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Japanese Culture, 4th Edition (Updated and Expanded) by H. Paul Varley The Best By far the best overall coverage of Japanese cultural history-- cogent, intelligent, readable, for the rank novice thru the specialist's reference shelf-- that I have found in 30 years of studying & teaching the subject. On second thought, not only the best but in fact the Only. Lovely illustratio...read more...

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The Last Samurai (Two-Disc Special Edition) by Edward Zwick "Great Film!" Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe star in this 2003 war epic. During the Civil War, A Captain meets a Samurai Leader and learns from him. I like this film and think it's one of Tom's best. This dvd has nice picture and sound plus neat extras. I highly recommend this great film.read more...