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The Last Samurai

In the face of an enemy, in the heart of one man, lies the soul of a warrior.

2003 · R · 2h 34m

Directed by Edward Zwick

7.6

TMDB audience score
7,891 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • Tom Cruise
    Nathan Algren

  • Ken Watanabe
    Moritsugu Katsumoto

  • Timothy Spall
    Simon Graham

  • Tony Goldwyn
    Col. Benjamin Bagley

  • Hiroyuki Sanada
    Ujio

  • Koyuki
    Taka

  • Shin Koyamada
    Nobutada

  • Billy Connolly
    Zebulon Gant

  • Togo Igawa
    General Hasegawa

  • Shichinosuke Nakamura
    Emperor Meiji

  • Masato Harada
    Omura

  • William Atherton
    Winchester Rep

  • Chad Lindberg
    Winchester Rep Assistant

  • Scott Wilson
    Ambassador Swanbeck

  • Ray Godshall Sr.
    Convention Hall Attendee

  • Masashi Odate
    Omura's Companion

  • John Koyama
    Omura's Bodyguard

  • Satoshi Nikaido
    N.C.O.