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Release Date: 2003   Duration: 148 min

Cast: Tony Goldwyn, Shun Sugata, Togo Igawa, Koyuki, Ken Watanabe, Aoi Minato, Timothy Spall, Scott Wilson, Shin Koyamada, Nakamura Shichinosuke II, William Atherton, Billy Connolly ...MORE

Cast: Tony Goldwyn, Shun Sugata, Togo Igawa, Koyuki, Ken Watanabe, Aoi Minato, Timothy Spall, Scott Wilson, Shin Koyamada, Nakamura Shichinosuke II, William Atherton, Billy Connolly, Tom Cruise, Sosuke Ikematsu, Hiroyuki Sanada, Masato Harada ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Costume drama, Action/Adventure, Period piece, Drama, War film, Action film, Historical drama

The Last Samurai is a 2003 American epic drama film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan. The film stars Tom Cruise, who also co-produced, as well as Ken Watanabe, Shin Koyamada, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Timothy Spall and Billy Connolly. Inspired by a project by Vincent Ward, it interested Zwick, with Ward later serving as executive...  MORE

The Last Samurai is a 2003 American epic drama film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan. The film stars Tom Cruise, who also co-produced, as well as Ken Watanabe, Shin Koyamada, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Timothy Spall and Billy Connolly. Inspired by a project by Vincent Ward, it interested Zwick, with Ward later serving as executive producer. The film production went ahead with Zwick and was shot in Ward’s native New Zealand. Cruise portrays American officer Nathan Algren, whose personal and emotional conflicts bring him into contact with samurai warriors in the wake of the Meiji Restoration in 19th Century Japan. The film's plot was inspired by the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion led by Saigō Takamori, and on the westernization of Japan by colonial powers, though this is largely attributed to the United States in the film for American audiences. It is also based on the stories of Jules Brunet, a French army captain who fought alongside Enomoto Takeaki in the earlier Boshin War and Frederick Townsend Ward, an American mercenary who helped Westernize the Chinese army by forming the Ever Victorious Army. The Last Samurai was well received upon its release, with a worldwide box office total of $456 million. It was nominated for several awards, including four Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and two National Board of Review Awards. LESS