the last of the mohicans 1992 wonderful movie war love history love you guys

13th warrior 1999 viking war movie, king arthur 2004, troy brad pitt 2004 greece spartan vs trojan war, gladiator 2000 rome war, kingdom of heaven 2005 templar crusade war, braveheart 1996 scottish english war,

beowulf 2007 viking war movie monsters, the patriot american war of independence mel gibson

just to add to the movies already given by the other commenter... ------------ historical/military/war/freedom movies: (not ranked, just listed) 1. Last of the Mohicans (1992) 2. Troy (2004) 3. Gladiator (2000) 4. 300 (2006) // (the sequel though is krappy, aside from the action/fighting/battles, especially seeing the spartan/leonidas queen, that got r'ped in 300 by that traitor and then killing him, now being shown also as the warrior bad'ss that she too is, at the ending battle scene with the mc in the sequel movie) 5. Braveheart (1995) 6. King Arthur (2004) 7. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (has a young morgan freeman doing/being a badass fighter) 8. The Mummy (1999) 9. The Mummy Returns (2001) 10. The Scorpion King (2002) 11. The 13th Warrior (movie of michael crighton's "eaters of dead" book: beowulf saga / vikings) 12. Dances with Wolves (1990) 13. The Patriot (2000) 14. The Rocketeer (grins, has a sexy young Jennifer Connely, grins) 15. Prince of Persia (2010) 16. The Last Samurai 17. A Knight's Tale 18. Dragonheart (sean conner as the dragon, this was eragon way before eragon was ever written and then made into a movie, lol) // this is fantasy, not historical, lol, but still good and it is “historical-like” 19. Highlander // this is fantasy, not historical, lol, but still good and it is “historical-like” 20. Gods of Egypt // egyptian mythology 21. Apocalypto 22. Pocahontas (disney animated movie) 23. Mulan (disney animated movie) 24. Aladdin (disney animated movie) 25. Robin Hood (disney animated movie with animal characters) 26. First Knight (1995) // (sean connery) 27. Sparticus (1960) 28. Ben-Hur (1959) 29. Pathfinder (2007) // but it’s really not very good: about vikings that came to america, with its conflict/plot of: vikings vs native americans 30. The Mask of Zorro (1998) (and its sequel: The Legend of Zorro, 2005) (and there's the older/original TV series too, and maybe even some older/original movies too, probably, lol) there's some others as well, like '10,000 BC' movie and that more recent one (edit, looked it up, movie name: Alpha) about the origin of the creation of "dogs", when man and wolf, joined forces in early human history (ice age, far before 10,000 BC, lol) ------------- tv films: (not ranked, just listed) 1. Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula, this IS actually a true historical documentary of the historical Vlad the Impaler, it's really good, too 2. Dark Kingdom: Ring of the Nibelungs (seigfried and brunhilde saga, grins Kirstanna Loken is such a sexy and badass brunhilde, grins) 3. Helen of Troy (has sexy sienna guillory, resident evil 2 movie jill valentine fame, naked, grins, one of the most powerful scenes and lessons of all time, Helen literally usurps all power and the very "crown" away from the greek king, all his time and effort making allies and alliances, loyal military/soldiers, and etc, with just her naked body alone, grins, ya, she was taught well by her "abductor" in the art of politics, grins, really good movie too)

This is loosely based on Samurai William a true event, look it up it's fascinating. Also for hundreds of years Japan was closed off to foreigners. Their emperor was treated like a god. A Shogun would have many Samurai working under him, only the Samurai carried weapons and could kill peasants as they saw fit for any perceived offence. The code of Bushido was very strict and so was the hierarchy. Samurai would quite often challenge each other to Duels. If a Shogun was killed or Samurai failed in some respects most would kill themselves in the manner you saw in the film, called Seppuku. If not they would become Rónin which means masterless samurai. Probably the most famous Samurai and arguably the best swordsman ever was Miyamoto Musashi - you should look him up he had an insane life, and wrote a book still used in boardrooms today called The Book Of Five Rings.

and the samurai were not the good guys. ;)

@@Abbath77 It depends on the samurai- some were "good" and others weren't. They were basically feudal lords/warlords and like most people who possessed significantly more power than others at the time, they often wielded it unethically. The samurai who made it all the way to the top of the social hierarchy were usually the worst offenders (a pattern common throughout all human history).

@@Abbath77what’s that supposed to mean

@@Abbath77 I mean, you could say the same about "insert social class with power" from any time in history and nation..

​@@Abbath77 they werent the bad guys either. The reality waas quite complicated

Say it louder for tiktok brainrot generation at the back.

well, Omura is a hatamoto samurai of the mori clan of the choshu domain.

@@jarlnils435 Two different people. The man you're talking about, Masujiro Omura specialized in warfare and Western medicine. The Omura portrayed in this movie is fictional, and is not a warrior or medical expert in any regard. He's a businessman, specializing in railroads. Whereas Masujiro Omura actually received formal Western military training and education, the Omura in the movie knows nothing of war, which is why he hired Western soldiers to train the Imperial Army.

@@KenpoKid77 point to you

you can argue Algren is still _the last samurai,_ since as of Katsumoto's death, Algren is the last one to hold true to the samurai code. honorary samurai, if you will...

Likewise especially with Hiroyuki Sanada loved all of his movies

i can't >wait< for Shogun to come out... Sanada plays a major role in it.

@@gilgamesh9x It's kinda interesting, that in the Shogun Sanada plays a role of the guy, who has created the same political system which is being crumbling in the Last Samurai.

Facts, who wouldn't want to die if they participated in one of the most infamous ethnic cleansings and genocides of all time

One thing could explain the other. One could say him not caring about living made him lose his fear of death, which in turn made him such a formidable warrior.

That which is dead may never die.

@@KenpoKid77 - Yes, but "badass" implies bravery and bravery is doing something despite being afraid, so once he lost his fear of death, he also lost his bravery. He regained it later in the movie because he obtained something to live for again. It's not brave (or badass) for someone who doesn't fear spiders to walk into a room full of spiders but it WOULD be brave (and possibly badass) for an arachnophobic to do so.

@@KenpoKid77 that is exactly how samurai fight, they fight under the assumption that they will die in every battle, therefore they have no fear of death. nathan is simply suicidal at the start of the film, but after he gets sober and lives with katsumoto he finds purpose and his reason to live. that is why katsumoto says "you have found your honor again", because even though their final charge was suicidal it was not for personal reasons.

I'm glad you commented this and they saw it. Was sad to see the meaning of that scene go over their heads in the moment.

Blossom is a stand-in for a life one lives.. in their own way, every life is perfect.

The perfect explanation of the Japanese concept of Wabi Sabi, nothing is perfect, but being imperfect is unique, and the uniqueness is perfection. No blossom, both individual flowers and the experience each year and location of blossoms flowering and falling, is the same, which makes every experience of blossoms perfect.

he's who I thought they were gonna pick for Firelord Ozai in the new netflix avatar show. I'd be happy to see him as Piandao too.

​@@t3hi84n2g He is in the new Shogun TV series.

@@TazorNissen good show up until the last episode IMO.

Respect!!

Thank you for coming I hope you enjoy and learn many things from here by one of the Japanese

Same.

In sepuku it isn't an enemy who beheads the person who is to die, it is a friend or family member who is tasked with beheading the man to preserve their dignity

@@bloodforthebloodgod That's a good detail I didn't know, it's good to know because it seems that general Hasegawa and Katsumoto were friends and why he chose not to fight him. So that makes more sense

@@bloodforthebloodgod Katsumoto takes the place of friend, as Hasegawa has no other friends present who are samurai.

@shoyupacket5572 that's literally what I said in my comment

​@@bloodforthebloodgod Worth noting as well, you're not actually supposed to fully decapitate someone when assisting in seppuku. The seppuku in this movie is actually quite sloppy in terms of realism - Katsumoto screams before delivering the kaishaku cut, which would both draw attention to himself (a big no-no for the kaishakunin - the person assisting in the ritual - as it's not your show) and also startle the heck out of Hasegawa, and he cleaves Hasegawa's head clean off his shoulders, which causes his head to bounce off and go rolling away, spilling blood everywhere - kind of defeats the purpose of the ritual, which is supposed to be a solemn, dignified death, not an execution. The kaishakunin is supposed to give a fairly shallow cut - just enough to sever the spinal column, which is what actually causes the death. You want to leave enough of the front of the neck remaining so that the head stays attached to the body and minimizes the mess. There's also one other slightly inaccurate detail, which is that an enemy general would probably not be given a knife to perform seppuku with (since using that knife to try and take as many people down with you as you can would be seen as just as honourable a death as one by seppuku) - instead a proxy, like a fan, would be used and the kaishakunin would make his cut as soon as the prisoner reached for it. That one's somewhat more forgivable, as Katsumoto and Hasegawa apparently knew each other and had fought alongside each other previously, so Katsumoto may have trusted him enough to not need the facsimile.

He seemed to want to die, but even so -- if he wanted to die, that would have been _why_ he didn't fear death. :) So, it is still true that he didn't flinch because he didn't fear death.

King Dain Ironfoot in the Hobbit movies!

And he still died with the secret recipe to the chicken 🍗

He'll always be Billy MacGregor to me. ♥

The big 'un!

I think you mean "The Big Yin"@@roban28

Same here

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Well, not "a" perfect blossom, but realizing that "they're all perfect"

And when he told Nathan "you could spend your life searching for the perfect blossom and it would not be a wasted life" he now realizes they're all perfect. There is no flaws, the flaws are what makes something beautiful.

