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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.

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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
Koyuki
Taka
Shin Koyamada
Nobutada
Billy Connolly
Zebulon Gant
Togo Igawa
General Hasegawa
Shichinosuke Nakamura
Emperor Meiji
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
Shintaro Wada
Young Recruit
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
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

Edward Zwick
Screenplay
John Logan
Screenplay

Production

Tom Cruise
Producer
Edward Zwick
Producer
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

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
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

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
Graham Larson
Post Production Supervisor
Michael Sean Ryan
Transportation Captain
Nick Powell
Stunt Coordinator
Dan Romero
Transportation Coordinator
Michael Taylor
Video Assist Operator
Peng Zhang
Stunts

Editing

Mo Henry
Negative Cutter
Penny Lee Hallin
Assistant 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