The Last Samurai (2003)
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.
Director:
Edward Zwick
Writers:
John Logan, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz.
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Tom Cruise as Nathan Algren |
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Ken Watanabe as Moritsugu Katsumoto |
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Timothy Spall as Simon Graham |
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Tony Goldwyn as Colonel Bagley |
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Hiroyuki Sanada as Ujio |
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Koyuki as Taka |
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Shin Koyamada as Nobutada |
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Billy Connolly as Zebulon Gant |
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Togo Igawa as General Hasegawa |
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Shichinosuke Nakamura as Emperor Meiji |
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Masato Harada as Omura |
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William Atherton as Winchester Rep |
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Chad Lindberg as Winchester Rep Assistant |
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Scott Wilson as Ambassador Swanbeck |
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Ray Godshall Sr. as Convention Hall Attendee |
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Masashi Odate as Omura's Companion |
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John Koyama as Omura's Bodyguard |
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Satoshi Nikaido as N.C.O. |
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Shintaro Wada as Young Recruit |
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Shun Sugata as Nakao |
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Sosuke Ikematsu as Higen |
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Aoi Minato as Magojiro |
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Seizô Fukumoto as Silent Samurai |
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Shoji Yoshihara as Sword Master |
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Kosaburo Nomura IV as Kyogen Player #1 |
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Takashi Noguchi as Kyogen Player #2 |
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Noguchi Takayuki as Kyogen Player #3 |
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Sven Toorvald as Omura's Secretary |
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Yuki Matsuzaki as Soldier in Street #1 |
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Mitsuyuki Oishi as Soldier in Street #2 |
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Jiro Wada as Soldier in Street #3 |
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Hiroshi Watanabe as Guard |
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Yusuke Myochin as Sword Master's Assistant |
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Hiroaki Amano as Samurai Ensemble |
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Kenta Daibo as Samurai Ensemble |
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Koji Fujii as Samurai Ensemble |
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Makoto Hashiba as Samurai Ensemble |
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Shimpei Horinouchi as Samurai Ensemble |
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Takashi Kora as Samurai Ensemble |
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Shane Kosugi as Samurai Ensemble |
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Takeshi Maya as Samurai Ensemble |
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Seiji Morita as Samurai Ensemble |
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Lee Murayama as Samurai Ensemble |
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Takeru Shimizu as Samurai Ensemble |
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Shinji Suzuki as Samurai Ensemble |
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Hisao Takeda as Samurai Ensemble |
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Ryoichiro Yonekura as Samurai Ensemble |
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Ryoichi Noguchi as Samurai Ensemble |
Sound | Hans Zimmer | Original Music Composer |
Production | Tom Cruise | Producer |
Production | Victoria Thomas | Casting |
Writing | John Logan | Screenplay |
Writing | John Logan | Story |
Costume & Make-Up | Ngila Dickson | Costume Design |
Camera | John Toll | Director of Photography |
Editing | Steven Rosenblum | Editor |
Production | Charles Mulvehill | Executive Producer |
Production | Charles Mulvehill | Unit Production Manager |
Art | Lilly Kilvert | Production Design |
Art | Gretchen Rau | Set Decoration |
Production | Michael Doven | Associate Producer |
Art | Jess Gonchor | Art Direction |
Sound | Bob Beher | Foley Editor |
Writing | Edward Zwick | Screenplay |
Directing | Edward Zwick | Director |
Production | Edward Zwick | Producer |
Writing | Marshall Herskovitz | Screenplay |
Production | Marshall Herskovitz | Producer |
Production | Paula Wagner | Producer |
Production | Scott Kroopf | Producer |
Production | Tom Engelman | Producer |
Editing | Victor Du Bois | Editor |
Production | Ted Field | Executive Producer |
Production | Richard Solomon | Executive Producer |
Production | Vincent Ward | Executive Producer |
Sound | Anna MacKenzie | ADR Editor |
Sound | Dino Dimuro | Sound Editor |
Sound | Paul Flinchbaugh | Assistant Sound Editor |
Sound | Robert Deschaine | ADR Mixer |
Art | Kim Sinclair | Art Direction |
Art | Christopher Burian-Mohr | Supervising Art Director |
