The Last Samurai

2003 · TMDB 7.6

Directed by Edward Zwick

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.

Tom Cruise Ken Watanabe Timothy Spall Tony Goldwyn Hiroyuki Sanada Koyuki Shin Koyamada Billy Connolly Togo Igawa Shichinosuke Nakamura Masato Harada William Atherton

Director · Edward Zwick Producer · Scott Kroopf Producer · Tom Cruise Producer · Marshall Herskovitz Producer · Edward Zwick Producer · Paula Wagner Producer · Tom Engelman Writer · Marshall Herskovitz Writer · Edward Zwick Writer · John Logan Writer · John Logan Cinematography · John Toll Composer · Hans Zimmer Editor · Steven Rosenblum Editor · Victor Du Bois

Runtime: 154 min
Released: 2003-12-05
Studio: Radar Pictures
Country: United States of America
Language: English
TMDB score: 7.6

Action Drama War

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