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The Last Samurai
In the face of an enemy, in the heart of one man, lies the soul of a warrior.
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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.
Cast, crew and production details
About The Last Samurai
Cast
Tom CruiseNathan Algren
Ken WatanabeMoritsugu Katsumoto
Timothy SpallSimon Graham
Tony GoldwynCol. Benjamin Bagley
Hiroyuki SanadaUjio
KoyukiTaka
Shin KoyamadaNobutada
Billy ConnollyZebulon GantCredits
- Directed by
- Edward Zwick
- Written by
- John Logan, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, John Logan
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $140M
- Box office
- $456.8M
Production
Radar PicturesUnited States
Bedford Falls ProductionsUnited States
Cruise/Wagner ProductionsUnited States
Warner Bros. PicturesUnited States
