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