The Last Samurai (2003)
Overview
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 Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $140,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $456,800,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 43.913 |
Directed By
Edward Zwick
Crew
Edward Zwick
John Logan
Edward Zwick
Marshall Herskovitz
Tom Cruise
Edward Zwick
Marshall Herskovitz
Paula Wagner
Scott Kroopf
Tom Engelman
Hans Zimmer
John Toll
Victor Du Bois
Ted Field
Richard Solomon
Vincent Ward
Charles Mulvehill
Lilly Kilvert
Victoria Thomas
Ngila Dickson
Al Goto
Graham Larson
Michael Doven
Yōko Narahashi
Kevin De La Noy
Charles Mulvehill
Nilo Otero
Allen Kupetsky
Nick Powell
Lois Burwell
Christopher Burian-Mohr
Jess Gonchor
Kim Sinclair
Elizabeth Flaherty
Philip Thomas
Michael Smale
Sam Storey
Christopher Glass
J.C. Brown
Cedar Valentine
Lori A. Lopes
Kathy Lucas
Patrick Cassidy
Jayne-Ann Tenggren
Mike Thomas
Peter McCaffrey
Peter McCaffrey
Darrin Keough
Calum McFarlane
Chris Toll
Tommy Klines
Brett Matthews
Richard Lacy
Jeff Pelton
Louise Williams
John Bonnin
David James
Michael Taylor
Don Coufal
Gunner Ashford
David Gulick
Peter C. Clarke
Parker Swanson
Mick Morris
Gary Hill
Iain Mathieson
David Nichols
Jay Munro
Brett McDowell
Paul Reddin
Paul J. Lombardi
Kenny Myers
Maggie Elliott
Tina Harrelson
Greg Nelson
Richard Snell
Conor O'Sullivan
Janice Alexander
Terry Baliel
Karen Asano-Myers
Carol Pershing
Kimberley Spiteri
Colleen LaBaff
Terry Jarvis
Kendall Errair
Bob Buck
Cynthia E. Thornton
Neil Greenberg
Jenny Hicks
Penny Lee Hallin
Pablo Prietto
Thomas Boland
Romulo Adriano Jr.
Lil Heyman
Mitchell E. Dauterive
Anne Bruning
Kyoko Kageyama
Jill Soper
Ken Ryan
Mayda Renizzi-Holt
Charles Harrington
Neil Kirkland
Dan Romero
Vic Cuccia
Michael Sean Ryan
Graham Larson
Mark P. Stoeckinger
Kerry Dean Williams
Michael Kamper
Jon Title
Craig S. Jaeger
Alan Rankin
Christopher Assells
Bruce Tanis
Dino DiMuro
Ben Wilkins
Victor Ray Ennis
Paul Flinchbaugh
Laura Harris Atkinson
David A. Cohen
Kelly Oxford
Anna MacKenzie
Michelle Pazer
Caitlin McKenna
John Roesch
Alyson Dee Moore
Jeffrey Wilhoit
James Moriana
Bob Beher
Frank Smathers
Mary Jo Lang
Nerses Gezalyan
Charleen Richards-Steeves
Robert Deschaine
Greg Steele
Michael Miller
Marc Streitenfeld
Alan Meyerson
Mo Henry
William Mesa
Jeffrey White
George Macri
Tim Crosbie
Casey O'Neill
Steven Rosenblum
Dean Hurley
Melissa R. Stubbs
Tad Griffith
Nobuyuki Obikane
Hiroki Takano
John Logan
Ray McIntyre Jr.
Andy Nelson
Anna Behlmer
Jeff Wexler
Gretchen Rau
TOP 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.
Shintaro Wada
Young Recruit
Shun Sugata
Nakao
Sosuke Ikematsu
Higen
Aoi Minato
Magojiro
Seizō Fukumoto
Silent Samurai
Shoji Yoshihara
Sword Master
Kosaburo Nomura IV
Kyogen Player #1
Takashi Noguchi
Kyogen Player #2
Noguchi Takayuki
Kyogen Player #3
Sven Toorvald
Omura's Secretary
Yuki Matsuzaki
Soldier in Street #1
Mitsuyuki Oishi
Soldier in Street #2
Jiro Wada
Soldier in Street #3
Hiroshi Watanabe
Guard
Yusuke Myochin
Sword Master's Assistant
Hiroaki Amano
Samurai Ensemble
Kenta Daibo
Samurai Ensemble
Koji Fujii
Samurai Ensemble
Makoto Hashiba
Samurai Ensemble
Shimpei Horinouchi
Samurai Ensemble
Takashi Kora
Samurai Ensemble
Shane Kosugi
Samurai Ensemble
Takeshi Maya
Samurai Ensemble
Seiji Morita
Samurai Ensemble
Lee Murayama
Samurai Ensemble
Takeru Shimizu
Samurai Ensemble
Shinji Suzuki
Samurai Ensemble
Hisao Takeda
Samurai Ensemble
Ryoichiro Yonekura
Samurai Ensemble
Ryoichi Noguchi
Samurai Ensemble
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