silhouettes
of strange illuminated mannequins.
Shall I stay here at the zoo
or should I go and change my point of view
for other ugly scenes.

(CHORUS 1)

(CHORUS 2)

The Last Samurai

Directed by
Edward Zwick

Produced by
Edward Zwick
Tom Cruise
Tom Engelman
Marshall Herskovitz
Scott Kroopf
Paula Wagner

Starring
Tom Cruise
Ken Watanabe
Shin Koyamada
Timothy Spall
Billy Connolly
Tony Goldwyn
Hiroyuki Sanada
Koyuki Kato

Music by
Hans Zimmer

Cinematography
John Toll

Editing by
Victor Du Bois
Steven Rosenblum

Distributed by
Warner Bros.

Release date(s) December 5, 2003

Running time 160 minutes

Country
New Zealand
United States
Japan

Language
English
Japanese
French

Budget US$ 140 million

The Last Samurai.

The Last Samurai is a 2003 drama film/war film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay based on a story by John Logan.

The film was inspired by a project developed by writer and director Vincent Ward. Ward became executive producer on the film working in development on it for nearly four years and after approaching several directors (Coppola, Weir), he interested Edward Zwick. The film went ahead with Zwick and was shot in Wards native New Zealand.

The film stars Tom Cruise (who also co-produced) in the role of American soldier Nathan Algren whose personal and emotional conflicts bring him into contact with samurai in the wake of the Meiji Restoration in the Empire of Japan in 1876 and 1877. Other actors include Ken Watanabe, Shin Koyamada, Hiroyuki Sanada, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly and Tony Goldwyn.

The film's plot is based on the 1876 Satsuma Rebellion led by Saigō Takamori, and also on the story of Jules Brunet, a French army captain who fought alongside Enomoto Takeaki in the earlier Boshin War. The historical roles of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and France in Japanese westernization are largely attributed to the United States in the film. These details, characters in the film and the real story are simplified for plot purposes; the film does not seek to duplicate history.

The Last Samurai was well received upon release, with a worldwide box office of $456 million. In addition it was nominated for several awards, including the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes and the National Board of Review.

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