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.
Details
- Director
- Edward Zwick
- Writer
- Marshall Herskovitz
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $140,000,000
Cast
Billy Connolly
Hiroyuki Sanada
Ken Watanabe
Koyuki
Shichinosuke Nakamura
Shin Koyamada
Timothy Spall
Togo Igawa
Tom Cruise
Tony Goldwyn
Keywords
19th century
alcoholic
antagonistic
arms deal
campaign
emperor
foreign legion
general
gettysburg
going native
homeland
insurgence
intense
japan
japanese army
katana
language barrier
loss of loved one
mercenary
mighty whitey
mountain village
period drama
samurai
self-discovery
sense of guilt
slaughter
soldier
sword
swordplay
u.s. soldier
vindictive
war crimes
war strategy
war trauma
war veteran
warrior
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