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 | 43.235 |
Directed By
Edward Zwick
Crew
Tom Engelman
Richard Solomon
Vincent Ward
Paula Wagner
Victor Du Bois
Edward Zwick
Tom Cruise
Marshall Herskovitz
Lilly Kilvert
John Logan
Scott Kroopf
John Toll
Charles Mulvehill
Edward Zwick
Edward Zwick
Marshall Herskovitz
Hans Zimmer
Ted Field
Victoria Thomas
Ngila Dickson
Al Goto
Yōko Narahashi
Christopher Burian-Mohr
Kim Sinclair
Michael Doven
Lois Burwell
Philip Thomas
Michael Smale
Nick Powell
Jess Gonchor
Christopher Glass
Cedar Valentine
Peter McCaffrey
David James
Allen Kupetsky
Graham Larson
Nilo Otero
Chris Toll
Sam Storey
Brett Matthews
Louise Williams
David Gulick
Mick Morris
Charles Mulvehill
J.C. Brown
Iain Mathieson
Calum McFarlane
Karen Asano-Myers
Colleen LaBaff
Kevin De La Noy
Elizabeth Flaherty
Tommy Klines
Lori A. Lopes
Gunner Ashford
David Nichols
Jayne-Ann Tenggren
Mike Thomas
Darrin Keough
John Bonnin
Michael Taylor
Paul Reddin
Paul J. Lombardi
Janice Alexander
Patrick Cassidy
Kenny Myers
Terry Jarvis
Jeff Pelton
Don Coufal
Peter C. Clarke
Greg Nelson
Richard Snell
Jay Munro
Kathy Lucas
Brett McDowell
Conor O'Sullivan
Peter McCaffrey
Richard Lacy
Parker Swanson
Gary Hill
Tina Harrelson
Kimberley Spiteri
Maggie Elliott
Terry Baliel
Carol Pershing
Anne Bruning
Mark P. Stoeckinger
Ben Wilkins
Penny Lee Hallin
Mayda Renizzi-Holt
Victor Ray Ennis
Vic Cuccia
Graham Larson
Craig S. Jaeger
Jon Title
Laura Harris Atkinson
Romulo Adriano Jr.
Neil Kirkland
Thomas Boland
Lil Heyman
Kerry Dean Williams
Dino DiMuro
Bob Buck
Michael Kamper
Bruce Tanis
Neil Greenberg
Ken Ryan
Paul Flinchbaugh
Jenny Hicks
Michael Sean Ryan
Mitchell E. Dauterive
Jill Soper
Christopher Assells
Charles Harrington
Alan Rankin
Kendall Errair
Cynthia E. Thornton
Pablo Prietto
Kyoko Kageyama
Dan Romero
David A. Cohen
Greg Steele
Kelly Oxford
Caitlin McKenna
Bob Beher
Alyson Dee Moore
Mo Henry
Mary Jo Lang
Alan Meyerson
George Macri
Michael Miller
Jeffrey Wilhoit
Nerses Gezalyan
Charleen Richards-Steeves
Jeffrey White
Tim Crosbie
Frank Smathers
Robert Deschaine
Marc Streitenfeld
Michelle Pazer
William Mesa
Anna MacKenzie
John Roesch
James Moriana
Casey O'Neill
Steven Rosenblum
Dean Hurley
Melissa R. Stubbs
Tad Griffith
Hiroki Takano
Nobuyuki Obikane
John Logan
Ray McIntyre Jr.
Anna Behlmer
Gretchen Rau
Jeff Wexler
Andy Nelson
Simon Rhee
James Lew
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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