Movie List
The Last Samurai
Warner Bros. (2003)
Action, Adventure, Drama, War
154 mins
R (Restricted)
Ken WatanabeKatsumoto
Tom CruiseNathan Algren
William AthertonWinchester Rep
Chad LindbergWinchester Rep Assistant
Ray Godshall Sr.Convention Hall Attendee
Billy ConnollyZebulon Gant
Tony GoldwynColonel Bagley
Masato HaradaOmura
Masashi OdateOmura’s Companion
John KoyamaOmura’s Bodyguard
Timothy SpallSimon Graham
Shichinosuke NakamuraEmperor Meiji
Togo IgawaGeneral Hasegawa
Satoshi NikaidoN.C.O.
Shintaro WadaYoung Recruit
Director Edward Zwick
Producer Tom Cruise
Michael Doven
Writer John Logan
Edward Zwick
Cinematography John Toll
Musician Hans Zimmer
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which leads him to learn to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that govern 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.