
Feature film — 2003
The Last Samurai (2003)
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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A high-signal pick with 7,878 votes.
Radar Pictures / Bedford Falls Productions / Cruise/Wagner Productions / Warner Bros. Pictures
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Director: Edward Zwick
On screen
Cast & crew

Tom Cruise
Nathan Algren

Ken Watanabe
Moritsugu Katsumoto

Timothy Spall
Simon Graham

Tony Goldwyn
Col. Benjamin Bagley

Hiroyuki Sanada
Ujio

Koyuki
Taka

Shin Koyamada
Nobutada

Billy Connolly
Zebulon Gant

Togo Igawa
General Hasegawa

Shichinosuke Nakamura
Emperor Meiji

Masato Harada
Omura

William Atherton
Winchester Rep
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