CAST AND CREW
The Last Samurai
Release Date: Dec 5, 2003 - Wide Release
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Film Genre: Action
Country: United States
» Official Website
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Film Genre: Action
Country: United States
» Official Website
This is an epic story set in the 1870s during the waning days of the traditional samurai warriors in Japan and the rise of the Meiji emperor at the time of the birth of modern Japan. Cruise will star as U.S. soldier Capt. Nathan Algren, who is recruited to train the Japanese army to fight against the samurai. He is subsequently captured by the warriors, taught their ways of honorable battle and ends up siding with them. Connolly will play Sgt. Zebulah Gant, Algren's friend who was injured during the war and now has a limp. Goldwyn will play Col. Benjamin Bagly, Algren's commanding officer during the Civil War who recruited him for the job. Spall will play Simon Graham, an English translator for Algren.
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MOVIE NEWS ITEMS
2002-10-08
Photography is starting on October 10 in Japan and will continue in New Zealand and the United States.
Photography is starting on October 10 in Japan and will continue in New Zealand and the United States.
2002-10-07
Release date announced.
Release date announced.
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