B0001K2LSI

090328300791

2003

2003-12-05

154

2h 34min

Nominated for 4 Oscars, 20 wins & 67 nominations total

Edward Zwick

John Logan, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz

Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly

Tom Cruise, Michael Doven, Tom Engelman, Ted Field, Marshall Herskovitz, Scott Kroopf, Graham Larson, Charles Mulvehill, Yôko Narahashi, Richard Solomon, Paula Wagner, Vincent Ward, Edward Zwick

Hans Zimmer

John Toll

Victor Du Bois, Steven Rosenblum

Liz Mullane, Victoria Thomas

Lilly Kilvert

Christopher Burian-Mohr, Jess Gonchor, Kim Sinclair

Gretchen Rau

Ngila Dickson

Janice Alexander, James Allen, Karen Asano-Myers, Michele Barber, Jennifer Barrons, Marc Boyle, Tony Buffa, Lois Burwell, Leo Corey Castellano, Maria Cork, Jeffrey Cruts, Maggie Elliott, Martha Fein, Rick Findlater, Kerryn Flewell-Smith, Sean Foot, Michael Germain, Hitomi Golba, Warren Hanneman, Tina Harrelson, Louise Harris, Shaune Harrison, Jennifer Hegarty, Catherine Heys, Pauline Heys, Teressa Hill, Duncan Jarman, Connie Kallos, Frankie Karena, Michael Krehl, Denise Kum, Colleen LaBaff, Davina Lamont, Fiona Leech, Chris Lyons, Waldo Mason, Sharon McVey, Tracey L. Miller-Smith, Kelly Mitchell, Angela Mooar, Gilbert A. Mosko, Kenny Myers, Greg Nelson, Conor O Sullivan, Mimi Palazon, Daniel Parker, Brian Pierson, Gabriella Pollino, Kath Rayner, Shannon Reese, Darren Robinson, Stephen Rose, Elaina P. Schulman, Loulia Sheppard, Matthew Smith, Ron Snyder, Kimberley Spiteri, Randa Squillacote, Roddy Stayton, Rick Stratton, Annie Townsend, Terrie Velazquez Owen, Julia Wilson, Michael F. Blake, Martin Kopulsky, Russell Latham

Jennifer Barrons, Anne Bruning, Mitchell E. Dauterive, Kevin de la Noy, Kyoko Kageyama, Charles Mulvehill, Ray Quinlan, Bill Draper, Elizabeth Miller Gavcus

Drew Bailey, Louise Boothby, Guy Campbell, Gary Capo, Del Chatterton, Lisa Chu, Emma Cross, Geoff Dibben, Mathew Dunne, Kazmer Harangozo, Gene Keelan, Frank Kostenko Jr., Allen Kupetsky, Ed Licht, Nilo Otero, Joanne Pearce, Jack Steinberg, Paul Sullivan, Eddie Thorne, Andrew Ward, Amy Wilkins, David Williams, Eric Houghton

Renee Lee Alito, Peter Angles, Ronald S. Baratie, Roy Barnes, James R. Bayliss, John Berger, Dan Blanshard, Tristan Paris Bourne, James W. Boyce, Steve Brennan, Rick Broderman, J.C. Brown, Thomas E. Brown, Jon J. Bush, Milton Candish, Peggy Casey, Sourisak Chanpaseuth, Peter C. Clarke, Stacy Clinger, Dan Crawley, Paul Cunningham, Max Daly, Dave DeGaetano, Oscar Delgadillo, Angela Durbin, Al Eisenmann, David Falconer, Elizabeth Flaherty, Paul Ford, Nathan Franson, Christopher Glass, John P. Goldsmith, Adrian Gorton, Nathan Gray, David Gulick, Ted Haigh, Curtis Hamill, Troy Hannett, Wade Hannett, Ann Harris, Keith Haynes, Brock Helfer, Guy Hietala, Roman Illovsky, Andrew L. Jones, Neil Kirkland, Klara Kralova, Merv Lambarth, Kathryn Lim, Daniel Lloyd, Lori A. Lopes, Simon Lowe, Kathy Lucas, P.K. MacCarthy, John Markovich, Ray Massa, Kazuhiko Matsugu, Ray Maxwell, Bryan McBrien, Richard A. McCarthy, Michael McCombe, Frank McEldowney, Andy McLaren, Jean-Paul Menard, Charlie Montoya, Michael Mosley, Harry E. Otto, Anthony D. Parrillo, Josh Patterson, Chris Peterson, Ben Price, Helen Rasmussen, Steve Rice, Amber Richards, Brian Roll, Kathleen Rosen, Lori Rozzi, Liza Rudolph, Trevor A. Rudolph, Tommy Samona, George Sartiano, Jo Schwarz, Ugo Serrano, Michael Smale, Paul Stanwyck, Sam Storey, Samuel J. Storey, Danny Strachan, Patte Strong-Lord, Parker Swanson, Brent Tasker, Will Thayer, Philip Thomas, Brett Tyler, Cedar Valentine, Joanna Venezky, Stephanie Waldron, Nick Weir, Ben Whale, Michael White, Greg Wilkinson, Helen Wilson, Duane Agate, Rob Chalk, Gary J. Coelho, Genevieve Cooper, Kelly Deco, David Forline, Christopher Humbracht, Karl Luthin, Francie McGirr, Robert Miller, Michele Mulkey, Sid Nicholson, George Sartiano, Gary Stel

