The Last Samurai [616] Released: 2003-12-05 Revenue: $456,800,000 Budget: $140,000,000 Profit: $316,800,000 Runtime: 154 mins Popularity: 8.6723 Vote Average: 7.592 Vote Count: 7,069 Overview: 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. Cast [48] Tom CruiseNathan Algren Ken WatanabeMoritsugu Katsumoto Timothy SpallSimon Graham Tony GoldwynCol. Benjamin Bagley Hiroyuki SanadaUjio KoyukiTaka Shin KoyamadaNobutada Billy ConnollyZebulon Gant Togo IgawaGeneral Hasegawa Shichinosuke NakamuraEmperor Meiji Masato HaradaOmura William AthertonWinchester Rep Chad LindbergWinchester Rep Assis Scott WilsonAmbassador Swanbeck Ray Godshall Sr.Convention Hall Atte Masashi OdateOmura's Companion John KoyamaOmura's Bodyguard Satoshi NikaidoN.C.O. Shintaro WadaYoung Recruit Shun SugataNakao Sosuke IkematsuHigen Aoi MinatoMagojiro Seizō FukumotoSilent Samurai Shoji YoshiharaSword Master Kosaburo Nomura IVKyogen Player #1 Takashi NoguchiKyogen Player #2 Noguchi TakayukiKyogen Player #3 Sven ToorvaldOmura's Secretary Yuki MatsuzakiSoldier in Street #1 Mitsuyuki OishiSoldier in Street #2 Jiro WadaSoldier in Street #3 Hiroshi WatanabeGuard Yusuke MyochinSword Master's Assis Hiroaki AmanoSamurai Ensemble Kenta DaiboSamurai Ensemble Koji FujiiSamurai Ensemble Makoto HashibaSamurai Ensemble Shimpei HorinouchiSamurai Ensemble Takashi KoraSamurai Ensemble Shane KosugiSamurai Ensemble Takeshi MayaSamurai Ensemble Seiji MoritaSamurai Ensemble Lee MurayamaSamurai Ensemble Takeru ShimizuSamurai Ensemble Shinji SuzukiSamurai Ensemble Hisao TakedaSamurai Ensemble Ryoichiro YonekuraSamurai Ensemble Ryoichi NoguchiSamurai Ensemble Hompage: https://www.warnerbros.com/last-samurai Trailers Tom Cruise Warrior’s Journey - Behind the Scenes Original Theatrical Trailer