The Last Samurai
In the face of an enemy, in the heart of one man, lies the soul of a warrior.
7.6(7,666) 2003-12-05 154 minDramaActionWar
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.
ProducerPaula Wagner
ScreenplayEdward Zwick
ScreenplayMarshall Herskovitz
ProducerMarshall Herskovitz
ProducerEdward Zwick
ScreenplayJohn Logan
ProducerScott Kroopf
ProducerTom Cruise
Cast & characters
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
Chad Lindberg
as Winchester Rep Assistant
Scott Wilson
as Ambassador Swanbeck
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Ray Godshall Sr.
as Convention Hall Attendee
Masashi Odate
as Omura's Companion
John Koyama
as Omura's Bodyguard
Satoshi Nikaido
as N.C.O.
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Shintaro Wada
as Young Recruit
Shun Sugata
as Nakao
Sosuke Ikematsu
as Higen
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Aoi Minato
as Magojiro
Seizō Fukumoto
as Silent Samurai
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Shoji Yoshihara
as Sword Master