Christopher Assells, Laura Harris Atkinson, Bob Beher, Anna Behlmer, John Bires, Derek Casari, David A. Cohen, Don Coufal, Robert Deschaine, Dino Dimuro, Richard Dwan Jr., Victor Ray Ennis, John P. Fasal, Paul Flinchbaugh, Nerses Gezalyan, Laura Graham, Phillip A. Hamilton, Craig S. Jaeger, Kenneth L. Johnson, Michael Kamper, Randy Kelley, David Lucarelli, Anna MacKenzie, Caitlin McKenna, Michael Miller, Andy Nelson, Mark Ormandy, Kelly Oxford, Michelle Pazer, Alan Rankin, Charleen Richards, Abel Schiro, Frank Smathers, Greg Steele, Mark P. Stoeckinger, Rin Takada, Bruce Tanis, Jon Title, Mike Westgate, Jeff Wexler, Jeffrey Wilhoit, Ben Wilkins, Kerry Dean Williams, Craig Heath, Dean Hurley, Bruce Maddocks, Peter Michael Sullivan

Alistair Anderson, Matt Appleton, Stan Blackwell, Thomas Blake, Joel P. Blanchard, David Booth, Thomas Brown, Dean Bushby, Karl Chisholm, Dean Clarke, Peter Cleveland, Scott Conner, Thomas M. Craven, Val Crawford, Jeff Cunningham, Geoff Curtis, Lenny Dalrymple, Steve Dearth, Kim Derry, Joe Dunckley, Terry Erickson, Ian Eyre, John Fagan, Doug Falconer, Guy C. Feldman, James Fredburg, Scott Garcia, Oliver Gee, Daniel Gilmore, Flax Glor, Scott Harens, Jeremy Hays, Brent Herrmann, Andy Hunt, Iain Hutton, Steve Ingram, Giacomo Iovino, Duncan Jarman, Andrew Kelly, Andrew Kelly, Jonathan Kombrinck, Donald Krause, Matthew Lillis, Joseph Livolsi, Paul J. Lombardi, Edward Lozano, Darian Lumsden, Ronald W. Mathews, Scott D. Mattson, Mike McDonald, Phil McLaren, Guy Mennano, John D. Milinac, John Mowat, Gayle Munro, Les Nairn, Jeffrey A. Okun, Dan Perry, David Peterson, Rick Peterson, Paul Pistore, Dean Powell, Mark A. Ramage, Ken Rudell, Duane Russell, Mike Scanlan, Charles Schmitz, Robin Schoonraad, Shigemori Shigeta, Yukiyoshi Shimizu, Dominic Taylor, Douglas Dean Taylor, Michael Todd, Paul Verrall, Will Wallace, Robert G. Willard, Dick Wood, Warwick Yin, Petar Zivkovic, Enrique Bilsland, Evan Brainard, Len Burge, Anthony Giordano, Ben Hawker, Russ Herpich, Matthew Jorgensen, Julian Ledger, Carl MacLaren, Scott Oshita, Mark Rappaport, Scott Schutzki, Dan Smith, Shaun Smith, Tom Steves, Hill Vinot

