Release Date
December 5, 2003
DVD Release Date
May 4, 2004 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Edward Zwick
Writer
John Logan
Cast
John Koyama, Koyuki, Aoi Minato, Shichinosuke Nakamura, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shun Sugata, Scott Wilson, Shin Koyamada, Sosuke Ikematsu, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Timothy Spall, William Atherton, Seizo Fukomoto, Masato Harada, Togo Igawa, Tom Cruise
Studio
Running Time
144 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for strong violence and battle sequences
What is The Last Samurai about?
Captain Woodrow Algren, a Civil War veteran travels to Japan where he begins to teach the empire in the ways of modern warfare. This modernization marks the end of feudal society as well as the end of the samurai culture, as the emperor's new army prepares to destroy the honorable soldiers. Algren has no problem with this until he is captured and learns the warrior's honor code.... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Tom Cruise stars in The Last Samurai, an epic war drama about the last days of old Japan before Western civilization sunk its teeth into it for good. The movie has everything one wants - action, drama and romance - but does it have what it takes to combine them all? Full movie review »
