The Last Samurai

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Tom Cruise Nathan Algren

Ken Watanabe Moritsugu Katsumoto

Timothy Spall Simon Graham

Tony Goldwyn Col. Benjamin Bagley

Hiroyuki Sanada Ujio