Romulo Adriano Jr., Danny Albano, Marcello Altieri, Daphne Apellanes-Ackerson, Craig Barron, Thomas Boland, Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr., Patrick Bonneau, Tatjana Bozinovski, Scott Brisbane, Steven J. Brooks, John Coats, Ian Cope, Glenn Cotter, James Coulter, Ron Crabb, Tim Crosbie, Jason Crosby, Crystal Day, Krystyna Demkowicz, Tim Everitt, Brian Fisher, Patrick Flanagan, David Fogg, Jessica Franks, Alex Fry, William Gammon, David Geoghegan, Benoit Girard, Jim Gorman, Neil Greenberg, Daryl Habraken, Jennifer Hachigian, Fred Haro, Sara Henschke, Lubo Hristov, Steve Hutchins, Dave Jacobs, Brian Jochum, Bryan Jones, Brad Kalinoski, Patrick Keenan, Hong Kim, Tim Kings-Lynne, Mark Kochinski, Richard Kratt, Lincoln Kupchak, Zoe Lamaera, Kip Larsen, Laurent Lavigne, George Macri, John R. McConnell, Robert McInnis, Ray McIntyre Jr., John P. Mesa, William Mesa, Sal Migliore, Justin Mitchell, Jerome Morin, Darren Mortillaro, Brad Moylan, Patrick Murphy, Don Myers, Dan Novy, Jeffrey A. Okun, Marco S. Paolini, Dean Parks, Adam Paschke, Ben Paschke, Bill Phillips, Monty Phillips, Peter Profetto, Jeremy Pronk, Paul Rivera, Ben Roberts, Ken Rogerson, Steve Rosenbluth, Daniel Rubin, Duane Rutkowski, Jane Sharvina, Mariya Shikher, Evan Shipard, Trent Shumway, Todd R. Smith, Marion Spates, Chris Stoski, Ken Stranahan, Kevin Struckman, Tammy Sutton, Joel H. Thornton, Tommy Tran, Morgan Trotter, Olivia Tsui, Jeff Varga, Leandro Visconti, Dan Walker, Don Waller, Emily Wallin, Jerry Whitaker, Jeffrey White, James Whitlam, Dan Wills, John Attard, Vince De Quattro, Darius Fisher, Melanie Franciosi, Marlan Harris, Judith Holzman, Dave Jerrard, Michael Kirylo, Jason Madigan, Patrick Paul Mullane, Alfredo Ramirez, Colin Rhodes, Andrew Romine, Mark Spatny

Tomoya Abe, Tsuyoshi Abe, Takayuki Akaike, Eugenio Alonso Yenes, Daisuke Amano, Hiro Asari, Danny Baldwin, Dean Caulfield, Brett Chan, Lauro David Chartrand-DelValle, Chris Chin, Mike Ching, Phil Chong, Alejandro Cobo, Mick Corrigan, Jonathan Costelloe, Ricardo Cruz, Alaynna Davis, Christine Davis, Sarah Davis, Jean-Jacques Desplanque, Stephen Dunham, Al Eisenmann, David Forman, Pedro García García, Al Goto, Tad Griffith, Kiwa Halley, Masayoshi Haneda, Ken Hasegawa, Albert Heimuli, Steven Ho, Tasho Ihara, Yoshio Iizuka, Shogo Ikegami, Brian Imada, Steven Ito, Lani Jackson, Geraldine Jacobsen, Akira Kamito, Motoki Kawana, Jon W. Kishi, Kraig Kishi, Masato Kobayashi Xuyen, Akira Koieyama, Tatsuro Koike, Joel Kramer, Yoshiyuki Kubo, Takahiro Kudo, Larry Lam, Danny Le Boyer, Samuel Le, Will Leong, James Lew, Michael Li, Cotton Mather, Duncan McNaughton, Peter Miles, Yoshio Miyaki, Giorgio Miyashita, Atsushi Morita, Kenji Motomiya, Ryoichi Murakami, Ginji Nakamura, Kôji Nakamura, Tadahiro Nakamura, Taketo Nakamura, Masaki Nishimura, Casey O Neill, Nobuyuki Obikane, Lin Oeding, Tadashi Oiwa, Jackie Old Coyote, Atsushi Ono, Shawn C. Orr, Hernan Ortiz, Eijiro Ozaki, Nooroa Poa, Allan Poppleton, Nick Powell, Simon Rhee, Jesús Riarán, Akihiko Sai, Shôji Sakai, Takashi Sakamoto, Jon Sakata, Spencer Sano, Kenji Sato, Paul Shapcott, Tadahiro Shimizu, Patrick Shining Elk, Ava Strong, Melissa R. Stubbs, Akira Sugihara, Zokir Sultanov, Keiya Tabuchi, Hiroki Takano, Kenji Tominaga, Kazuki Tsujimoto, Dave Van Zeyl, Mark Huzi Wu, Paul Wu, Kimio Yamada, Takashi Yamaguchi, Moritaka Yoshida, Marcus Young, Peng Zhang, Raymond Chan, Lauro David Chartrand-DelValle, Brian Ho, Sam Weeks

