Civil War soldier Nathan Algren leaves the USA for feudal Japan. After signing up to help defeat a warlord, he is captured. Algren knows the fate of enemy prisoners, but he is surprised to be spared and then finds himself drawn to the samurai's way of life, amongst other things.
Americans went to the movies this weekend, and did so in droves, which proves once again just how ideologically dishonest, brain-dead, and professionally compromised the entertainment media are.