Word: warriorism
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Various ceremonial gifts, such as the Jefferson peace medal and pipe tomahawk, were given by Lewis and Clark to tribal chiefs, who reciprocated with gifts of clothing like the ornately fringed warrior shirt...
...particular instructor is Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe), the samurai leader, who recognizes in Algren something of the warrior stuff. The American is not afraid of death. What has to be burned out of him is the desire to seek it. This gradually happens, and Algren and the widow of a man he killed (the Japanese model turned actress Koyuki) fall shyly into unspoken love...
...Samurai is a movie that demands our surrender--to its energy, to its bold-stroke moviemaking, to its acting (particularly by Cruise and Watanabe, who blend musing and graceful muscularity) and, above all, to its romantic vision of a lost world. You have to rationalize its commitment to the warrior values that, nostalgized and bastardized, would help make Japan such a cruel and dangerous player on the world stage less than a century later. But because the movie's business is to celebrate those values in uncorrupted form, viewers can probably silence such concerns...
...veteran of Gulf War I, I would like to commend Lynch for her bravery in the face of danger. Heroism comes in various forms. A warrior who openly admits she prayed to God while being surrounded by the enemy is a courageous person. It is impossible to predict how you will react in wartime until you come face to face with the enemy. God bless all our troops, especially those who are young and unseasoned. TIM THOMAS, U.S. ARMY (RET.) Fayetteville...
...that, but he does acknowledge that his mandate at the company has expanded. Sony needs to return to its roots as an innovator of leading-edge technologies, he says, and rely less on sexy design and savvy marketing. It won't be easy, but Sony's video-game warrior is ready to do battle. --By Jim Frederick. With reporting by Toko Sekiguchi/Tokyo