The Last Samurai
- Director
- Edward Zwick
- Release Date
- December 5, 2003
- Cast
- Shin Koyamada , Ken Watanabe , Koyuki Kato , Tom Cruise , Tony Goldwyn
- Writers
- Edward Zwick , John Logan , Marshall Herskovitz
- Runtime
- 154 minutes
- Budget
- $140 million
- Main Genre
- Action
- Cinematographer
- John Toll
- Producer
- Paula Wagner, Tom Engelman, Edward Zwick, Tom Cruise, Marshall Herskovitz, Scott Kroopf
- Production Company
- Warner Bros., Cruise/Wagner Productions, Radar Pictures, The Bedford Falls Company
- Sfx Supervisor
- Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr., Steve Ingram
- Distributor
- Warner Bros.
- Assistant Director
- Nilo Otero
Summary
An American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle.
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