Original title:
The Last Samurai
[en]
The Last Samurai
[en]
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.
Genre
Action, Drama, History, War
Country
Japan 
New Zealand
United States
New Zealand
United States
Budget
$140 000 000
Revenue
$456 800 000
Duration
2 hours 34 minutes
Release status
Released
Actors
Nathan Algren
Tom Cruise
Moritsugu Katsumoto
Ken Watanabe
Simon Graham
Timothy Spall
Colonel Bagley
Tony Goldwyn
Ujio
Hiroyuki Sanada
Taka
Koyuki
Nobutada
Shin Koyamada
Zebulon Gant
Billy Connolly
General Hasegawa
Togo Igawa
Emperor Meiji
Shichinosuke Nakamura