


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.

Tom Cruise
Nathan Algren

Ken Watanabe
Moritsugu Katsumoto

Timothy Spall
Simon Graham

Tony Goldwyn
Col. Benjamin Bagley

Hiroyuki Sanada
Ujio

Koyuki
Taka

Shin Koyamada
Nobutada

Billy Connolly
Zebulon Gant

Togo Igawa
General Hasegawa

Shichinosuke Nakamura
Emperor Meiji

Masato Harada
Omura

William Atherton
Winchester Rep

Chad Lindberg
Winchester Rep Assistant

Scott Wilson
Ambassador Swanbeck
Ray Godshall Sr.
Convention Hall Attendee

Masashi Odate
Omura's Companion

John Koyama
Omura's Bodyguard

Satoshi Nikaido
N.C.O.
Shintaro Wada
Young Recruit

Shun Sugata
Nakao
Edward Zwick
John Logan, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
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