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Last Samurai (The)
- Director: Edward Zwick
- Writer: John Logan
- Producer: Tom Cruise; Michael Doven
CGiii Comment
Lavish...and, the title tells you what is going to happen.
Terribly expensive and passably entertaining.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Set in Japan during the 1870s, this movie tells the story of Captain Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), a respected American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first Army in the art of modern warfare. The Imperial Omura (Masato Harada) cabinet attempts to eradicate the ancient Imperial Samurai warriors in preparation for more Westernized and trade-friendly government policies, Algren finds himself unexpectedly impressed and influenced by his encounters with the Samurai, which places him at the center of a struggle between two eras and two worlds, with only his own sense of honor to guide him.
Cast & Characters
Ken Watanabe as Katsumoto;
Tom Cruise as Nathan Algren;
William Atherton as Winchester Rep;
Chad Lindberg as Winchester Rep Assistant;
Ray Godshall Sr. as Convention Hall Attendee;
Billy Connolly as Zebulon Gant;
Tony Goldwyn as Colonel Bagley;
Masato Harada as Omura;
Masashi Odate as Omura's Companion;
John Koyama as Omura's Bodyguard;
Timothy Spall as Simon Graham;
Shichinosuke Nakamura as Emperor Meiji;
Togo Igawa as General Hasegawa;
Satoshi Nikaido as N.C.O.;
Shintaro Wada as Young Recruit