Movie
The Last Samurai
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2003-12-05
- Runtime
- 154 min
- Genres
- Drama, Action, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Radar Pictures, Bedford Falls Productions, Cruise/Wagner Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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 - Director
- John Logan - Screenplay
- Edward Zwick - Screenplay
- Marshall Herskovitz - Screenplay
- John Logan - Story
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