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The Last Samurai is a 2003 American epic period action drama film directed and produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz from a story devised by Logan.
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.
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- Action, Drama
- Edward Zwick
- 2003-12-05
In the 1870s, Captain Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), a cynical veteran of the American Civil War, who will work for anyone, is hired by Americans who want lucrative contracts with the Emperor of Japan to train the peasant conscripts for the first standing Imperial Army in modern warfare using firearms.
Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) is an American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the art of modern...
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- Edward Zwick
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- Tom Cruise
181M subscribers. Subscribed. 2.3K. Tom Cruise stars in this sweeping epic set in Japan during the 1870s as Captain Nathan Algren, a respected American military officer hired by the...
Dec 5, 2003 · Edward Zwick's "The Last Samurai" is about two warriors whose cultures make them aliens, but whose values make them comrades. The battle scenes are stirring and elegantly mounted, but they are less about who wins than about what can be proven by dying.
An American war veteran hired to teach modern military tactics in 1870s Japan becomes caught up in the conflict between the emperor and the samurai. Watch trailers & learn more.
