The Last Samurai

In the film "The Last Samurai," set in the late 19th century, former American Civil War captain Nathan Algren, portrayed by Tom Cruise, finds himself in Japan during a time of great transformation. Algren is enlisted by the Japanese government to train a modern army to suppress the samurai…

Director  Edward Zwick

Cast  Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Timothy Spall, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada