The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai: Between honour and modernisation
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In 1870s Japan, Captain Nathan Algren of the American army travels east at the invitation of the Japanese Emperor to train the country's first modern army. In this feudal land rushing to modernise, the traditional life of the samurai still endures. When Algren has an accident and is saved by the samurai leader Katsumoto, he gets the chance to know this ancient culture from the inside, and comes to respect ever more deeply the code of honour that governs them. Yet he is expected to wipe out the samurai's traditions for the sake of modernisation and open trade. Caught between two worlds, Algren must eventually make a momentous decision. Directed by Edward Zwick, the 154-minute 2003 film stars Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Timothy Spall and Hiroyuki Sanada in an epic war drama.
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Cast
- Tom CruiseNathan Algren
- Ken WatanabeMoritsugu Katsumoto
- Timothy SpallSimon Graham
- Tony GoldwynCol. Benjamin Bagley
- Hiroyuki SanadaUjio
- KoyukiTaka
- Shin KoyamadaNobutada
- Billy ConnollyZebulon Gant
- Togo IgawaGeneral Hasegawa
- Shichinosuke NakamuraEmperor Meiji
- Masato HaradaOmura
- William AthertonWinchester Rep
- Chad LindbergWinchester Rep Assistant
- Scott WilsonAmbassador Swanbeck
- Ray Godshall Sr.Convention Hall Attendee
- Masashi OdateOmura's Companion
- John KoyamaOmura's Bodyguard
- Satoshi NikaidoN.C.O.
Behind the camera
- Edward ZwickDirector, Screenplay, Producer
- John LoganScreenplay, Story
- Marshall HerskovitzScreenplay, Producer
- Hans ZimmerMusic
- John TollCinematography
- Paula WagnerProducer
- Scott KroopfProducer
- Tom CruiseProducer
- Tom EngelmanProducer
Character and job names are shown as recorded in the source.
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