The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai
Release: 2003-12-05
·Runtime: 154m
·★ 7.6
Drama
Action
War
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Radar Pictures
Bedford Falls Productions
Cruise/Wagner Productions
Warner Bros. Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Tom Cruise
as Nathan Algren
Togo Igawa
as General Hasegawa
Sosuke Ikematsu
as Higen
Hiroshi Watanabe
as Guard
Takeshi Maya
as Samurai Ensemble
Takashi Noguchi
as Kyogen Player #2
Timothy Spall
as Simon Graham
Tony Goldwyn
as Col. Benjamin Bagley
Shichinosuke Nakamura
as Emperor Meiji
Hiroyuki Sanada
as Ujio
Billy Connolly
as Zebulon Gant
Shun Sugata
as Nakao
Yuki Matsuzaki
as Soldier in Street #1
Shane Kosugi
as Samurai Ensemble
Shinji Suzuki
as Samurai Ensemble
Shin Koyamada
as Nobutada
Scott Wilson
as Ambassador Swanbeck
William Atherton
as Winchester Rep
Chad Lindberg
as Winchester Rep Assistant
John Koyama
as Omura's Bodyguard
Masato Harada
as Omura
Satoshi Nikaido
as N.C.O.
Seizō Fukumoto
as Silent Samurai
Ken Watanabe
as Moritsugu Katsumoto
Koyuki
as Taka
Masashi Odate
as Omura's Companion
Crew
John Logan
Screenplay, Story
Tad Griffith
Stunts
Frank Smathers
Foley Editor
James Lew
Stunts
Al Goto
Stunts
Tom Cruise
Producer
John Toll
Director of Photography
Yoko Narahashi
Associate Producer
Simon Rhee
Stunts
Lois Burwell
Makeup Designer
Kevin De La Noy
Unit Production Manager
Caitlin McKenna
ADR Editor
Hans Zimmer
Original Music Composer
Peter McCaffrey
Steadicam Operator, "B" Camera Operator
Mark P. Stoeckinger
Supervising Sound Editor
Edward Zwick
Producer, Screenplay, Director
Ben Wilkins
Sound Editor
Ngila Dickson
Costume Design
John Roesch
Foley Artist
Casey O'Neill
Stunt Double
Anna Behlmer
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ted Field
Executive Producer
Steven Rosenblum
Editor
Jess Gonchor
Art Direction
Andy Nelson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Marshall Herskovitz
Producer, Screenplay
Melissa R. Stubbs
Stunt Coordinator
Paula Wagner
Producer
Lauro David Chartrand-DelValle
Stunts
Dean Hurley
Sound Assistant
Duncan Jarman
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Vincent Ward
Executive Producer
Marc Streitenfeld
Music Editor
Peng Zhang
Stunts
Victoria Thomas
Casting