The Last Samurai

Action, Adventure, Drama, War

Ken Watanabe	Katsumoto
Tom Cruise	Nathan Algren
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
William Atherton	Winchester Rep

Director	Edward Zwick
Producer	Tom Cruise; Tom Engelman
Writer	John Logan; Edward Zwick
Cinematography	John Toll
Musician	Hans Zimmer

"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.