The Last Samurai

Theatrical - Wide 2003-12-05

Cast Tom Cruise Ken Watanabe Timothy Spall Tony Goldwyn Hiroyuki Sanada
Directed by Edward Zwick
Written by John Logan Edward Zwick Marshall Herskovitz

Box Office Gross: $456,800,000

Running Time: 154 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Radar Pictures, Bedford Falls Productions, Cruise/Wagner Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Genres: Action Drama War

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9/10

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... See more 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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