The Last Samurai (2003)
Directed by Edward Zwick
A drunken American veteran sails to Japan to train the Emperor's new army, is captured by rebel samurai and spends a winter in their mountain village.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Winchester exhibition≈ 00:02:00San Francisco, CaliforniaStated on screen
Algren, drinking and selling rifles at a trade show, is hired to train Japan's army.
- 2Harbour arrival≈ 00:12:00Yokohama, JapanStated on screen
His ship arrives in Japan.
- 3Army training ground≈ 00:15:00Tokyo, JapanStated on screen
He drills the green conscripts for Omura.
- 4Misty forest battlefield (fictional)≈ 00:28:00InferredFictional
Sent out too soon, the troops break in a foggy forest and Algren is captured.
- 5Katsumoto's mountain village (fictional)≈ 00:38:00InferredFictional
Through a winter in the samurai village Algren recovers in Taka's house and learns their ways.
- 6Omura's Tokyo; Katsumoto's house arrest≈ 01:25:00Tokyo, JapanStated on screen
- 7Final battlefield (fictional)≈ 01:55:00InferredFictional
- 8Imperial palace≈ 02:20:00Tokyo, JapanStated on screen
- 9Katsumoto's mountain village (fictional)≈ 02:28:00InferredFictional
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 8,693 km
- Places
- 6
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 9
- Boat: 8,291 km
- Horse: 178 km
- Not shown: 165 km
- On foot: 59 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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