The Last Samurai (2003)
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.
- Released
- 2003-12-05
- Genres
- Drama, Action, War
- Runtime
- 154 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Edward Zwick, John Logan, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 from 7872 votes
Cast
- Tom Cruise as Nathan Algren
- Ken Watanabe as Moritsugu Katsumoto
- Timothy Spall as Simon Graham
- Tony Goldwyn as Col. Benjamin Bagley
- Hiroyuki Sanada as Ujio
- Koyuki as Taka
- Shin Koyamada as Nobutada
- Billy Connolly as Zebulon Gant
- Togo Igawa as General Hasegawa
- Shichinosuke Nakamura as Emperor Meiji
- Masato Harada as Omura
- William Atherton as Winchester Rep