Samurai culture did exist really, for hundreds of years and the notion of people trying to create some sort of a moral code, the idea that there existed certain behaviors that could be celebrated and that could be operative in a life.

Edward M. (1986)
Glory (1989)
Leaving Normal (1992)
Legends of the Fall (1994)
Courage Under Fire (1996)
The Siege (1998)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Blood Diamond (2006)
Defiance (2008)
Love & Other Drugs (2010)


Reviews
Denby David (12 January 2009). He attended the AFI Conservatory and graduated with an M.

He has been described as a "throwback to an earlier era an extremely cerebral director whose movies consistently feature fully rounded characters difficult moral issues and plots that thrive on the ambiguity of authority. ". Edward M.