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Shun Sugata as Nakao, a tall samurai who wields a naginata and is skilled in jujutsu. He assists Algren in rescuing Katsumoto and dies along with the other samurai in the final battle. Togo Igawa as General Hasegawa, a former Samurai serving in the Imperial Japanese Army. He commits seppuku after the first battle.
Dec 5, 2003 · The Last Samurai: Directed by Edward Zwick. With Ken Watanabe, Tom Cruise, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg. In 19th century Japan, Nathan Algren, a US army captain, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques.
In 1876, a Civil War vet is taken prisoner by samurai warriors when he goes to Japan to teach modern military warfare to the emperor's army. During his captivity, he undergoes a spiritual rebirth...
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.
Cast & Crew. A Westerner (Tom Cruise) learns the ways of the samurai in the 1870s.
Jun 29, 2024 · Tom Cruise leads the cast as Nathan Algren, alongside 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, and Billy Connolly as Zebulon Gant.
