The Last Samurai

Warner Bros. (2003)

Drama, Adventure, War, Action

/ Color / 154 mins

7321900680578

In Collection
#973

7.7

Plot

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare -- in this lush epic set in the 1870s, which finds Algren 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.

Cast

	Ken Watanabe	Katsumoto
	Tom Cruise	Nathan Algren
	Tony Goldwyn	Colonel Benjamin Bagley
	Billy Connolly	Zebulon Gant
	Masato Harada	Omura
	Hiroyuki Sanada	Ujio
	Timothy Spall	Simon Graham
	Shin Koyamada	Nobutada
	Togo Igawa	General Hasegawa
	William Atherton	Winchester Rep
	Shichinosuke Nakamura	Emperor Meiji
	Shun Sugata	Nakao
	Chad Lindberg	Winchester Rep Assistant
	Ray Godshall Sr.	Convention Hall Attendee
	Masashi Odate	Omura's Companion

Crew

Director

Edward Zwick

Producer

Tom Cruise

Writer

John Logan

Cinematography

John Toll

Musician

Hans Zimmer

Trailer

Discs

Disc 01

Disc 02

Edition Details

Release Date	01/11/2004
Packaging	Keep Case
Screen Ratio	Widescreen (16:9) Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
Subtitles	English; French; German; Spanish; Greek; Finnish; Danish; English (Closed Captioned); Arabic; Hebrew
Layers	Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes	2

Personal Details

Links	IMDB TheMovieDb.org

Features

Disc 01		PAL

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