The Last Samurai

In the face of an enemy, in the heart of one man, lies the soul of a warrior.

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.

Tom Cruise

Nathan Algren

Ken Watanabe

Moritsugu Katsumoto

William Atherton

Winchester Rep

Tony Goldwyn

Col. Benjamin Bagley

Chad Lindberg

Winchester Rep Assistant

Ray Godshall Sr.

Convention Hall Attendee

Billy Connolly

Zebulon Gant

Masato Harada

Omura

Masashi Odate

Omura's Companion

John Koyama

Omura's Bodyguard

Timothy Spall

Simon Graham

Shichinosuke Nakamura

Emperor Meiji

Togo Igawa

General Hasegawa

Satoshi Nikaido

N.C.O.

Shintaro Wada

Young Recruit

Shin Koyamada

Nobutada

Hiroyuki Sanada

Ujio

Shun Sugata

Nakao