Sal Alvarez, Russell Ayer, Dana Baker, Kent Baker, Stuart Bell, Tov Belling, Erik Bernstein, Gary Capo, Jasmine Yuen Carrucan, Nelson A. Castillo, Billy Craft, R. Michael De Chellis, Ric Delgado, Jeff Durling, Don Easy, John Enright, Michael Grady, Scott Harman, James Hopwood, David James, Darrin Keough, Jason Kilgore, Tommy Klines, Richard Lacy, Al LaVerde, David Levich, Michael L. Lewin, Gregory Lundsgaard, Leigh Mackenzie, Iain Mathieson, Brett Matthews, Peter McCaffrey, Calum McFarlane, Andrew McGeorge, Mark Mele, Ken Metz, Ray Milazzo, Tony Monk, Dan Moore, Yuji Nakaza, David Nichols, Luis Olivares, Jeff Pelton, Ulric Raymond, Noor Razzak, Paul Reddin, Gareth Robinson, Cary Sachs, Victor A. Shelehov, Philip A.T. Smith, Michael Taylor, Luke Thomas, Mike Thomas, Chris Toll, R. Gern Trowbridge, Bram Tulloch, Nobuhiro Wakabayashi, Joel White, Scott C. Williman, Randy Woodside, Raimund Almanza, Nigel Burton, Joe Hill

Nicole Abellera, Kim Coleman, Mariann H.W. Lee, Caitlin McKenna, Liz Mullane, Yôko Narahashi, Amy Pope, Kazuhito Tsutsumi

Charlene Amateau, Paul Booth, Tom Caddy, Mari-An Ceo, Lorraine Crossman, Libby Dempster, Jasmin Easterbrook, Kendall Errair, Sian Evans, Alexandria Forster, Darin Gordine, Rosemary Gough, Sally Gray, Amy Jo Hoppenfeld, Pauline Laws, Hayley May, Lachlan Mayclair, Liz McGregor, Lucy McLay, Lee-Ann Mercer, Ann Miller, Bob Moore Jr., Samantha Morley, Melissa Mundt, Anna Munro, Roger Murray, Hilary Niederer, Louise Paul, Rob Phillips, Critter Pierce, Grace Pyke, Julie Zavala Ron, Sarah Shepherd, Bess Stansell, Ivory Stanton, Douglas J. Stewart, Simon Ward, Angela Williams, Thao T. Vu, Jake Walls

Julian Andraus, Jill Bogdanowicz, Josh Breslow, Victoria Chu, Ian Elias, Penny Lee Hallin, Mo Henry, Jenny Hicks, Anna Josenhans, Elias Jeremiah Moor, Geoff Pattison, Pablo Prietto, Kent Pritchett, Keith Shaw, Paula Suhy, Dennis Thorlaksen, Cynthia E. Thornton, Susan Vaill, David Ziek, Todd Zongker, David Orr

Sala Baker, Richard Davis Jr., Mana Hira Davis, Nicola Fedrigoni, Charles Harrington, Brian Hulse, Sharon Ninness, Evan Peller, Richard Riwaka, Daniel Veluzat

Eun-Mee Ahn, Slamm Andrews, Steve Becknell, Tom Boyd, Tom Brown, Dee Lewis Clay, Sandy DeCrescent, David Duke, Craig Eastman, Bruce Fowler, Mark Graham, Fred Greene, Jim Hoffman, Steve Holtman, Alex Iles, Tommy Johnson, Jason Lloyd, Charlie Loper, Ladd McIntosh, Alan Meyerson, Yvonne S. Moriarty, Trevor Morris, Melissa Muik, Blake Neely, Bill Reichenbach, John Reynolds, Emil Richards, John Rodd, Peter Rotter, Marni Sanders, Steven L. Smith, Kurt Snyder, Del Spiva, Tom Steel, Marc Streitenfeld, Bill Talbott, Damon Tedesco, Phillip A. Teele, James Thatcher, Richard Todd, Mark Wherry, Phillip Yao, Geoff Zanelli, Hans Zimmer, Joe Zimmerman, John Beal, Gregg Silk

Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Lisa Vick

Rick Braverman, Edward Cook, Vic Cuccia, Caleb Dempsey, Steven Docherty, Spencer Faulkner, Reg Gibson, Knut Kielpinski, Isaac Lane, Randy Luna, Brian Zac McIsaac, Dan Romero, Michael Sean Ryan

