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The Last Samurai

2003 · Action · Edward Zwick · 2h 34m

An American officer worn down by the Indian wars is hired to train Japan's new conscript army in the 1870s, and ends up living among the swordsmen it was built to defeat. Big battles and long stretches in a mountain village.

  • Clearly epic

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