The Last Samurai (2003)

Movie Details

Original Title The Last Samurai

Original Language EN

Budget $140,000,000

Revenue $456,800,000

Status Released

Popularity 7.2

Cast

Tom Cruise

Nathan Algren

Popularity: 15.8

Ken Watanabe

Moritsugu Katsumoto

Popularity: 6.7

Timothy Spall

Simon Graham

Popularity: 2.6

Tony Goldwyn

Col. Benjamin Bagley

Popularity: 5.8

Hiroyuki Sanada

Ujio

Popularity: 7.4

Koyuki

Taka

Popularity: 5.3

Shin Koyamada

Nobutada

Popularity: 4.3

Billy Connolly

Zebulon Gant

Popularity: 3.2

Togo Igawa

General Hasegawa

Popularity: 6.4

Shichinosuke Nakamura

Emperor Meiji

Popularity: 0.7

Masato Harada

Omura

Popularity: 1.3

William Atherton

Winchester Rep

Popularity: 3.5

Key Crew

Producer Tom Engelman, Paula Wagner, Edward Zwick

Executive Producer Richard Solomon, Vincent Ward, Charles Mulvehill

Editor Victor Du Bois, Steven Rosenblum

Screenplay John Logan, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz

Director Edward Zwick

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Radar Pictures

Bedford Falls Productions

Cruise/Wagner Productions

Shochiku Studio

Videos & Trailers

Tom Cruise Warrior’s Journey - Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes

Original Theatrical Trailer

Trailer

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

japan samurai swordplay general sense of guilt war veteran sword war crimes loss of loved one self-discovery arms deal homeland katana emperor language barrier mountain village foreign legion insurgence mercenary campaign

Reviews from TMDB

TopKek

Nov 10, 2016

Edward Zwick's "The Last Samurai" is about two warriors whose cultures make them aliens, but whose values make them comrades. The battle scenes are stirring and elegantly mounted, but they are less about who wins than about what can be proven by dying. Beautifully designed, intelligently written, ac ... Read more

r96sk 8/10

Aug 18, 2020

Recommended. <em>'The Last Samurai'</em> features some very cool and entertaining battle sequences, which are shot excellently. The premise itself is attracting, it's acted out astutely by the noteworthy cast list. It probably lasts too long, but I never truly got a feeling of it dragging out tho ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Sep 3, 2023

"Nathan Algren" (Tom Cruise) is a disenchanted, alcoholic Captain who, post American Civil War, is offered the chance of a fresh, lucrative, start in Japan training some raw recruits to form the basis a standing Imperial Army. He arrives and is presented to the young, forward-looking but somewhat in ... Read more