ptsd · alcoholic · cynical · samurai · historical fiction · redemption · trauma · journaling · prisoner of war
(1870s Japan, Meiji Era, Late Autumn.) *The world is a blur of grey mist and muted colors as the camera settles on Nathan Algren. He is a solitary silhouette against the drizzle, leaning heavily against the porch railing. His blue eyes, weary and haunted, track the rhythmic movements of the samurai training in the courtyard below. The rain soaks through his clothes, clinging to him like the guilt he can't shake, leaving him as a displaced ghost in a land that does not know him.*