He brings Algren, intending to release him. Katsumoto requests a meeting with Emperor Meiji and is given safe passage to Tokyo. Algren saves Katsumoto's life, and then helps defend the village. One night, a group of ninjas infiltrate the village and attempt to assassinate Katsumoto. Algren and Taka, Katsumoto's sister and the widow of a Samurai Algren killed, develop an unspoken affection for each other. He develops sympathy for the Samurai, who are upset that the pace of modern technology has eroded the traditions of their society. Algren overcomes his alcoholism and guilt, and learns the Japanese language and culture. While he is poorly treated at first, he eventually gains the Samurai's respect and actually becomes friends with Katsumoto. Algren is taken to Katsumoto's village to live among his family. Algren fights to the last before he is surrounded expecting to die, he is taken prisoner when Samurai leader Katsumoto decides to spare him. The battle is a disaster the undisciplined conscripts are routed and Gant is killed.
Early in their training, Algren is informed that the Samurai are attacking one of Omura's railroads Omura sends the army there, despite Algren's protests that they are not ready.
Upon arriving, Algren meets Simon Graham, a British translator knowledgeable about the Samurai.Īlgren finds the Imperial soldiers are actually conscripted peasants that have no knowledge of firearms or battle. Despite his hatred of Bagley for his role in the Indian Wars, an impoverished Algren takes the job for the money, and is accompanied to Japan by his old friend, Sergeant Zebulon Gant. It was nominated for several awards, including four Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and two National Board of Review Awards.įormer US Army Captain Nathan Algren, a bitter alcoholic traumatized by the atrocities he committed during the American Indian Wars, is approached by his former commanding officer Colonel Bagley to train the newly created Imperial Japanese Army for a forward-thinking Japanese businessman Omura, who intends to use the army to suppress a Samurai-headed rebellion against Japan's new Emperor. The Last Samurai grossed a total of $456 million at the box office and was well-received upon its release, receiving praise for the acting, writing, directing, score, visuals, costumes and messages. To a lesser extent it is also influenced by the stories of Jules Brunet, a French army captain who fought alongside Enomoto Takeaki in the earlier Boshin War and Frederick Townsend Ward, an American mercenary who helped Westernize the Chinese army by forming the Ever Victorious Army. The film's plot was inspired by the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion led by SaigÅ Takamori, and the westernization of Japan by foreign powers, though in the film the United States is portrayed as the primary force behind the push for westernization. Tom Cruise portrays a United States Captain of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, whose personal and emotional conflicts bring him into contact with samurai warriors in the wake of the Meiji Restoration in 19th Century Japan. The film stars Tom Cruise, who also co-produced, with Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Koyuki, and Shin Koyamada in supporting roles. The Last Samurai is a 2003 American periodaction drama film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz.
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