​@@russellward4624 EXACTLY! I never understood how people missed that reference at the end.

Samurai weren't paragons of dignity. They were just warriors. Also, they loved the hell out of guns, used them constantly.

i think the nintendo and mitsubishi families are samurai.

There are actually a lot of famous samurai clans still alive today of course their not samurai now but it’s still interesting

@@gabagool_and_psychiatry4856 Nintendo is not a Samurai Clan, it is a video game company.

Let's say to what the average westerner thinks a real Samurai would be, reality is a lot less flattering to the Samurai.

Don't forget still crazy!

also the dad in Boondock saints

He's good for a trained actor who's also a martial artist. Tom Cruise has no such background so in comparison he obviously stinks. At the end of the day it's just a movie.

Thank you for stating the obvious.

@@Whiskey0880 How else are they going to be the first to tell everyone the trivia page they read?

Sanada is 100% pure certified badass. He fuckin killed it in this movie, and he's been great in everything he's ever been in ever since.

Samurai is also plural. It could also mean the end of the Samurai culture. It's neat that the title has multiple meanings.

@ToeTag1968 Yeah, that's true. It could also be talking about the community as a whole. Either way, it's definitely not referring to Tom Cruise's character.

The only movie that would surprise me if they hadn't seen it would be 300.

Its hilarious acting as if his spartan "cosplay" was an actually in the "real" history of Thermopylae. So stunning and brave

I always figured it was both

@@AjZ530 It could be. It's up to interpretation. But the only thing I'm fairly positive of is that it doesn't refer to just Tom Cruise. It could be all of them up to and including Tom Cruise, or it could be just Katsumoto.

Actually, Japanese people don't say Harakiri.　Only foreigners.

He has a martial arts background, so it looks so convincing because he’s not acting. He’s showcasing a true skill of his.

Yeah, there's like 43 more syllables in it, lmao _OARUE NOARUEUGH 😭_

The Pacific is arguably better though

@@The1506daniel Arguably it's not

no it's not come on now@@The1506daniel

@@The1506danielnot at all, BoB is far superior

​@@The1506daniel first time I've heard someone say this.

For whatever reason, I can never remember his first name, but as soon as I read "Sanada" I could picture an actor and was thinking "Is that that one guy who's in everything and always puts on a stellar performance?" So I googled it... YEP! That's exactly who I was picturing ❤

I would imagine if a peasant picked one up they might actually been killed or at least receive corporal punishment of some type as only Samurai were allowed swords.

This is a detail a lot of people miss if you aren't familiar with Japanese culture. Only samurai could use or wear swords in their society.

Kurosawa is so great

It just won't let you type Ronin, hahahahaha.

we are sorry to hear that, sending to strength 💪🏼 from the both of us! we are glad we can take your mind off things for a bit. yeah the meaning and themes in this movie are excellent, can definitely see why it's an iconic movie

@SpartanandPudgey I appreciate that a lot guys, thanks again! It's been very tough the past few days but I keep pushing every day. Fantastic movie, another good samurai type movie is 47 Ronin, not many people react to it on YT but it's somewhat of a fantasy take but it's a movie with similar themes to this one (trying not to spoil) Keanu reeves is in it too

This movie has always helped me through my toughest moments in life. Every time life gets hard I put this on.

@@SpartanandPudgey you should react 2012

@@SpartanandPudgey BOB only protected Katsumoto & Nathan Algren

You can also catch a bad-ass Bill Connolly in the 1999 action flick "Boondock Saints" starring Norman Reedus and Willem Dafoe.

I read the book decades ago and also saw the earlier mini series which was good as I remember but it's been so long I barely remember it anymore so it will be great to see the new miniseries.

The original shogun mini series is a classic. Watch before the more anglicised feb version.

@@NZ20c I don't know why you would assume the new series is the more anglicized version. There are more Japanese people involved in this new series than in the older one, both on the acting side and in the production, and given the current climate of cultural sensitivity, I would bet my life that it will be a much fairer representation of 17th century Japanese society.

wow that's high praise! we're really glad you enjoyed the reaction! the movie was awesome, may the warrior spirit stay strong within you! welcome to our community 🥳💪🏼

I looked him up, he was also Thorin's cousin Dain who showed up to join the battle in the third Hobbit movie! That's in addition to 50 years of success in acting, singing, comedy, and being knighted by Prince William in 2017... the man is a legend and I had only barely heard of him.

Too bad this movie does a poor job on why the Samurai really rebelled

Yeah as great as it is as a movie, it wasn't really accurate and in reality, samurai had already widely and effectively used guns in war for hundreds of years prior to the events where this movie is set in which is the meiji restoration.