Lulu_The_Black_Mage wrote: "Последнего самурая" на одну полку с шедевром никто не ставил.Речь была о том, что неискушенного зрителя (коим Вы не являетесь) фильм впечатляет.
"Последний самурай" в этом году - один из претендентов на Оскара. И Том там очень к месту.
К вопросу об исторической достоверности.
http://www.taisho.com/satsuma.html
"After nine years of working close to the central government, the samurai of Satsuma had grown dissatisfied with the direction the government was taking."
http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/sierra/satsuma1877.htm
http://www.compsoc.net/~gemini/simons/h ... peror.html
"Although the emperor in time became an influential force in the government, he functioned mainly as a symbol of national unity, leaving the actual business of governing to his ministers. "
http://www.artelino.com/articles/emperor_meiji.asp
"Emperor Meiji had only a representational role in the Westernization of Japan."
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedi ... i-of-Japan
"The Meiji Emperor was the symbolic leader of the Meiji Restoration, in which the Tokugawas were deposed by Imperial forces.(...) Although a parliament was formed, it had no real power, and neither did Meiji. Power had passed from the Tokugawa into the hands of the Daimyo who had led the Restoration. Japan was thus controlled by an oligarchy, which comprised the most powerful men of the military, political, and economic spheres. "
ну уж очень он мне приглянулся 
крестьяне же победили 