The Last Samurai

About The Last Samurai

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.

Edward Zwick's The Last Samurai is a 2003 war film. It runs 154 minutes and was released in December 2003.

Tom Cruise stars as Nathan Algren, Ken Watanabe as Moritsugu Katsumoto, Timothy Spall as Simon Graham, and Tony Goldwyn as Col. Benjamin Bagley. Written by Edward Zwick and John Logan. It comes from Bedford Falls Productions, Cruise/Wagner Productions, and Radar Pictures.

Members will find soldier, alcoholic, celebratory, and mercenary in it. American members can watch it on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV channel, and HBO Max.

Ondanondu Kaladalli, Yojimbo, and 13 Assassins make useful companions to The Last Samurai, all filed under katana and period drama. It scores 7.6 out of 10 from 7,878 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.