The Last Samurai
movie
In the face of an enemy, in the heart of one man, lies the soul of a warrior.
Released December 05, 2003
Overview
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.
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
Crew
Edward Zwick
as
Director
John Logan
as
Screenplay
Edward Zwick
as
Screenplay
Marshall Herskovitz
as
Screenplay
Tom Cruise
as
Producer
Edward Zwick
as
Producer
Marshall Herskovitz
as
Producer
Paula Wagner
as
Producer
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Scott Kroopf
as
Producer
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Tom Engelman
as
Producer
Hans Zimmer
as
Original Music Composer
John Toll
as
Director of Photography