Seizo Fukumoto as Silent Samurai, an elderly samurai tasked with monitoring Algren during his time in the village, who calls the samurai "Bob". "Bob" ultimately saves Algren's life (and …

Dec 5, 2003 · "The Last Samurai" 2003 and "The Last of the Dogmen" (1995 d: Tab Murphy, with Tom Berenger and Barbara Hershey in the lead) are both films with the theme of the 'last' of …

AMC Presents: After he is captured in battle an American military advisor embraces the samurai culture he was hired to destroy.

An American war veteran hired to teach modern military tactics in 1870s Japan becomes caught up in the conflict between the emperor and the samurai. Watch trailers & learn more.

Jun 5, 2025 · A controversial yet successful Tom Cruise -led period drama released over two decades ago has a new streaming home. Fans can now catch the 2003 Warner Bros. classic, …

Tom Cruise stars as Nathan Algren, a veteran of the U.S. Civil War who is hired by the Emperor Meiji to train an army capable of wiping out the samurai.

Civil War soldier Nathan Algren leaves the USA for feudal Japan. After signing up to help defeat a warlord, he is captured. Algren knows the fate of enemy prisoners, but he is surprised to be …

Tom Cruise stars in this sweeping epic set in Japan during the 1870s as Captain Nathan Algren, a respected American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first …

Dec 5, 2003 · Brimming with meaning and wisdom that lands it firmly in the category of timeless cinema, “The Last Samurai” is about love, friendship and comradery, about the changing …

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.