Genres
Production Companies
Radar Pictures
Bedford Falls Productions
Cruise/Wagner Productions
Shochiku Studio
The Last Samurai
In the face of an enemy, in the heart of one man, lies the soul of a warrior.
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.
Key Crew
Producer: Tom Engelman, Paula Wagner, Edward Zwick, Tom Cruise, Marshall Herskovitz, Scott Kroopf
Screenplay: John Logan, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
Director of Photography: John Toll
Director: Edward Zwick
Story: John Logan
Top Cast
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
Videos
The Last Samurai - Original Theatrical Trailer
The Last Samurai trailer
