The Last Samurai
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.
Drama, Action, War, History
Cruise/Wagner Productions, Warner Bros., Radar Pictures, Bedford Falls Company, The
Tom Cruise as Captain Nathan Algren, Ken Watanabe as Katsumoto, William Atherton as Winchester Rep, Chad Lindberg as Winchester Rep Assistant, Billy Connolly as Zebulon Gant, Tony Goldwyn as Colonel Bagley, Shichinosuke Nakamura as Emperor Meiji, Koyuki as Taka, Timothy Spall as Simon Graham, Togo Igawa as General Hasegawa, Scott Wilson as Ambassador Swanbeck, Shun Sugata as Nakao, Shin Koyamada as Nobutada, Hiroyuki Sanada as Ujio, Masato Harada as Omura, Masashi Odate as Omura's Companion, John Koyama as Omura's Bodyguard, Satoshi Nikaido as N.C.O., Shintaro Wada as Young Recruit, Sosuke Ikematsu as Higen, Aoi Minato as Magojiro, Shoji Yoshihara as Sword Master, Seizô Fukumoto as Silent Samurai, Ray Godshall Sr. as Convention Hall Attendee, Kosaburo Nomura IV as Kyogen Player #1, Takashi Noguchi as Kyogen Player #2, Noguchi Takayuki as Kyogen Player #3, Sven Toorvald as Omura's Secretary, Yuki Matsuzaki as Soldier in Street #1, Mitsuyuki Oishi as Soldier in Street #2, Jiro Wada as Soldier in Street #3, Hiroshi Watanabe as Guard, Yusuke Myochin as Sword Master's Assistant, Hiroaki Amano as Samurai Ensemble, Kenta Daibo as Samurai Ensemble, Koji Fujii as Samurai Ensemble, Makoto Hashiba as Samurai Ensemble, Shimpei Horinouchi as Samurai Ensemble, Takashi Kora as Samurai Ensemble, Shane Kosugi as Samurai Ensemble, Takeshi Maya as Samurai Ensemble, Seiji Morita as Samurai Ensemble, Lee Murayama as Samurai Ensemble, Takeru Shimizu as Samurai Ensemble, Shinji Suzuki as Samurai Ensemble, Hisao Takeda as Samurai Ensemble, Ryoichiro Yonekura as Samurai Ensemble