"Imagine someone who hates you with the utmost intensity grabbing a handful of your hair while you're lying prostrate and helpless. Then scraping the dull blade of a rusty knife across you scalp. And let your imagination grasp if you can, Mr. Graham, the effect that a strong, quick jerk on the turf of your hair to release any clinging particles would have on your nervous system."
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The Last Samurai
' is a 2003 film about an American army captain Nathan Algren who is hired to train Japanese troops during the . In his first battle against the oppositional , Algren is taken prisoner by Lord Katsumoto who gradually converts him to his cause. Although not historically accurate, the film covered several major issues of the and was received better in Japan than in the US.
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