The Last Samurai

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.

• John LoganScreenplay
• Edward ZwickScreenplay
• Edward ZwickDirector
• Marshall HerskovitzScreenplay
• Hans ZimmerOriginal Music Composer

• 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