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- 154 Minutes
- Warner Bros.
- Language English
- Country USA
- Rated: R
- Format: Widescreen, 2-Disc Edition
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- Directed by Edward Zwick
- Written by Edward Zwick, John Logan, Marshall Herskovitz
- Starring Billy Connolly, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ken Watanabe, Koyuki Kato, Shin Koyamada, Timothy Spall, Tom Cruise, Tony Goldwyn
Synopsis:
Tom Cruise plays Civil War hero Capt. Nathan Algren, who comes to Japan to fight the Samurai and ends up pledging himself to their cause. Ken Watanabe (Academy Award nominee) plays Katsumoto, a Samurai leader facing a vanishing way of life, whose destiny becomes intertwined with that of the American captain. Edward Zwick (winner of the National Board of Review's Best Director Award) directs this sweeping and emotional epic tale of the birth of modern Japan.
Won: Best Director, 2003 National Board of Review Awards
Nominated: Best Actor in a Suporting Role (Watanabe), Best Sound Mixing, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, 2004 Academy Awards; Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (Cruise), Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (Watanabe), Best Original Score - Motion Picture, 2004 Golden Globes
Review:
"Amovie that demands our surrender--to its energy, to its bold-stroke moviemaking, to its acting and, above all, to its romantic vision of a lost world." -- Richard Schickel, TIME
(Read more)- More on The Last Samurai:
- Official film web site
- Interview with actor Tom Cruise
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