Released:
2003-12-05

Overview:
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.

Director:
Edward Zwick

Runtime:
2h 34min

Genre:
Drama, Action, War

• Cast:
• 
  Tom Cruise
  as
  Nathan Algren
• 
  Ken Watanabe
  as
  Moritsugu Katsumoto
• 
  Timothy Spall
  as
  Simon Graham
• 
  Tony Goldwyn
  as
  Col. Benjamin Bagley
• 
  Hiroyuki Sanada
  as
  Ujio