The Last Samurai

7.6 2003 Edward Zwick 2h 34m
Drama Action War
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 bec

Cast

Tom Cruise Tom Cruise Nathan Algren
Ken Watanabe Ken Watanabe Moritsugu Katsumoto
Timothy Spall Timothy Spall Simon Graham
Tony Goldwyn Tony Goldwyn Col. Benjamin Bagley
Hiroyuki Sanada Hiroyuki Sanada Ujio
Koyuki Koyuki Taka
Shin Koyamada Shin Koyamada Nobutada
Billy Connolly Billy Connolly Zebulon Gant

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Double Feature Pairings

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