names: The Last Samurai
genre: Drama, Action, War
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.
crew: Tom Cruise, Nathan Algren, Ken Watanabe, Moritsugu Katsumoto, Timothy Spall, Simon Graham, Tony Goldwyn, Colonel Bagley, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ujio, Koyuki, Taka, Shin Koyamada, Nobutada, Billy Connolly, Zebulon Gant, Togo Igawa, General Hasegawa
orig_title: The Last Samurai