The Last Samurai (2003)
The Last Samurai (2003) brings audiences on an epic journey through a period of action and drama. Edward Zwick, the director and producer, along with co-writers John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz, crafted a screenplay based on a story devised by Logan. The film follows the story of Nathan Algren, a former U.S. Army Captain who has become a bitter alcoholic due to the traumatic experiences he faced during the American Indian Wars. In 1876, Algren is approached by his former commanding officer, Colonel Bagley. Bagley asks him to train Japan’s newly formed Imperial Japanese Army for businessman Omura, who plans to use the army to suppress a samurai rebellion against Japan’s new emperor. Despite his resentment towards Bagley, Algren agrees to the job for financial reasons. He is joined in Japan by his old friend Sergeant Zebulon Gant.
Upon their arrival, they meet Simon Graham, a knowledgeable British translator familiar with the ways of the samurai. Algren discovers that the imperial soldiers are drafted workers with subpar training and lacking discipline. While teaching them to shoot, word arrives of a samurai assault on one of Omura’s railways. Despite Algren’s objections, the soldiers are ordered into battle under the command of Hasegawa, a former samurai and Army general. The conflict quickly turns disastrous as the recruits flee in fear and Gant is killed. Algren continues to fight until he is eventually surrounded. Believing his death is imminent, he surrenders when samurai leader Katsumoto chooses to spare him. In order to avoid the humiliation of defeat, Hasegawa commits seppuku at his own accord.
Date of download: 2015-11-11T17:22:34+00:00
Cast:  Tom CruiseNathan Algren  Ken WatanabeLord Moritsugu Katsumoto  KoyukiTaka  Shin KoyamadaNobutada Katsumoto  Tony GoldwynColonel Bagley  Masato HaradaMatsue Omura  Shichinosuke NakamuraEmperor Meiji  Hiroyuki SanadaUjio  Timothy SpallSimon Graham  Billy ConnollyZebulon Gant  Shun SugataNakao  William AthertonWinchester Rep |
The Last Samurai (2003) brings audiences on an epic journey through a period of action and drama. Edward Zwick, the director and producer, along with co-writers John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz, crafted a screenplay based on a story devised by Logan. The film follows the story of Nathan Algren, a former U.S. Army Captain who has become a bitter alcoholic due to the traumatic experiences he faced during the American Indian Wars. In 1876, Algren is approached by his former commanding officer, Colonel Bagley. Bagley asks him to train Japan’s newly formed Imperial Japanese Army for businessman Omura, who plans to use the army to suppress a samurai rebellion against Japan’s new emperor. Despite his resentment towards Bagley, Algren agrees to the job for financial reasons. He is joined in Japan by his old friend Sergeant Zebulon Gant.
Upon their arrival, they meet Simon Graham, a knowledgeable British translator familiar with the ways of the samurai. Algren discovers that the imperial soldiers are drafted workers with subpar training and lacking discipline. While teaching them to shoot, word arrives of a samurai assault on one of Omura’s railways. Despite Algren’s objections, the soldiers are ordered into battle under the command of Hasegawa, a former samurai and Army general. The conflict quickly turns disastrous as the recruits flee in fear and Gant is killed. Algren continues to fight until he is eventually surrounded. Believing his death is imminent, he surrenders when samurai leader Katsumoto chooses to spare him. In order to avoid the humiliation of defeat, Hasegawa commits seppuku at his own accord.
