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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Katsumoto is a fictional counterpart to Saigo Takamori, who led the Satsuma Rebellion, and is generally thought of as the "last true Samurai". Of course, the real Saigo wore a [[HollywoodHistory Western-style military uniform into battle]]...
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** BadassBookworm: Algren is an a highly capable fighter, but he's also an excellent tactician (implied to be a major reason behind Bagley recruiting him for the Japanese mission in the first place), an author and a CunningLinguist.
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* AffectionateNickname: Algren names him "Bob".
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* UndyingLoyalty: To the Emperor.
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* MightyWhitey: Averted. Algren is the main character and learns the ways of the samurai, but he's never shown to be any better at being a samurai than the Japanese. The only advantage he has over the Japanese samurai is his knowledge of western war tactics, but by the end of the film the Japanese imperial army is shown to have already learned western tactics.
* {{My Greatest Second Chance}}: Experiences immense regret and guilt over his past experience with the tribal Native Americans, but the opportunity arises to redeem this regret when faced with a similar situation with the tribal Japanese.
* {{My Greatest Second Chance}}: Experiences immense regret and guilt over his past experience with the tribal Native Americans, but the opportunity arises to redeem this regret when faced with a similar situation with the tribal Japanese.
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* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: Though he's more lively than the stereotypical British scholar, a typical trait of whom is generally not a fascination with execution and torture.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Omura is pompous, self-serving and will stop at nothing to advance himself and his interests.interests.
* {{Pride}}: He and Bagley are far too confident in their firearms and derisive of the Samurai's fighting abilities - after nearly 300 years of peace - early on in the film. Bagley appears to learn the error of his ways, suggesting sending in skirmishers rather than a main attack force at the start of the final battle with the samurai. Omura has definitely not learned a thing, overriding Bagley and sending his men to the slaughter rather than listening to his paid military adviser.
* {{Pride}}: He and Bagley are far too confident in their firearms and derisive of the Samurai's fighting abilities - after nearly 300 years of peace - early on in the film. Bagley appears to learn the error of his ways, suggesting sending in skirmishers rather than a main attack force at the start of the final battle with the samurai. Omura has definitely not learned a thing, overriding Bagley and sending his men to the slaughter rather than listening to his paid military adviser.
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* ShellShockedVeteran
* TheDeterminator: That's why Katsumoto admires him. Ujio, on the other hand, sees his refusal to accept defeat from his betters to be disrespectful. [[spoiler:He comes around eventually.]]
* GoingNative
* ShellShockedVeteran
* BornInTheWrongCentury: The GloryDays of the Samurai are long gone, Katsumuto is but the vestigial residue.
* DeathSeeker: Labels himself as one.
* DoomedMoralVictor: Does succeed posthumously in convincing the Emperor of the value of Bushido.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: He's a [[{{Expy}} expy]] of Saigō Takamori, leader of The Satsuma Rebellion, a revolt of ex-samurai against the Meiji government from January 29 to September 24, 1877, 9 years into the Meiji Era. Historically, the reason why the Satsuma Rebellion was so dangerous was because it was an important manufacturing center for cannons. Paintings depicting the revolt show that Takamori's forces had plenty of guns while the well-uniformed Imperial forces mostly only had swords!
* DeathSeeker: Labels himself as one.
* DoomedMoralVictor: Does succeed posthumously in convincing the Emperor of the value of Bushido.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: He's a [[{{Expy}} expy]] of Saigō Takamori, leader of The Satsuma Rebellion, a revolt of ex-samurai against the Meiji government from January 29 to September 24, 1877, 9 years into the Meiji Era. Historically, the reason why the Satsuma Rebellion was so dangerous was because it was an important manufacturing center for cannons. Paintings depicting the revolt show that Takamori's forces had plenty of guns while the well-uniformed Imperial forces mostly only had swords!
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect
* HouseWife
* HouseWife
* ICanStillFight: In the final battle he gets shot and falls. Two younger samurai come to aid him, but he pushes them back, spits out some blood and stands up by himself.
* GentlemanAndAScholar: A scholar who makes his living translating the lies of Japanese who never quite tell the full truth.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* {{Jerkass}}: Omura is pompous, self-serving and will stop at nothing to advance himself and his interests.
* {{Jerkass}}: Omura is pompous, self-serving and will stop at nothing to advance himself and his interests.
* AskAStupidQuestion[=/=]EvilCannotComprehendGood:
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: "I did what I was ordered to do, and I have no remorse", in reference to slaughtering the women and children of a village that raided his and Algren's forces.
* {{Jerkass}}: Bagley is a man of the times who believes in his own cultural and racial superiority and has no qualms about massacring "lesser" peoples, inclusive women and children.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: "I did what I was ordered to do, and I have no remorse", in reference to slaughtering the women and children of a village that raided his and Algren's forces.
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!! Omura
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!! Emperor Meiji
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** BadassBeard
** BadassMustache
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* {{Samurai}}: Naturally.
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* Badass
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* {{Samurai}}
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* OldSoldier
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!! Omura
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