
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.
The Last Samurai
December 5, 2003
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Cast (48)

Tom Cruise
Nathan Algren

Ken Watanabe
Moritsugu Katsumoto

Timothy Spall
Simon Graham

Tony Goldwyn
Col. Benjamin Bagley

Hiroyuki Sanada
Ujio

Koyuki
Taka

Shin Koyamada
Nobutada

Billy Connolly
Zebulon Gant

Togo Igawa
General Hasegawa

Shichinosuke Nakamura
Emperor Meiji

Masato Harada
Omura

William Atherton
Winchester Rep

Chad Lindberg
Winchester Rep Assistant

Scott Wilson
Ambassador Swanbeck

Ray Godshall Sr.
Convention Hall Attendee

Masashi Odate
Omura's Companion

John Koyama
Omura's Bodyguard

Satoshi Nikaido
N.C.O.

Shintaro Wada
Young Recruit

Shun Sugata
Nakao

Sosuke Ikematsu
Higen

Aoi Minato
Magojiro

Seizō Fukumoto
Silent Samurai

Shoji Yoshihara
Sword Master

Kosaburo Nomura IV
Kyogen Player #1

Takashi Noguchi
Kyogen Player #2

Noguchi Takayuki
Kyogen Player #3

Sven Toorvald
Omura's Secretary

Yuki Matsuzaki
Soldier in Street #1

Mitsuyuki Oishi
Soldier in Street #2

Jiro Wada
Soldier in Street #3

Hiroshi Watanabe
Guard

Yusuke Myochin
Sword Master's Assistant

Hiroaki Amano
Samurai Ensemble

Kenta Daibo
Samurai Ensemble

Koji Fujii
Samurai Ensemble

Makoto Hashiba
Samurai Ensemble

Shimpei Horinouchi
Samurai Ensemble

Takashi Kora
Samurai Ensemble

Shane Kosugi
Samurai Ensemble

Takeshi Maya
Samurai Ensemble

Seiji Morita
Samurai Ensemble

Lee Murayama
Samurai Ensemble

Takeru Shimizu
Samurai Ensemble

Shinji Suzuki
Samurai Ensemble

Hisao Takeda
Samurai Ensemble

Ryoichiro Yonekura
Samurai Ensemble

Ryoichi Noguchi
Samurai Ensemble
Crew (162)
Directing

Edward Zwick
Director

Nilo Otero
First Assistant Director

Jayne-Ann Tenggren
Script Supervisor

Allen Kupetsky
Second Assistant Director
Writing
Production

Marshall Herskovitz
Producer

Tom Cruise
Producer

Edward Zwick
Producer

Victoria Thomas
Casting

Kevin De La Noy
Unit Production Manager

Paula Wagner
Producer

Scott Kroopf
Producer

Anne Bruning
Production Supervisor

Charles Mulvehill
Executive Producer

Charles Mulvehill
Unit Production Manager

Charles Harrington
Location Manager

Mitchell E. Dauterive
Production Supervisor

Lil Heyman
Production Coordinator

Ken Ryan
Production Accountant

Graham Larson
Associate Producer

Richard Solomon
Executive Producer

Kyoko Kageyama
Production Supervisor

Jill Soper
Assistant Production Coordinator

Mayda Renizzi-Holt
Assistant Accountant

Tom Engelman
Producer

Vincent Ward
Executive Producer

Ted Field
Executive Producer

Yōko Narahashi
Associate Producer

Michael Doven
Associate Producer
Sound

Charleen Richards-Steeves
ADR Mixer

Ben Wilkins
Sound Editor

Alyson Dee Moore
Foley Artist

Caitlin McKenna
ADR Editor

John Roesch
Foley Artist

Hans Zimmer
Original Music Composer

Marc Streitenfeld
Music Editor

Anna Behlmer
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Nerses Gezalyan
Foley Mixer

