The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai

7.6 Rating2003-12-05Drama, 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.

Cast

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise

as Nathan Algren

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

as Moritsugu Katsumoto

Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall

as Simon Graham

Tony Goldwyn

Tony Goldwyn

as Col. Benjamin Bagley

Hiroyuki Sanada

Hiroyuki Sanada

as Ujio

Koyuki

Koyuki

as Taka

Shin Koyamada

Shin Koyamada

as Nobutada

Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly

as Zebulon Gant

Togo Igawa

Togo Igawa

as General Hasegawa

Shichinosuke Nakamura

Shichinosuke Nakamura

as Emperor Meiji