The Last Samurai

December. 05,2003 R

Rating：

7.8

Genre：

Drama Action War

Keywords：

Loss Of Loved One Japan Samurai

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Trailer Synopsis Cast

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 as Nathan Algren

Ken Watanabe as Moritsugu Katsumoto

Timothy Spall as Simon Graham

Tony Goldwyn as Col. Benjamin Bagley

Hiroyuki Sanada as Ujio

Koyuki as Taka

Shin Koyamada as Nobutada

Billy Connolly as Zebulon Gant

Togo Igawa as General Hasegawa

Shichinosuke Nakamura as Emperor Meiji

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Reviews

BlazeLime

2003/12/05

Strong and Moving!

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Bereamic

2003/12/06

Awesome Movie

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Mathilde the Guild

2003/12/07

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

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Zlatica

2003/12/08

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

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betomomu

2003/12/09

Edward Zwick's The Last Samurai is, without a doubt, one of the best films I've ever watched. The battle scenes are gorgeous and so realistic , with a refreshing lack of CGI. However, the story and the evolving friendship of Tom Cruise's and Ken Watanabe's characters are the aspects that make you love the movie and feel atached to it. Such and emotional and fun ride can't just be found nowadays. Masterpiece!

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vikasjoshi-99705

2003/12/10

Tom cruise surely at top notch performance this time . Excellent cinematography, background score ,editing , screenplay ,direction.must watch this near masterpiece..

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clarksweeney

2003/12/11

Quite simply this is a wonderful film. It is a beautiful masterpiece in filmmaking. Very emotional.

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slightlymad22

2003/12/12

Continuing my plan was to every Tom Cruise movie in order, I come to The Last Samurai (2003)I will be honest, I totally dismissed this upon release in 2003. I deemed it a sub par imitation of Dances With Wolves. I never cared to revisit it until today. I don't mind admitting I was totally wrong!! This movie is much more than that. It is intelligently written, brilliantly acted and in this day and age, it's an uncommonly thoughtful epic. The full power of the movie is only lessened by an ending that seems like it goes totally against what the movie was building up to. I won't go into spoilers!! That is only a minor gripe though. I can't believe I was so wrong about this movie. Once again Cruise proves he can act and Watanabe is a seriously powerful presence; looking at it now, you could see he had potential to become a bigger star. Tony Goldwyn (always an a$$hole) is as slimy and unlikeable as always, and Timothy Spall is decent in his small but important role, likewise Billy Connelly. Truthfully there is greatness in The Last Samurai but it falls just short of being a great movie (again the ending) instead of a really good one. The Last Samurai grossed $111 million at the domestic box office (to continue Cruises run over $100 million domestic grossers) ending the year the 20th highest grossing movie of 2003.

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