Daren N. Afshar, Deborah Alleck, Tansey Allen, Deborah Ambrosino, Graeme Andrews, Gunner Ashford, John Bonnin, David Boyle, Bridget Brewer, Sophie Brewster, Mark Brooks, Andy Buckley, Sharon Burdsley, Jenny Lynn Burnett, Kami Calevro, Lauro David Chartrand-DelValle, Gunnar Clancey, Sam M. Cobb, Jason Cox, Paulette Dauber, Charles de Bernier, Alfredo De Leon, Phil DeSanti, James D. Dever, Robert J. Dietze II, Graham Dolan, Joe Dunckley, Greg Eby, Josh Ernstrom, Vincent Joseph Flaherty, Billy L. Butch Frank, Jessica Franks, Sue Frey, Darin Fujimori, Emi Fukuda, Robert Rock Galotti, Donte Gentile, Marc C. Geschwind, Christopher Gilbertson, Robert Gillmor, Eileen Gopperth, Thea Govorko, Warren Green, Josh Gummersall, Felicity Hamill, Jennifer Hammon, Gary Harper, Alison Haskovec, Kelly Helstrom, Bart Hendrickson, Lil Heyman, Jean Hodges, Jabe Hura, Tristan Jackson, Minori James, Lance Julian, Doug Katau, Taka Kawatsu, Michael G. Kehoe, Mark Kelly, Karen Kemsley, Carol Kim, Dan King, Nancy Kiu, Denice Kumagai, Grady Lee, Brian Mahony, John Malakoff, Joey Cruz Manalang, Natanya Marks, Lisa Matsukawa, Rob McCabe, Jane McCurdy, Tim McGee, Timothy McGee, Duncan McNaughton, Melvin Mete, Zack Milan, Rosie Miles, Caroline Miller, Randy Miller, Tomoko Miyachi, Tony Monk, Elias Jeremiah Moor, Ryan Moriarty, Heather Moses, Alan Munro, Arwen Munro, Brian Nailing, Atsushi Naito, Moanike ala Nakamoto, Nigel Nally, Graham Nixon, Jason Novak, Steve Old, Riki Otaki, Stacy Parker, Susan Parker, David Passman, Jacquilyn Penn, Charlie Portillo, Samata Preston, Troy Putney, Ryan Quinlan, Philippa Race, Angela Randazzo, Sonia Randazzo, Julie Rasmussen, Matt Reitsma, Mayda Renizzi-Holt, F. Lee Reynolds, Tone Rodriguez, Page Rosenberg-Marvin, Steve Rosenbluth, Ken Ryan, Mark Schilling, Lynley Schollum, Wonder Fortune Serra, Marc Siegel, Darius Siwek, Doug Sloan, Phil Smith, Stacy Solomon, Jill Soper, E. Michael Stankevich, Michael Svitak, Tony Swatton, Helene Takacs, Yô Takeyama, Lindsay Tapp, Korin A. Tarin, Damon J. Taylor, Amanda Uber, Jasmin Vette, Tracey Vickers, Mathew Ward, Bex Watts, Tracey Weaver, Jennifer Webb, Peter White, Andy Wickens, Erin Wilson, Frank D. Woodward, Phil Greig, Ruffin Moye, Edwina Pellikka, Robert Milo Williams

Action, Drama

Warner Bros., The Bedford Falls Company, Cruise/Wagner Productions

USA, New Zealand, Japan

English, Japanese

R

7.8

438387

55

The Last Samurai is a 2003 epic period action drama film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz from a story devised by Logan. The film stars Ken Watanabe in the title role, with Tom Cruise, who also co-produced, as a soldier-turned-samurai who befriends him, and Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Koyuki, and Shin Koyamada in supporting roles.

Tom Cruise portrays an American captain of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, whose personal and emotional conflicts bring him into contact with samurai warriors in the wake of the Meiji Restoration in 19th century Japan. The film s plot was inspired by the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion led by Saigō Takamori, and the Westernization of Japan by foreign powers, though in the film the United States is portrayed as the primary force behind the push for Westernization. It is also influenced by the stories of Jules Brunet, a French Imperial Guard sub-lieutenant who fought alongside Enomoto Takeaki in the earlier Boshin War; Philip Kearny, a United States Army (Union Army) major general and French Imperial Guard soldier, notable for his leadership in the American Civil War, who fought against the Tututni tribe in the Rogue River Wars in Oregon; and, to a lesser extent, by Frederick Townsend Ward, an American mercenary who helped Westernize the Chinese army by forming the Ever Victorious Army.

The Last Samurai grossed a total of $456 million at the box office and was well-received upon its release, receiving praise for the acting (particularly from Cruise and Watanabe), writing, directing, score, visuals, set design, costumes, and messages, but criticized in Japan for a romanticized storybook portrayal of the samurai, who are regarded as having been more corrupt. It was nominated for several awards, including four Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and two National Board of Review Awards.

$140,000,000 (estimated)

$24,271,354

$111,127,263

$454,627,263

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