1. REPORT OF THE PROJECT 2
CULTURE & CIVILISATION
(FDES 0815)
FNBE JULY INTAKE 2013
MOVIE:
THE LAST SAMURAI
GROUP MEMBER:
SIEW JOHN LOONG (0315871)
GOH YEN NEE (0315551)
OOI KAI YANG (0315663)
TOH YIH SENG (0315976)
SHAUN CHUNG (0315806)
LIEW HONG ZHI (0315836)
LECTURER:
MS. DELLIYA MOHD ZAIN
2. Summary of the sketch
A war begins when the samurai ambushes Nathan
(Shaun Chung) and he has a fight with a great samurai
or servant of Kausumodo (Ooi Kai Yang), Ujio (Siew
John Loong). Nathan Algren (Shaun Chung) starts to
live in the Japanese village as a captive after he is
defeated. He meets the leader of samurai rebellion,
Katsumoto (Ooi Kai Yang) who wishes to have
civilized conversation and mutual understanding. And
day-by-day, Algren (Shaun Chung) grows to respect the
simple and disciplined lifestyle of the samurai and their
families. At there Nathan (Shaun Chung) lives with
Taka (Goh Yen Nee) and he begins to be more familiar
with her.
Katsumodo (Ooi Kai Yang) is assaulted by a tough
and skillful assasin. Algren (Shaun Chung) and Ujio
(Siew John Loong) try to protect Katsumodo (Ooi Kai
Yang) from the attack.
3. Back in the village, they prepare for the battle.
Everything is chaos. Knowing they cannot withstand
another assault, they try to break the defensive line. In
the fight, Ujio (Siew John Loong) is shot few times by
the enemies and he dies with dignity. Algren (Shaun
Chung) spots Bargley (Toh Yih Sheng) firing on
Katsumodo (Ooi Kai Yang) and kills him. All of the
samurai are dead, except Algren who is also seriously
injured. Only Nathan survives at the end.
4. Script of the sketch
Scene 1
-Ujio attacked Nathan: Kogeki (attack)
-Ujio defeated Nathan: Ido shinaide kudasai (do not
move)--Point him with the katana
-Katsumodo fights with Nathan with bare hands: ‘ you
don’t have weapons with you. Samurai will fight with
honour. ‘
Scene 2:
-Taka helps to take care of Nathan.
-Katsumodo talks to Nathan: I won't kill you.
(Slowly....) You are not allowed to leave the village. I
want you to stay here to understand our true culture and
we mean no harm to the emperor. (Talks louder...)
-Katsumodo talks to Ujio: Kare Ni gai o nokosanai
(Leave him no harm)
-Ujio: Hai (yes)
5. Scene 3:
- Nathan and others fight with the assasin to protect
Katsumodo.
-Katsumodo: Ujio!
-Ujio attacks the assasin, followed by Nathan.
The assasin is killed at last.
Scene 4:
-Prepare for battle
-Katsumodo, Nathan, Ujio and Nabutada are the one
who left.
-Ujio is been shot few times and dead; ‘ Arghhh!’
-Katsumodo is shot tooby Bargley.
- Nathan kills Bargley.
-Katsumodo talks to Nathan: Kill me. I wanna die with
honor!’
- Nathan kills Katsumodo
- Nathan is the only one who survives.
6. Costume research and Weapons
Japanese Armour
-Armour in Japan has a history that goes back as far as
the 4th century
- Japanese armour developed enormously over the
centuries since its introduction to the battlefield. It was
worn to varying degrees by numerous classes; most
notably by the samurai (and was seen on the battlefield
both on mounted and foot troops.
Japanese Kimono
- The Japanese kimono is one of the world's instantly
recognizable traditional garments. The word kimono
literally means "clothing", and up until the mid 19th
century it was the form of dress worn by everyone in
Japan.
