The Last Samurai
(2003)
Overview
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare -- in this lush epic set in the 1870s, which finds Algren 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.
Tagline
In the face of an enemy, in the Heart of One Man, Lies the Soul of a Warrior.
Crew
Director: | Edward Zwick |
Writers: | John Logan, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz |
Cast
Tom Cruise
Ken Watanabe
William Atherton
Chad Lindberg |
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Production Companies
Cruise/Wagner Productions, Warner Bros., Radar Pictures, Bedford Falls Company, The
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