The Last Samurai
“In the face of an enemy, in the heart of one man, lies the soul of a warrior.”
7.6(7,331 votes)
December 5, 2003
2h 34m
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.
Director
Edward ZwickWriters
John Logan, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
Budget
$140,000,000
Revenue
$456,800,000
