The Last Samurai (2003)2h34
Drama · Action · War
Director Edward Zwick (6.9 avg)
Also directed Blood Diamond, Love & Other Drugs, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, and 13 more
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.
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Cast
Tom Cruise
Ken Watanabe
Timothy Spall
Tony Goldwyn
Hiroyuki Sanada
Koyuki
Shin Koyamada
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