Released
The Last Samurai
December 5 2003 (almost 21 years ago)Rating
76
Based on
6752 reviews
In the face of an enemy, in the heart of one man, lies the soul of a warrior.
- Director: Edward Zwick
- Writers: John Logan, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
- Genres: Drama, Action, War
- Runtime: 2 h 34 m
- Budget: $140,000,000
- Box office: $456,800,000
- Countries: New Zealand, United States of America
- Companies: Warner Bros. Pictures, Radar Pictures, Bedford Falls Productions, Cruise/Wagner Productions
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.
