The Last Samurai
4NomsDirected by Edward Zwick
Synopsis
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.
Awards
Details
- Released
- 5 December 2003
- Runtime
- 2h 34m
- Director
- Edward Zwick
- Writers
- John Logan, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
- Budget
- $140,000,000
- Box office
- $456,800,000
- Countries
- United States of America
- Languages
- English, Japanese
- Production
- Radar Pictures, Bedford Falls Productions, Cruise/Wagner Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
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Cast
Tom Cruise
Ken WatanabeNominated
Timothy Spall
Tony Goldwyn
Hiroyuki Sanada
Koyuki
Shin Koyamada
Billy Connolly
Togo Igawa
Shichinosuke Nakamura