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The Last Samurai

In the face of an enemy, in the heart of one man, lies the soul of a warrior.

  • Movie
  • 2003
  • R
  • 2h 34m

Directed by Edward Zwick

7.6

TMDB audience rating
7.6 out of 10 from 7,891 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Tom Cruise

    Tom CruiseNathan Algren

  • Ken Watanabe

    Ken WatanabeMoritsugu Katsumoto

  • Timothy Spall

    Timothy SpallSimon Graham

  • Tony Goldwyn

    Tony GoldwynCol. Benjamin Bagley

  • Hiroyuki Sanada

    Hiroyuki SanadaUjio

  • Koyuki

    KoyukiTaka

  • Shin Koyamada

    Shin KoyamadaNobutada

  • Billy Connolly

    Billy ConnollyZebulon Gant

  • Togo Igawa

    Togo IgawaGeneral Hasegawa

  • Shichinosuke Nakamura

    Shichinosuke NakamuraEmperor Meiji

  • Masato Harada

    Masato HaradaOmura

  • William Atherton

    William AthertonWinchester Rep

  • Chad Lindberg

    Chad LindbergWinchester Rep Assistant

  • Scott Wilson

    Scott WilsonAmbassador Swanbeck

  • Ray Godshall Sr.Convention Hall Attendee

  • Masashi Odate

    Masashi OdateOmura's Companion

  • John Koyama

    John KoyamaOmura's Bodyguard

  • Satoshi Nikaido

    Satoshi NikaidoN.C.O.

Director
Edward Zwick
Writer
John Logan, Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz
Music
Hans Zimmer
Cinematography
John Toll