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.

Beesley's Ratings

Id

1861

Name

Last Samurai, The (2003)

Genre

ActionEpic ,PeriodDrama

Leads

Cruise,Tom-Watanabe,Ken

Rating

8
Content Advisory

Edited, Extreme Violence and/or Fighting or War, ,K

Comments

None

Metadata from themoviedb.org

Genre Ids

Drama, Action, War

Id

616

Title

The Last Samurai

Popularity

12.347

Release Date

2003-12-05

Softcore

False

Vote Average

7.614

Vote Count

7879

Budget

$140,000,000

Revenue

$456,800,000

Runtime

154 minutes