The Last Samurai

Movie • 2003 • Drama  

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Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.
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Does the dog die?
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Are animals abused?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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someone is shot in the eye
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Addiction
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KEdRuss
A main character struggles with alcoholism for a good portion of the film.
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The main protagonist struggles in the first half of the film with alcoholism to suppress the guilt of his past and PTSD.
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Does a horse die?
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LOTS and LOTS of horses fall and some are killed, with lots of sounds of horses in distress
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Does an animal die?
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Horses perish in violent battle scenes.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a dragon die?
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Assault
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Bodily Harm
Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Children
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In a flashback scene, a Native American tribe is seen massacred by American soldiers -- women and children are among the victims.
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Fear
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Are there clowns?
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Gross
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Completely safe!
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Several samurai characters perform seppuku.
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Several samurai characters perform seppuku (a ritualistic suicide) on-screen, one instance with the assistance of another character.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Pregnancy
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
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Does the black guy die first?
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Vehicular
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Violence
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