Some other samurai films i like are ZATOICHI a thrilling action zatoichi is a blind swordsman who must defend the denizens of a remote mountain town against the murderous ginzo gang and their deadly samurai ronin hattori . Another good film is the last samurai tom cruise plays civil war hero capt nathan algren who comes to japan to fight the samurai and ends up pledging himself to their cause . ken watanabe plays katsumoto a samurai leader facing a vanishing way of life .
