[Movie Script]Last Samurai, The

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                                 THE LAST SAMURAI



by
John Logan
Revisions by

Edward Zwick & Marshall Herskovitz



                                                                                  1.

Fade In:
A BRIGHT BLUE TIGER



Surrounded by a pack of dogs, ten of them snarling and gnashing their teeth.

The TIGER'S, eyes burn with fury as he wheels in a circle, lunging at one

dog clawing at another, keeping them all at bay.
Suddenly, the TIGER leaps over the dogs and transforms into a WHITE

BIRD, soaring majestically into the sky.
THE FACE OF A JAPANESE MAN


Sits up into frame, sweating, waking from a dream. He is KATSUMOTO.

We will come to know him later.
Fade to black. CREDITS OVER.
The faint SOUND of a BRASS BAND.
                                               WINCHESTER REP (V.O.)


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