Last Samurai

[Captain Algren (Tom Cruise) has been taken care of by Katsumoto's sister.  Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe) now regards Captain Algren as his friend, but originally they were enemies.]

This is a fantastic movie from start to finish.  It is violent, but I highly suggest watching the whole movie.  

To the clip at hand, in this we learn that soldiers lead a tough life.  They lead a life that torments their mind because to kill on a regular basis changes the person.  This is true for our warriors, as much as theirs.  Violence is not something inherently good, but is something that exists in our fallen world, and it can be used for good.  This is Katsumoto's comment about only those who are ashamed of what they have done.  

Katsumoto then says though that then he comes to this place, the place of his ancestors, and he remembers that we are all dying.  This is true, the cold hard fact that we are all dying.  It is an inescapable reality that we as humans must face.  Some face death and despair, or meet it with impassivity, but Katsumoto suggests meeting it with peace. There is a great quote from Fr. Dujarie, "While we have yet time, let us do good."

"Life in every breath."  This is the way of Bushido, the code of the Samurai.  This is also what Christians seek as well, to come to meet the face of Christ, life, in every moment.  "I am the way, the truth, and the life." (Jn. 14:6) We seek to find Him in every action that we do, in every thought we have.  We want to be more His, than anything else before.