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- The Last Samurai stars Tom Cruise as Nathan Algren, a member of the U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry Regiment who served during the American Indian Wars. Algren is recruited to train the Japanese Imperial Army to fight against the samurai rebellion, led by Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu (Ken Watanabe).
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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.
- $140 million
Katsumoto: Tom Cruise ... Nathan Algren: William Atherton ... Winchester Rep: Chad Lindberg ... Winchester Rep Assistant: Ray Godshall Sr. ... Convention Hall Attendee: Billy Connolly ... Zebulon Gant: Tony Goldwyn ... Colonel Bagley: Masato Harada ... Omura: Masashi Odate ...
Dec 5, 2003 · The Last Samurai: Directed by Edward Zwick. With Ken Watanabe, Tom Cruise, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg. Nathan Algren, a US army veteran, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques.
- Edward Zwick
- 31 sec
Katsumoto has one son, Nobutada (Shin Koyamada), who shows great promise as a warrior, particularly with the bow. He also has a sister, Taka (Koyuki), who manages her household in Nobutada's village. Taka is married to Hirotaro, a samurai, with whom she has two boys.
Ken Watanabe (渡辺 謙, Watanabe Ken, born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese actor. To English-speaking audiences, he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Katsumoto : This is my son's village. We are deep in the mountains, and the winter is coming. You cannot escape. Nobutada : Jolly Good. Katsumoto : [Algren has just walked into Katsumoto's house, after being beaten thoroughly by Uijo] Uijo is teaching you the way of the Japanese sword. Algren : [Flatly] Yes indeed.
Played by: Shin Koyamada. Katsumoto's son and the lord of the village in which the samurai are encamped. His father advises Nobutada to teach Algren in Japanese culture and language.
