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:
Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, John Logan.
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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 Col. Benjamin 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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Seizō 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 |
| Production | Paula Wagner | Producer |
| Production | Vincent Ward | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Edward Zwick | Screenplay |
| Writing | Marshall Herskovitz | Screenplay |
| Editing | Victor Du Bois | Editor |
| Camera | John Toll | Director of Photography |
| Production | Marshall Herskovitz | Producer |
| Production | Charles Mulvehill | Executive Producer |
| Production | Edward Zwick | Producer |
| Art | Lilly Kilvert | Production Design |
| Writing | John Logan | Screenplay |
| Production | Scott Kroopf | Producer |
| Production | Tom Cruise | Producer |
| Directing | Edward Zwick | Director |
| Production | Richard Solomon | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tom Engelman | Producer |
| Production | Ted Field | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Hans Zimmer | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ngila Dickson | Costume Design |
| Production | Victoria Thomas | Casting |
| Crew | Al Goto | Stunts |
| Crew | Lauro David Chartrand-DelValle | Stunts |
| Production | Yoko Narahashi | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Allen Kupetsky | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Kim Sinclair | Art Direction |
| Art | Michael Smale | Set Designer |
| Art | Cedar Valentine | Art Department Coordinator |
| Crew | Michael Taylor | Video Assist Operator |
| Camera | David James | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Nick Powell | Stunt Coordinator |
| Art | Jess Gonchor | Art Direction |
| Art | Christopher Glass | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Sam Storey | Set Designer |
| Art | Kathy Lucas | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Directing | Jayne-Ann Tenggren | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Chris Toll | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Production | Kevin De La Noy | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Charles Mulvehill | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Michael Doven | Associate Producer |
| Art | Christopher Burian-Mohr | Supervising Art Director |
| Camera | Mike Thomas | "A" Camera Operator |
| Art | Lori A. Lopes | Set Decoration |
| Production | Graham Larson | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Nilo Otero | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lois Burwell | Makeup Designer |
| Art | Elizabeth Flaherty | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Philip Thomas | Set Designer |
| Sound | Don Coufal | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Jay Munro | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Peter McCaffrey | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Darrin Keough | "C" Camera Operator |
| Visual Effects | Paul J. Lombardi | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kimberley Spiteri | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Colleen LaBaff | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tina Harrelson | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | John Bonnin | Libra Head Technician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Conor O'Sullivan | Prosthetic Supervisor |
| Camera | Brett Matthews | First Assistant "C" Camera |
| Art | David Gulick | Property Master |
| Lighting | Mick Morris | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maggie Elliott | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Brett McDowell | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Jeff Pelton | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Art | J.C. Brown | Graphic Designer |
| Camera | Louise Williams | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Greg Nelson | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Peter McCaffrey | "B" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Calum McFarlane | "D" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Tommy Klines | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Richard Lacy | First Assistant "D" Camera |
| Art | Parker Swanson | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Patrick Cassidy | Leadman |
| Lighting | Iain Mathieson | Best Boy Electric |
| Costume & Make-Up | Terry Baliel | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Terry Jarvis | Wigmaker |
| Art | Peter C. Clarke | Assistant Property Master |
| Crew | Gunner Ashford | Armorer |
| Lighting | Gary Hill | Rigging Gaffer |
| Camera | David Nichols | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Paul Reddin | Rigging Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janice Alexander | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kenny Myers | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Richard Snell | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol Pershing | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karen Asano-Myers | Hairstylist |
| Production | Mitchell E. Dauterive | Production Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Romulo Adriano Jr. | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Neil Greenberg | Visual Effects Editor |
| Editing | Penny Lee Hallin | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Lil Heyman | Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Mark P. Stoeckinger | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kendall Errair | Costumer |
| Editing | Cynthia E. Thornton | Associate Editor |
| Editing | Pablo Prietto | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Anne Bruning | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Charles Harrington | Location Manager |
| Editing | Jenny Hicks | Assistant Editor |
| Visual Effects | Thomas Boland | Visual Effects Producer |
| Crew | Dan Romero | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | Michael Sean Ryan | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Graham Larson | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Dino DiMuro | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Michelle Pazer | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Jeffrey Wilhoit | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Bob Beher | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Ben Wilkins | Sound Editor |
| Production | Mayda Renizzi-Holt | Assistant Accountant |
| Art | Neil Kirkland | Construction Coordinator |
| Crew | Vic Cuccia | Transportation Captain |
| Sound | Victor Ray Ennis | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Laura Harris Atkinson | Dialogue Editor |
| Production | Jill Soper | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Production | Ken Ryan | Production Accountant |
| Sound | Michael Kamper | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Jon Title | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Bruce Tanis | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Kerry Dean Williams | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | Alan Rankin | Sound Editor |
| Production | Kyoko Kageyama | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Craig S. Jaeger | Foley Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Tim Crosbie | VFX Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Buck | Costume Coordinator |
| Sound | Paul Flinchbaugh | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Kelly Oxford | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Frank Smathers | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Greg Steele | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Alan Meyerson | Scoring Mixer |
| Visual Effects | George Macri | Visual Effects Producer |
| Sound | David A. Cohen | Dialogue Editor |
| Editing | Mo Henry | Negative Cutter |
| Sound | Nerses Gezalyan | Foley Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Jeffrey White | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | William Mesa | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Mary Jo Lang | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Christopher Assells | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Caitlin McKenna | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Charleen Richards-Steeves | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Michael Miller | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Marc Streitenfeld | Music Editor |
| Sound | Anna MacKenzie | ADR Editor |
| Sound | John Roesch | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Alyson Dee Moore | Foley Artist |
| Sound | James Moriana | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Robert Deschaine | ADR Mixer |
| Crew | Casey O'Neill | Stunt Double |
| Editing | Steven Rosenblum | Editor |
| Sound | Dean Hurley | Sound Assistant |
| Crew | Melissa R. Stubbs | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Tad Griffith | Stunts |
| Crew | Nobuyuki Obikane | Stunts |
| Crew | Hiroki Takano | Stunts |
| Writing | John Logan | Story |
| Visual Effects | Ray McIntyre Jr. | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Anna Behlmer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Gretchen Rau | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Jeff Wexler | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Andy Nelson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Simon Rhee | Stunts |
| Crew | James Lew | Stunts |
| Crew | Peng Zhang | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Duncan Jarman | Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Kenji Sato | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chris Lyons | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
