The Last Samurai
Cast: Ken Watanabe, Tom Cruise, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg
Director(s): Edward Zwick
Studio: Warner Brothers
Certificate: 
Run Time: 154 minutes
Genre: Action
Synopsis:
Captain Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) is a man adrift. Once he risked his life for honour and country, but, in the years since the Civil War, the world has changed. Pragmatism has replaced courage, self-interest has taken the place of sacrifice and honour is nowhere to be found - especially out West where his role in the Indian Campaigns ended in disillusionment and sorrow.
A universe away, another soldier sees his way of life about to disintegrate. He is Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe), the last leader of an ancient line of warriors, the venerated Samurai, who dedicated their lives to serving emperor and country. Just as the modern way encroached upon the American West, cornering and condemning the Native American, it also engulfed traditional Japan and now threatens those values and codes by which the Samurai have lived and died for centuries.
The paths of these two warriors converge when the young Emperor of Japan hires Algren to train Japan's first modern, conscript army. But as the Emperor's advisors attempt to eradicate the Samurai in preparation for a more Westernised government, Algren finds himself unexpectedly impressed by his encounters with the Samurai.
