
The Last Samurai
- Action
- Drama
- War
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.
- Directed by
- Edward Zwick
- Written by
- John Logan, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
Cast
Tom Cruise
Ken Watanabe
Timothy Spall
Tony Goldwyn
Hiroyuki Sanada- Koyuki
- Shin Koyamada
Billy Connolly- Togo Igawa
- Shichinosuke Nakamura
- Masato Harada
- William Atherton
Keywords
- period drama
- war veteran
- soldier
- language barrier
- loss of loved one
- emperor
- insurgence
- sword
- warrior
- alcoholic
- mercenary
- u.s. soldier
- japan
- foreign legion
- samurai
- self-discovery
- sense of guilt
- katana
- swordplay
- meditative
- homeland
- slaughter
- general
- arms deal
- war crimes
- mountain village
- campaign
- war strategy
- gettysburg
- japanese army
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