The Last Samurai Review Facts: Cast, Story and Legacy

The Last Samurai (2003) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. In the face of an enemy, in the heart of one man, lies the soul of a warrior.

Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand. Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

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; Koyuki as Taka; Shin Koyamada as Nobutada; Billy Connolly as Zebulon Gant

About The Last Samurai

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.

More like The Last Samurai

• The Challenge
• The Patriot
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
• Uncommon Valor
• Hacksaw Ridge
• The Last Full Measure
• Flags of Our Fathers

Figures and availability come from public TMDB data and are provided as a sourced reference.