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.

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Cast and crew

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  Tom CruiseNathan Algren

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  Ken WatanabeMoritsugu Katsumoto

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  Timothy SpallSimon Graham

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  Tony GoldwynCol. Benjamin Bagley

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  Hiroyuki SanadaUjio

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  KoyukiTaka

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  Shin KoyamadaNobutada

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  Billy ConnollyZebulon Gant

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  Togo IgawaGeneral Hasegawa

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  Shichinosuke NakamuraEmperor Meiji

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  Masato HaradaOmura

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  William AthertonWinchester Rep

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  Chad LindbergWinchester Rep Assistant

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  Scott WilsonAmbassador Swanbeck

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  Ray Godshall Sr.Convention Hall Attendee

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  Masashi OdateOmura's Companion

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  John KoyamaOmura's Bodyguard

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  Satoshi NikaidoN.C.O.

Director

Edward Zwick

Writer

John Logan, Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz

Music

Hans Zimmer

Cinematography

John Toll