The Last Samurai
Film
The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai is a 2003 film directed by Edward Zwick. It stars Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Shin Koyamada and others.
Crew & production
- Director
- Edward Zwick
- Screenwriters
- Edward Zwick, John Logan, Marshall Herskovitz
- Producers
- Edward Zwick, John A. Logan, Marshall Herskovitz, Paula Wagner, Tom Cruise
- Director of photography
- John Toll
- Composer
- Hans Zimmer
- Editor
- Steven Rosenblum
- Production companies
- Bedford Falls Productions, Cruise/Wagner Productions
- Original language
- English
- Filming locations
- Engyō-ji Temple, Japan, New Zealand
- Budget
- A$140 million
- Box office
- $457 million (worldwide)
Trailer
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Top cast
17 people
Tom Cruise
Ken Watanabe
Shin Koyamada
Tony Goldwyn
Masato Harada
Hiroyuki Sanada
Timothy Spall
Koyuki
Billy Connolly
Togo Igawa
Scott Wilson
William Atherton
More cast
- Sosuke Ikematsu
- Chad Lindberg
- Seizō Fukumoto Silent Samurai
- Nakamura Shichinosuke II Emperor Meiji
- Shun Sugata Nakao
Sources
- Wikidata (Q207130), accessed October 2026
- Cast photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each profile
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