The Last Samurai

7.6

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.

Discover

Tom Cruise

Nathan Algren

Ken Watanabe

Moritsugu Katsumoto

Timothy Spall

Simon Graham

Tony Goldwyn

Col. Benjamin Bagley

Koyuki

Taka

Shin Koyamada

Nobutada

Billy Connolly

Zebulon Gant

Togo Igawa

General Hasegawa

Shichinosuke Nakamura

Emperor Meiji

William Atherton

Winchester Rep

Chad Lindberg

Winchester Rep Assistant

Scott Wilson

Ambassador Swanbeck

Ray Godshall Sr.

Convention Hall Attendee

Masashi Odate

Omura's Companion

John Koyama

Omura's Bodyguard

Shintaro Wada

Young Recruit

Aoi Minato

Magojiro

Seizō Fukumoto

Silent Samurai

Shoji Yoshihara

Sword Master

Kosaburo Nomura IV

Kyogen Player #1

Takashi Noguchi

Kyogen Player #2

Noguchi Takayuki

Kyogen Player #3

Sven Toorvald

Omura's Secretary

Yuki Matsuzaki

Soldier in Street #1

Mitsuyuki Oishi

Soldier in Street #2

Jiro Wada

Soldier in Street #3

Yusuke Myochin

Sword Master's Assistant

Hiroaki Amano

Samurai Ensemble

Kenta Daibo

Samurai Ensemble

Koji Fujii

Samurai Ensemble

Makoto Hashiba

Samurai Ensemble

Shimpei Horinouchi

Samurai Ensemble

Takashi Kora

Samurai Ensemble

Shane Kosugi

Samurai Ensemble

Takeshi Maya

Samurai Ensemble

Seiji Morita

Samurai Ensemble

Lee Murayama

Samurai Ensemble

Takeru Shimizu

Samurai Ensemble

Shinji Suzuki

Samurai Ensemble

Hisao Takeda

Samurai Ensemble

Ryoichiro Yonekura

Samurai Ensemble

Ryoichi Noguchi

Samurai Ensemble

Art

Lilly Kilvert

Production Design

Christopher Burian-Mohr

Supervising Art Director

Kim Sinclair

Art Direction

Philip Thomas

Set Designer

Michael Smale

Set Designer

Jess Gonchor

Art Direction

Christopher Glass

Storyboard Artist

Cedar Valentine

Art Department Coordinator

Sam Storey

Set Designer

David Gulick

Property Master

J.C. Brown

Graphic Designer

Elizabeth Flaherty

Assistant Art Director

Lori A. Lopes

Set Decoration

Peter C. Clarke

Assistant Property Master

Kathy Lucas

Assistant Set Decoration

Parker Swanson

Assistant Property Master

Neil Kirkland

Construction Coordinator

Gretchen Rau

Set Decoration

Camera

John Toll

Director of Photography

Peter McCaffrey

Steadicam Operator

David James

Still Photographer

Chris Toll

First Assistant "A" Camera

Brett Matthews

First Assistant "C" Camera

Louise Williams

Second Assistant "B" Camera

Calum McFarlane

"D" Camera Operator

Tommy Klines

First Assistant "B" Camera

David Nichols

Key Grip

Mike Thomas

"A" Camera Operator

Darrin Keough

"C" Camera Operator

John Bonnin

Libra Head Technician

Jeff Pelton

Second Assistant "A" Camera

Jay Munro

Best Boy Grip

Brett McDowell

Dolly Grip

Peter McCaffrey

"B" Camera Operator

Richard Lacy

First Assistant "D" Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Ngila Dickson

