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The Last Samurai
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The Last Samurai

Fri, Dec 5, 2003
  • Drama
  • Action
  • War
Film · Synopsis

Synopsis

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.

Trailer

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Release windows

When & where

US
  • In CinemasMon, Dec 1, 2003
GB
  • In CinemasFri, Jan 9, 2004
CA
  • In CinemasFri, Dec 5, 2003
AU
  • In CinemasThu, Jan 15, 2004
FR
  • In CinemasWed, Jan 7, 2004
  • TVSun, May 10, 2026RTL9
DE
  • In CinemasThu, Jan 8, 2004
JP
  • In CinemasSat, Nov 22, 2003
Where to watch

Streaming TBA

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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Tom Cruise
    Tom Cruise
    as Nathan Algren
  • Ken Watanabe
    Ken Watanabe
    as Moritsugu Katsumoto
  • Timothy Spall
    Timothy Spall
    as Simon Graham
  • Tony Goldwyn
    Tony Goldwyn
    as Col. Benjamin Bagley
  • Hiroyuki Sanada
    Hiroyuki Sanada
    as Ujio
  • Koyuki
    Koyuki
    as Taka
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