The Last Samurai

IMDb 7.6 2003 • 154 min • DramaActionWar

Director

Edward Zwick

Country

US

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
Tom Cruise Nathan Algren
Ken Watanabe
Ken Watanabe Moritsugu Katsumoto
Timothy Spall
Timothy Spall Simon Graham
Tony Goldwyn
Tony Goldwyn Col. Benjamin Bagley
Hiroyuki Sanada
Hiroyuki Sanada Ujio