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.

Countries
United States of America, Japan, New Zealand

Actors
Timothy Spall, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Tom Cruise, Togo Igawa, Koyuki

Crew
Hans Zimmer, Tom Cruise, Victoria Thomas, John Logan, Ngila Dickson, John Toll, Steven Rosenblum, Charles Mulvehill