In the face of an enemy, in the heart of one man, lies the soul of a warrior.
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.
DramaActionWarjapansamuraiswordplaygeneralsense of guiltwar veteranswordwar crimesloss of loved oneself-discoveryarms dealhomeland
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Character
Earnest, classical in form, epic and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
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Cast
- Tom CruiseNathan Algren
- Ken WatanabeMoritsugu Katsumoto
- Timothy SpallSimon Graham
- Tony GoldwynCol. Benjamin Bagley
- Hiroyuki SanadaUjio
- KoyukiTaka
- Shin KoyamadaNobutada
- Billy ConnollyZebulon Gant
- Togo IgawaGeneral Hasegawa
- Shichinosuke NakamuraEmperor Meiji
Crew
- Edward ZwickDirector
- John LoganScreenplay
- Edward ZwickScreenplay
- Marshall HerskovitzScreenplay
- John TollDirector of Photography
- Hans ZimmerOriginal Music Composer
- Victor Du BoisEditor
- Steven RosenblumEditor
- Tom EngelmanProducer
- Paula WagnerProducer
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