The Last Samurai - Katsumoto Death 

It frustrates me when people say this movie is cultural appropriation and Tom Cruise is a “white savior”. He didn’t save anything, and he is not the last samurai. He was merely a passenger to witness to the end of the Samurai. Katsumoto was the last samurai.

The fact that Ken Watanabe did not win an award for this role is a travesty. Easily the best performance of his career.

This movie is so GROSSLY underrated.

The tears on the lieutenants face as he sees them gunned down. “By the gods..what have I done..?”

"Perfect, they are all perfect." The moment my heart broke. Such a great scene, in a great movie. Ken Watanabe was perfect in this film.

Even at the face of the enemy, the soldiers still had some samurai respect towards Katsumoto, this movie is incredible and will always be legendary.

You know you have succeeded as a warrior and a leader, when even the enemy bows before you.

One thing I noticed is that even after dying, Katsumoto still holds onto his sword.

To be honest men are allowed to cry in this movie

The Japanese witnessed the end of the staple of their culture. It’s like the Norwegians witnessing the end of the Vikings, and the Greeks witnessing the end of the Spartans. Truly a heartbreaking moment.

"I will miss our conversations."

Some people were mad at this movie because of some "white savior bs".

People spend their whole lives searching for the perfect blossom. Only upon deaths door do you realize “They are all perfect”

“I will miss our conversations”…….to every brother I served with, who left before I did.

Such a great scene. I think it also helps us realize that at times we don't need to search for happiness and the good things in life. They are already there all around us and it's just a matter of perception. Just as he spoke of searching for a perfect blossom and then realizes that they are all perfect.

There is something hauntingly beautiful about the end of something. When a species or culture have all died out, the world will never see it's kind again, and all that is left is either the relief of it being over, or the beautiful memories and acknowledgment of when it once existed.

This was super sad and the chemistry between Nathan and Katsumoto just brought me to tears

I get chills when the soldiers start bowing.

Miss these kinds of movies man, unbelievably top tier acting. Saw it in high school made me feel nothing, saw it again 5 years later and was over whelmed with my growth of emotions’

It always gets me that Katsumoto finds the right words for the end of his poem, while at the same time it is the end of his life. Lots of symbolism. Our lives are a lot like a poem or story. They all have a beginning, middle and end.