Katana (Samurai Sword)
-The first use of "katana" as a word to describe a long
sword that was different from a tachi is found in the
12th century. These references to "uchigatana" and
7. "tsubagatana" seem to indicate a different style of
sword, possibly a less costly sword for lower ranking
warriors. The evolution of the tachi into the katana
seems to have started during the early Muromachi
period (1337 to 1573). -Starting around the year 1400,
long swords signed with the "katana" signature were
made.
8. Research on the Characters that Inspired Us
Algren Nathan
-Nathan inspires us a lot because of his life changing.
Although he is meant to fight the samurai at the
beginning, he ends up living with them through culture
understanding. He stops fighting against them and he
helps them. At last Nathan he changes the mind of the
Emperor. The Emperor decided to make Japan to
become a stronger country.
Katsumodo
-Katsumodo is the leader of the samurai. He leads the
rest to protect the village and live with honor. Although
his student, the emperor launches attack to the village,
Katsumodo does not blame the emperor. It is because
he knows that the emperor is surrounded by lots of
wicked people that affect his mindand decision. The
emperor does not mean to do that.
9. Ujio
-Ujio is the main helper of Katsumodo. He helps to
train the other samurai and he helps to protect very
well. More importantly, he is willing to sacrifice his life
in order to protect his master, Katsumodo.
Nabutada
-Nabutada is the son of Katsumodo. The thing that
inspired us is that he is willing to sacrifice his life to
protect his father, Katsumodo and he ends up dead at
the bridge.
10. The Final Chosen Characters and Actors:
Nathan Algren: Shaun Chung
Katsumoto: Ooi Kai Yang
Taka: Goh Yen Nee
Ujio: Siew John Loong
Colonel Bagley: Toh Yih Sheng
Nobutada: Liew Hong Zhi
11. Research of the Movie
Through the research from the internet we know
that the story takes place during the early modernization
of Japan, in the 1870s and 1880s. The Emperor's power
has been weakened by the political and economic power
of his cabinet, by his young age, and by the political
influence of the United States and other western powers
pulling the strings of his cabinet and supplying modern
weaponry and tactics to the modernizing Japanese
army. Cruise plays Captain Allgren, an alcoholic
veteran who has seen and participated in too many
massacres of innocent people, and is offered an
opportunity to reclaim some of his honor by helping to
train the Japanese military in the use of firearms. When
he arrives in Japan, we learn that the first test of the
Japanese army and its new weapons will be against a
rebellious group of samurai who believe they to be in
the service of the Emperor and Japan, but resist the
Emperor's cabinet and the influence of western nations.
12. In the power void left by a passive emperor, Japan
seems poised to enter into a civil war against its own
values, faith and honor. During the first attack on the
Samurai, Allgren is captured by the Samurai and begins
a spiritual, physical and philosophical journey, which
will bring him a level of self-respect his own culture
could never supply.
13. Summary of The Research
The movie is basically about a soldier who is
ordered to have a war with the samurai. In this movie,
the samurai learns about the culture and living style of
the samurai. He knows that the samurai live their lives
with honour and they always train theirselves very hard.
The characters of the movie will be Nathan,
Katsumodo, Taka, Ujio, Nabutada and General Bargley.
The script is written similarly with the summary to
make sure everything goes the way it does. Costumes
and crops are drawn and are shown as the pictures
below. And also, the most crucial scene of the movie is
divided into 4 parts and they are drawn in a circle
diagram too.
14. The final outcome of costumes
Nathan’s Costume in the
sketch with his samurai
sword (From Shaun Chung)
Katsumodo’s costume with
his handmade samurai sword
(From Kaizer Ooi)
Ujio’s costume, Japanese
traditional clothes with his
sword (From Siew John
Loong
Taka’s costume which is a
handmade kimono outfit
(From Goh Yen Nee)
15. Nobutada’s costume,
traditionally Japanese outfit
with a lot of props (From
Liew Hong Zhi)
Bagley’s costume which is a
cop’s outfit with his toys gun
(From Toh Yih Seng)
17. Katana (Samurai sword) made
up by plastics
Samurai sword that made up
from woods
Props that found by members
such as toys of gun and archery
tools
Sword that made by aluminium
slice as outer surface and
plastics for inner
