Word: herskovitz
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...ironic about The Last Samurai. But it's not all that difficult to succumb to its full-spirited romanticism either. The director, Edward Zwick, whose Glory is one of the rare, recent triumphs among grand historical tales, has obviously studied his Kurosawa. Working on the script with Marshall Herskovitz and John Logan, Zwick brings the master's concentrated fury to his depictions of hand-to-hand combat; a certain raw, muddy brutality to Cruise's training for those moments; and both epic sweep and powerful detail to the big battles. By way of contrast, there is a handsome geometric austerity...