The Last Samurai

Drama, Adventure, War, Action

Tom Cruise	Nathan Algren
Ken Watanabe	Katsumoto
Tony Goldwyn	Colonel Benjamin Bagley
Billy Connolly	Zebulon Gant
Masato Harada	Omura
Hiroyuki Sanada	Ujio
Timothy Spall	Simon Graham
Shin Koyamada	Nobutada
Togo Igawa	General Hasegawa
Shichinosuke Nakamura	Emperor Meiji
William Atherton	Winchester Rep
Chad Lindberg	Winchester Rep Assistant
Ray Godshall Sr.	Convention Hall Attendee
Masashi Odate	Omura's Companion
John Koyama	Omura's Bodyguard

Director	Edward Zwick
Producer	Tom Cruise; Tom Engelman; Michael Doven
Writer	Marshall Herskovitz; John Logan

"The Last Samurai" stars Tom Cruise who plays an American army officer Nathan Algren. When the movie opens, Algren is living in the United States without purpose or direction. He is hired as a military adviser for Japan to train the Emperor's troops. In combat, he is captured by the opposition, the samurai. Unable to escape, he begins to learn and appreciate the way of the samurai. He becomes friends with his captors, primarily Katsumoto, who is a leader among the samurai. Eventually Algren completely embraces Japanese and samurai culture, so much so that he switches sides and fights for their cause.