Last Samurai

[Captain Algren (Tom Cruise), an American, had been hired to kill the rebellion that Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe) started in Japan.]

There are a lot of things to pull from this clip, starting with the idea that all human beings have emotions.  Yet given these emotions we can still be kind to one another and show respect, even to an enemy.  

They devote themselves to the perfection of whatever they do from the moment of their waking.  This is the same goal for a Christian as it is for the people in this village.  The point of our existence is to "be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect." Mt. 5:48  Some would argue that this is in impossible, and rightly so, yet it is about the pursuit of it that matters.  We ought to pursue to become always aware of this Presence, this God who became man.  It is about discovering that in the moment, the means through which God is choosing to save us.  It is an amazing way to live.

Which leads to the point about how we are called to be servants to one another.  Algren stated that Katsumoto believes that his rebellion is in service to the Emperor, the man he has sworn to defend.  Amazing to think about how violent action can be at the service of somebody.  To borrow from another movie, "people need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy" -Batman Begins. Katsumoto's rebellion is indeed at the service of the Emperor, because he needs a wake-up call to what has been happening in Japan.  The point of life is to live in service and remind those people by the way we live our life that to truly live, we must lose our life for His sake.  To truly live one must live for Another.