Sound | Christopher Assells | Sound Editor |
Sound | Mark P. Stoeckinger | Supervising Sound Editor |
Visual Effects | William Mesa | Visual Effects Supervisor |
Visual Effects | Romulo Adriano Jr. | Visual Effects Coordinator |
Sound | Charleen Richards | ADR Mixer |
Crew | Melissa R. Stubbs | Stunt Coordinator |
Sound | Caitlin McKenna | ADR Editor |
Sound | Marc Streitenfeld | Music Editor |
Art | Kathy Lucas | Assistant Set Decoration |
Art | Patrick Cassidy | Leadman |
Production | Kevin De La Noy | Unit Production Manager |
Art | Neil Kirkland | Construction Coordinator |
Crew | Gunner Ashford | Armorer |
Visual Effects | Jeffrey White | Visual Effects Producer |
Sound | Nerses Gezalyan | Foley Mixer |
Sound | James Moriana | Foley Artist |
Sound | Jeffrey Wilhoit | Foley Artist |
Sound | Don Coufal | Boom Operator |
Costume & Make-Up | Kenny Myers | Key Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Terry Baliel | Key Hair Stylist |
Sound | Michael Kamper | Sound Designer |
Art | Philip Thomas | Set Designer |
Sound | Ben Wilkins | Sound Editor |
Crew | Graham Larson | Post Production Supervisor |
Production | Graham Larson | Associate Producer |
Production | Yōko Narahashi | Associate Producer |
Production | Mitchell E. Dauterive | Production Supervisor |
Sound | John Roesch | Foley Artist |
Production | Anne Bruning | Production Supervisor |
Costume & Make-Up | Lois Burwell | Makeup Designer |
Costume & Make-Up | Bob Buck | Costume Coordinator |
Visual Effects | Paul J. Lombardi | Special Effects Supervisor |
Sound | Alan Rankin | Sound Editor |
Sound | Andy Nelson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Sound | Jon Title | Sound Designer |
Directing | Jayne-Ann Tenggren | Script Supervisor |
Visual Effects | Tim Crosbie | VFX Supervisor |
Camera | David James | Still Photographer |
Sound | Victor Ray Ennis | First Assistant Sound Editor |
Visual Effects | George Macri | Visual Effects Producer |
Visual Effects | Ray McIntyre Jr. | Visual Effects Supervisor |
Camera | Peter McCaffrey | Steadicam Operator |
Camera | Peter McCaffrey | "B" Camera Operator |
Art | Peter C. Clarke | Assistant Property Master |
Sound | Alyson Dee Moore | Foley Artist |
Sound | Michelle Pazer | ADR Editor |
Sound | Anna Behlmer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Costume & Make-Up | Tina Harrelson | Makeup Artist |
Camera | Calum McFarlane | "D" Camera Operator |
Camera | Darrin Keough | "C" Camera Operator |
Sound | Frank Smathers | Foley Editor |
Sound | Greg Steele | ADR Mixer |
Sound | Laura Harris Atkinson | Dialogue Editor |
Sound | Kerry Dean Williams | Supervising ADR Editor |
Visual Effects | Thomas Boland | Visual Effects Producer |
Crew | Neil Greenberg | Visual Effects Editor |
Art | Elizabeth Flaherty | Assistant Art Director |
Art | David Gulick | Property Master |
Sound | Bruce Tanis | Sound Editor |
Editing | Cynthia E. Thornton | Associate Editor |
Production | Charles Harrington | Location Manager |
Sound | David A. Cohen | Dialogue Editor |
Camera | Mike Thomas | "A" Camera Operator |
Costume & Make-Up | Terry Jarvis | Wigmaker |
Production | Lil Heyman | Production Coordinator |
Costume & Make-Up | Richard Snell | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Janice Alexander | Hair Department Head |
Art | Sam Storey | Set Designer |
Costume & Make-Up | Carol Pershing | Hairstylist |
Art | Cedar Valentine | Art Department Coordinator |
Costume & Make-Up | Kimberley Spiteri | Hairstylist |
Costume & Make-Up | Colleen LaBaff | Hairstylist |
Crew | Dan Romero | Transportation Coordinator |
Art | Michael Smale | Set Designer |
Sound | Mary Jo Lang | Foley Mixer |
Crew | Michael Sean Ryan | Transportation Captain |
Sound | Kelly Oxford | ADR Editor |
Sound | Jeff Wexler | Production Sound Mixer |
Camera | Tommy Klines | First Assistant "B" Camera |
Directing | Allen Kupetsky | Second Assistant Director |
Costume & Make-Up | Kendall Errair | Costumer |
Sound | Michael Miller | ADR Mixer |
Costume & Make-Up | Karen Asano-Myers | Hairstylist |
Directing | Nilo Otero | First Assistant Director |
Editing | Jenny Hicks | Assistant Editor |
Camera | Richard Lacy | First Assistant "D" Camera |
Camera | David Nichols | Key Grip |
Sound | Alan Meyerson | Scoring Mixer |
Art | Christopher Glass | Storyboard Artist |
Lighting | Gary Hill | Rigging Gaffer |
Costume & Make-Up | Conor O'Sullivan | Prosthetic Supervisor |
Production | Jill Soper | Assistant Production Coordinator |
Sound | Craig S. Jaeger | Foley Supervisor |
Editing | Mo Henry | Negative Cutter |
Art | Parker Swanson | Assistant Property Master |
Crew | Vic Cuccia | Transportation Captain |
Production | Ken Ryan | Production Accountant |
Lighting | Mick Morris | Gaffer |
Crew | Michael Taylor | Video Assist Operator |
Lighting | Iain Mathieson | Best Boy Electric |
Editing | Pablo Prietto | Assistant Editor |
Camera | Jay Munro | Best Boy Grip |
Camera | Brett McDowell | Dolly Grip |
Production | Kyoko Kageyama | Production Supervisor |
Editing | Penny Lee Hallin | Assistant Editor |
Art | Lori A. Lopes | Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | Greg Nelson | Makeup Artist |
Camera | John Bonnin | Libra Head Technician |
Camera | Jeff Pelton | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
Crew | Nick Powell | Stunt Coordinator |
Camera | Chris Toll | First Assistant "A" Camera |
Costume & Make-Up | Maggie Elliott | Makeup Artist |
Crew | Nobuyuki Obikane | Stunts |
Crew | Hiroki Takano | Stunts |
Camera | Brett Matthews | First Assistant "C" Camera |
Production | Mayda Renizzi-Holt | Assistant Accountant |
Lighting | Paul Reddin | Rigging Grip |
Art | J.C. Brown | Graphic Designer |
Camera | Louise Williams | Second Assistant "B" Camera |