Costume Design

Lois Burwell

Makeup Designer

Karen Asano-Myers

Hairstylist

Colleen LaBaff

Hairstylist

Janice Alexander

Hair Department Head

Kenny Myers

Key Makeup Artist

Terry Jarvis

Wigmaker

Greg Nelson

Makeup Artist

Richard Snell

Makeup Artist

Conor O'Sullivan

Prosthetic Supervisor

Tina Harrelson

Makeup Artist

Kimberley Spiteri

Hairstylist

Maggie Elliott

Makeup Artist

Terry Baliel

Key Hair Stylist

Carol Pershing

Hairstylist

Bob Buck

Costume Coordinator

Kendall Errair

Costumer

Duncan Jarman

Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Crew

Al Goto

Stunts

Nick Powell

Stunt Coordinator

Michael Taylor

Video Assist Operator

Vic Cuccia

Transportation Captain

Graham Larson

Post Production Supervisor

Neil Greenberg

Visual Effects Editor

Michael Sean Ryan

Transportation Captain

Dan Romero

Transportation Coordinator

Casey O'Neill

Stunt Double

Melissa R. Stubbs

Stunt Coordinator

Simon Rhee

Stunts

James Lew

Stunts

Peng Zhang

Stunts

Kenji Sato

Stunts

Directing

Edward Zwick

Director

Allen Kupetsky

Second Assistant Director

Nilo Otero

First Assistant Director

Jayne-Ann Tenggren

Script Supervisor

Editing

Penny Lee Hallin

Assistant Editor

Jenny Hicks

Assistant Editor

Cynthia E. Thornton

Associate Editor

Pablo Prietto

Assistant Editor

Mo Henry

Negative Cutter

Lighting

Mick Morris

Gaffer

Iain Mathieson

Best Boy Electric

Paul Reddin

Rigging Grip

Gary Hill

Rigging Gaffer

Production

Tom Engelman

Producer

Richard Solomon

Executive Producer

Vincent Ward

Executive Producer

Paula Wagner

Producer

Edward Zwick

Producer

Tom Cruise

Producer

Scott Kroopf

Producer

Charles Mulvehill

Executive Producer

Ted Field

Executive Producer

Yōko Narahashi

Associate Producer

Michael Doven

Associate Producer

Graham Larson

Associate Producer

Charles Mulvehill

Unit Production Manager

Kevin De La Noy

Unit Production Manager

Anne Bruning

Production Supervisor

Mayda Renizzi-Holt

Assistant Accountant

Lil Heyman

Production Coordinator

Ken Ryan

Production Accountant

Mitchell E. Dauterive

Production Supervisor

Jill Soper

Assistant Production Coordinator

Charles Harrington

Location Manager

Kyoko Kageyama

Production Supervisor

Sound

Hans Zimmer

Original Music Composer

Don Coufal

Boom Operator

Mark P. Stoeckinger

Supervising Sound Editor

Ben Wilkins

Sound Editor

Victor Ray Ennis

First Assistant Sound Editor

Craig S. Jaeger

Foley Supervisor

Jon Title

Sound Designer

Laura Harris Atkinson

Dialogue Editor

Kerry Dean Williams

Supervising ADR Editor

Dino DiMuro

Sound Editor

Michael Kamper

Sound Designer

Bruce Tanis

Sound Editor

Paul Flinchbaugh

Assistant Sound Editor

Christopher Assells

Sound Editor

Alan Rankin

Sound Editor

David A. Cohen

Dialogue Editor

Greg Steele

ADR Mixer

Kelly Oxford

ADR Editor

Caitlin McKenna

ADR Editor

Bob Beher

Foley Editor

Alyson Dee Moore

Foley Artist

Mary Jo Lang

Foley Mixer

Alan Meyerson

Scoring Mixer

Michael Miller

ADR Mixer

Jeffrey Wilhoit

Foley Artist

Nerses Gezalyan

Foley Mixer

Frank Smathers

Foley Editor

Marc Streitenfeld

Music Editor

Michelle Pazer

ADR Editor

Anna MacKenzie

ADR Editor

John Roesch

Foley Artist

James Moriana

Foley Artist

Dean Hurley

Sound Assistant

Anna Behlmer

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jeff Wexler

Production Sound Mixer

Andy Nelson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Writing

John Logan

Screenplay

Edward Zwick

Screenplay