>in the movie, the last samurai, is it based on a true event? who was
>the last samurai?
Yes, it's based (very loosely) on a true event, the Battle of Shiroyama,
but had more differences than similarities.
The 'last samurai' of the film, Ken Watanabe's character (or Tom
Cruise's character, I guess...), is based on Saigo Takamori. As for
their being a single actual last samurai, no. All samurai alive at the
time became the last samurai as soon as the Meiji government did away
with the samurai caste.
-AngusH
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