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The Last Samurai

2003, action, drama, war

154 minutes

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...

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Cast

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise

Nathan Algren

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

Moritsugu Katsumoto

Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall

Simon Graham

Tony Goldwyn

Tony Goldwyn

Col. Benjamin Bagley

Koyuki

Koyuki

Taka

Shin Koyamada

Shin Koyamada

Nobutada

Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly

Zebulon Gant

Togo Igawa

Togo Igawa

General Hasegawa

Shichinosuke Nakamura

Emperor Meiji

William Atherton

William Atherton

Winchester Rep

Chad Lindberg

Chad Lindberg

Winchester Rep Assistant

Scott Wilson

Scott Wilson

Ambassador Swanbeck

Ray Godshall Sr.

Convention Hall Attendee

Masashi Odate

Masashi Odate

Omura's Companion

John Koyama

John Koyama

Omura's Bodyguard

Shintaro Wada

Young Recruit

Shun Sugata

Shun Sugata

Nakao

Aoi Minato

Magojiro

Seizō Fukumoto

Seizō Fukumoto

Silent Samurai

Shoji Yoshihara

Sword Master

Kosaburo Nomura IV

Kyogen Player #1

Takashi Noguchi

Takashi Noguchi

Kyogen Player #2

Noguchi Takayuki

Kyogen Player #3

Sven Toorvald

Omura's Secretary

Yuki Matsuzaki

Soldier in Street #1

Mitsuyuki Oishi

Soldier in Street #2

Jiro Wada

Soldier in Street #3

Yusuke Myochin

Sword Master's Assistant

Hiroaki Amano

Samurai Ensemble

Kenta Daibo

Samurai Ensemble

Koji Fujii

Samurai Ensemble

Makoto Hashiba

Samurai Ensemble

Shimpei Horinouchi

Samurai Ensemble

Takashi Kora

Samurai Ensemble

Shane Kosugi

Samurai Ensemble

Takeshi Maya

Samurai Ensemble

Seiji Morita

Samurai Ensemble

Lee Murayama

Samurai Ensemble

Takeru Shimizu

Samurai Ensemble

Shinji Suzuki

Samurai Ensemble

Hisao Takeda

Samurai Ensemble

Ryoichiro Yonekura

Samurai Ensemble

Ryoichi Noguchi

Samurai Ensemble

Crew

Art

Cedar Valentine

Art department coordinator

Kim Sinclair

Art direction

Jess Gonchor

Jess Gonchor

Art direction

Elizabeth Flaherty

Assistant art director

Lilly Kilvert

Production design

David Gulick

Property master

Gretchen Rau

Set decoration

Lori A. Lopes

Set decoration

Michael Smale

Set designer

Sam Storey

Set designer

Philip Thomas

Set designer

Camera

David James

Still photographer

Costume and make-up

Ngila Dickson

Ngila Dickson

Costume design

Karen Asano-Myers

Hairstylist

Carol Pershing

Hairstylist

Kimberley Spiteri

Hairstylist

Colleen LaBaff

Hairstylist

Richard Snell

Makeup artist

Greg Nelson

Makeup artist

Tina Harrelson

Makeup artist

Maggie Elliott

Makeup artist

Crew

Nick Powell

Stunt coordinator

Melissa R. Stubbs

Melissa R. Stubbs

Stunt coordinator

Neil Greenberg

Visual effects editor

Directing

Edward Zwick

Edward Zwick

Director

Nilo Otero

Nilo Otero

First assistant director

Jayne-Ann Tenggren

Script supervisor

Allen Kupetsky

Second assistant director

Editing

Lighting

Mick Morris

Gaffer

Production

Graham Larson

Associate producer

Michael Doven

Associate producer

Yôko Narahashi

Associate producer

Victoria Thomas

Victoria Thomas

Casting

Vincent Ward

Vincent Ward

Executive producer

Ted Field

Ted Field

Executive producer

Richard Solomon

Executive producer

Charles Mulvehill

Executive producer, unit production manager

Charles Harrington

Location manager

Scott Kroopf

Producer

Edward Zwick

Edward Zwick

Producer

Paula Wagner

Producer

Tom Engelman

Producer

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise

Producer

Lil Heyman

Production coordinator

Kevin De La Noy

Unit production manager

Sound

Don Coufal

Boom operator

David A. Cohen

Dialogue editor

Laura Harris Atkinson

Dialogue editor

Marc Streitenfeld

Music editor

Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer

Original music composer

Jon Title

Sound designer

Michael Kamper

Sound designer

Anna Behlmer

Anna Behlmer

Sound re-recording mixer

Andy Nelson

Andy Nelson

Sound re-recording mixer

Mark P. Stoeckinger

Supervising sound editor

Writing

Visual effects

Paul J. Lombardi

Special effects supervisor

Ray McIntyre Jr.

Visual effects supervisor

William Mesa

Visual effects supervisor

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