Message from zrichardson

[Anonymous]

The Last Samurai Film offers a visual perspective for a wide range of informed viewers. However, historically and culturally inaccurate the film may appear, at the very least it puts some overarching concepts about a bygone era of Japanese feudal system. Generally speaking if the film’s objective was historical fidelity, then the actors and plot will have a different configuration and more depth. For example, the Samurai warriors are depicted in a “romanticized” holywoodize style, when according to early blank & white film aesthetics directed by Japanese film directors the cultural nuances and historical realities go unvarnished. The film and its intended audience no doubt determine the fidelity of historical events. Historically speaking plenty of civilizations will rather forget the transgressions they have inflicted/subjected each other in the name of politics and religion or a higher power.