The Last Samurai
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.
Genres: Action, Drama, War
Director: Edward Zwick
Writer: Edward Zwick (Screenplay), John Logan (Screenplay, Story), Marshall Herskovitz (Screenplay)
Cast
Tom CruiseNathan Algren
Ken WatanabeMoritsugu Katsumoto
Timothy SpallSimon Graham
Tony GoldwynCol. Benjamin Bagley
Hiroyuki SanadaUjio
KoyukiTaka
Shin KoyamadaNobutada
Billy ConnollyZebulon Gant
Togo IgawaGeneral Hasegawa
Shichinosuke NakamuraEmperor Meiji
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Masato HaradaOmura
William AthertonWinchester Rep
Chad LindbergWinchester Rep Assistant
Scott WilsonAmbassador Swanbeck
Ray Godshall Sr.Convention Hall Attendee
Masashi OdateOmura's Companion
John KoyamaOmura's Bodyguard
Satoshi NikaidoN.C.O.
Shintaro WadaYoung Recruit
Shun SugataNakao
Sosuke IkematsuHigen
Aoi MinatoMagojiro
Seizō FukumotoSilent Samurai
Shoji YoshiharaSword Master
Kosaburo Nomura IVKyogen Player #1
Takashi NoguchiKyogen Player #2
Noguchi TakayukiKyogen Player #3
Sven ToorvaldOmura's Secretary
Yuki MatsuzakiSoldier in Street #1
Mitsuyuki OishiSoldier in Street #2
Jiro WadaSoldier in Street #3
Hiroshi WatanabeGuard
Yusuke MyochinSword Master's Assistant
Hiroaki AmanoSamurai Ensemble
Kenta DaiboSamurai Ensemble
Koji FujiiSamurai Ensemble
Makoto HashibaSamurai Ensemble
Shimpei HorinouchiSamurai Ensemble
Takashi KoraSamurai Ensemble
Shane KosugiSamurai Ensemble
Takeshi MayaSamurai Ensemble
Seiji MoritaSamurai Ensemble
Lee MurayamaSamurai Ensemble
Takeru ShimizuSamurai Ensemble
Shinji SuzukiSamurai Ensemble
Hisao TakedaSamurai Ensemble
Ryoichiro YonekuraSamurai Ensemble
Ryoichi NoguchiSamurai Ensemble
Key Crew
Edward ZwickProducer
Hans ZimmerComposer
John TollCinematographer
Marshall HerskovitzProducer
Paula WagnerProducer
Scott KroopfProducer
Steven RosenblumEditor
Tom CruiseProducer
Tom EngelmanProducer
Victor Du BoisEditor