Mark P. Stoeckinger
Supervising Sound Editor

Christopher Assells
Sound Editor

Jon Title
Sound Designer

Anna MacKenzie
ADR Editor

Kelly Oxford
ADR Editor

Alan Meyerson
Scoring Mixer

Craig S. Jaeger
Foley Supervisor

Jeff Wexler
Production Sound Mixer

Dino DiMuro
Sound Editor

Michael Miller
ADR Mixer

Alan Rankin
Sound Editor

Laura Harris Atkinson
Dialogue Editor

Dean Hurley
Sound Assistant

Greg Steele
ADR Mixer

Michael Kamper
Sound Designer

Robert Deschaine
ADR Mixer

David A. Cohen
Dialogue Editor

Jeffrey Wilhoit
Foley Artist

Victor Ray Ennis
First Assistant Sound Editor

Bruce Tanis
Sound Editor

James Moriana
Foley Artist

Paul Flinchbaugh
Assistant Sound Editor

Michelle Pazer
ADR Editor

Frank Smathers
Foley Editor

Don Coufal
Boom Operator

Mary Jo Lang
Foley Mixer

Bob Beher
Foley Editor

Kerry Dean Williams
Supervising ADR Editor

Andy Nelson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art

Christopher Glass
Storyboard Artist

Jess Gonchor
Art Direction

Kathy Lucas
Assistant Set Decoration

Gretchen Rau
Set Decoration

Christopher Burian-Mohr
Supervising Art Director

Cedar Valentine
Art Department Coordinator

Kim Sinclair
Art Direction

Lilly Kilvert
Production Design

Michael Smale
Set Designer

Parker Swanson
Assistant Property Master

David Gulick
Property Master

Lori A. Lopes
Set Decoration

Neil Kirkland
Construction Coordinator

Philip Thomas
Set Designer

J.C. Brown
Graphic Designer

Elizabeth Flaherty
Assistant Art Director

Sam Storey
Set Designer

Peter C. Clarke
Assistant Property Master

Patrick Cassidy
Leadman
Camera

John Toll
Director of Photography

Peter McCaffrey
Steadicam Operator

Peter McCaffrey
"B" Camera Operator

John Bonnin
Libra Head Technician

Mike Thomas
"A" Camera Operator

Jeff Pelton
Second Assistant "A" Camera

Tommy Klines
First Assistant "B" Camera

Brett McDowell
Dolly Grip

Calum McFarlane
"D" Camera Operator

Darrin Keough
"C" Camera Operator

Brett Matthews
First Assistant "C" Camera

Richard Lacy
First Assistant "D" Camera

Louise Williams
Second Assistant "B" Camera

Chris Toll
First Assistant "A" Camera

Jay Munro
Best Boy Grip

David James
Still Photographer

David Nichols
Key Grip
Costume & Make-Up

Bob Buck
Costume Coordinator

Kenny Myers
Key Makeup Artist

Lois Burwell
Makeup Designer

Kimberley Spiteri
Hairstylist

Ngila Dickson
Costume Design

Janice Alexander
Hair Department Head

Terry Baliel
Key Hair Stylist

Karen Asano-Myers
Hairstylist

Colleen LaBaff
Hairstylist

Tina Harrelson
Makeup Artist

Maggie Elliott
Makeup Artist

Terry Jarvis
Wigmaker

Carol Pershing
Hairstylist

Conor O'Sullivan
Prosthetic Supervisor

Kendall Errair
Costumer

Richard Snell
Makeup Artist

Duncan Jarman
Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Greg Nelson
Makeup Artist
Crew

Simon Rhee
Stunts

James Lew
Stunts

Al Goto
Stunts

Casey O'Neill
Stunt Double

Melissa R. Stubbs
Stunt Coordinator

Kenji Sato
Stunts

Neil Greenberg
Visual Effects Editor

Vic Cuccia
Transportation Captain

Tad Griffith
Stunts

Graham Larson
Post Production Supervisor

Michael Sean Ryan
Transportation Captain

Nick Powell
Stunt Coordinator

Gunner Ashford
Armorer

Dan Romero
Transportation Coordinator

Michael Taylor
Video Assist Operator

Nobuyuki Obikane
Stunts

Peng Zhang
Stunts

Hiroki Takano
Stunts
Editing

Mo Henry
Negative Cutter

Penny Lee Hallin
Assistant Editor

Steven Rosenblum
Editor

Victor Du Bois
Editor

Jenny Hicks
Assistant Editor

Pablo Prietto
Assistant Editor

Cynthia E. Thornton
Associate Editor
Lighting

Paul Reddin
Rigging Grip

Mick Morris
Gaffer

Gary Hill
Rigging Gaffer

Iain Mathieson
Best Boy Electric
Visual Effects

William Mesa
Visual Effects Supervisor

Thomas Boland
Visual Effects Producer

Tim Crosbie
VFX Supervisor

Ray McIntyre Jr.
Visual Effects Supervisor

Paul J. Lombardi
Special Effects Supervisor

Romulo Adriano Jr.
Visual Effects Coordinator

Jeffrey White
Visual Effects Producer

George Macri
Visual Effects Producer