The Last Samurai (2003)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Edward Zwick

Writers (WGA):

John Logan (story)
John Logan (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

5 December 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | War

Tagline:

In the face of an enemy, in the Heart of One Man, Lies the Soul of a Warrior.

Plot:

An American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle.

Plot Keywords:

Civil War | Sheath | Violence | Bokken | Neck Break

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 39 nominations

Cast

Ken Watanabe	...	Katsumoto
Tom Cruise	...	Nathan Algren
William Atherton	...	Winchester Rep
Chad Lindberg	...	Winchester Rep Assistant
Ray Godshall Sr.	...	Convention Hall Attendee
Billy Connolly	...	Zebulon Gant
Tony Goldwyn	...	Colonel Bagley
Masato Harada	...	Omura
Masashi Odate	...	Omura's Companion
John Koyama	...	Omura's Bodyguard
Timothy Spall	...	Simon Graham
Shichinosuke Nakamura	...	Emperor Meiji
Togo Igawa	...	General Hasegawa
Satoshi Nikaido	...	N.C.O.
Shintaro Wada	...	Young Recruit
Shin Koyamada	...	Nobutada
Hiroyuki Sanada	...	Ujio
Shun Sugata	...	Nakao
Koyuki	...	Taka
Sosuke Ikematsu	...	Higen
Aoi Minato	...	Magojiro
Seizo Fukumoto	...	Silent Samurai
Shoji Yoshihara	...	Sword Master
Kosaburo Nomura IV	...	Kyogen Player #1
Takashi Noguchi	...	Kyogen Player #2
Noguchi Takayuki	...	Kyogen Player #3
Sven Toorvald	...	Omura's Secretary
Scott Wilson	...	Ambassador Swanbeck
Yuki Matsuzaki	...	Soldier in Street #1
Mitsuyuki Oishi	...	Soldier in Street #2
Jiro Wada	...	Soldier in Street #3
Hiroshi Watanabe	...	Guard
Yusuke Myochin	...	Sword Master's Assistant
Hiroaki Amano	...	Samurai Ensemble
Kenta Daibo	...	Samurai Ensemble
Koji Fujii	...	Samurai Ensemble
Makoto Hashiba	...	Samurai Ensemble
Shimpei Horinouchi	...	Samurai Ensemble
Takashi Kora	...	Samurai Ensemble
Shane Kosugi	...	Samurai Ensemble
Takeshi Maya	...	Samurai Ensemble
Seiji Mori	...	Samurai Ensemble
Lee Murayama	...	Samurai Ensemble
Takeru Shimizu	...	Samurai Ensemble
Shinji Suzuki	...	Samurai Ensemble
Hisao Takeda	...	Samurai Ensemble
Ryoichiro Yonekura	...	Samurai Ensemble
Ryoichi Noguchi	...	Samurai Ensemble
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Darin Fujimori	...	Gatling gun operator (uncredited)

Directed by
Edward Zwick

Writing credits (WGA)
John Logan		(story)
John Logan		(screenplay) and
Edward Zwick		(screenplay) &
Marshall Herskovitz		(screenplay)

Produced by
Tom Cruise	....	producer
Michael Doven	....	associate producer
Tom Engelman	....	producer
Ted Field	....	executive producer
Marshall Herskovitz	....	producer
Scott Kroopf	....	producer
Graham Larson	....	associate producer
Charles Mulvehill	....	executive producer
Yôko Narahashi	....	associate producer
Richard Solomon	....	executive producer
Paula Wagner	....	producer
Vincent Ward	....	executive producer
Edward Zwick	....	producer

Original Music by
Hans Zimmer

Cinematography by
John Toll

Film Editing by
Victor Du Bois
Steven Rosenblum

Casting by
Victoria Thomas

Production Design by
Lilly Kilvert

Art Direction by
Christopher Burian-Mohr		(as Chris Burian-Mohr)
Jess Gonchor
Kim Sinclair

Set Decoration by
Gretchen Rau

Costume Design by
Ngila Dickson

Makeup Department
Janice Alexander	....	hair department head
James Allen	....	prosthetics coordinator
Karen Asano-Myers	....	hair stylist
Michele Barber	....	makeup artist
Jennifer Barrons	....	hair department coordinator
Jennifer Barrons	....	makeup department coordinator
Marc Boyle	....	additional hair stylist
Lois Burwell	....	makeup department head
Leo Corey Castellano	....	makeup artist
Jeffrey Cruts	....	hair technician
Martha Fein	....	prosthetic painter
Rick Findlater	....	additional makeup artist
Sean Foot	....	prosthetic technician
Hitomi Golba	....	hair stylist
Warren Hanneman	....	hair stylist
Tina Harrelson	....	makeup artist
Shaune Harrison	....	special makeup technician
Catherine Heys	....	crowd makeup artist
Teressa Hill	....	assistant hair stylist
Duncan Jarman	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Connie Kallos	....	hair stylist
Michael Krehl	....	crowd makeup artist
Denise Kum	....	additional makeup artist
Colleen LaBaff	....	hair stylist
Davina Lamont	....	makeup artist
Fiona Leech	....	additional makeup artist
Waldo Mason	....	special makeup effects artist
Tracey L. Miller	....	additional makeup artist
Angela Mooar	....	additional hair stylist
Kenny Myers	....	key makeup artist
Greg Nelson	....	makeup artist
Conor O'Sullivan	....	prosthetics supervisor
Mimi Palazon	....	special makeup effects artist
Gabriella Pollino	....	hair stylist
Kath Rayner	....	prosthetic technician: Los Angeles (as Kath Rayner)
Shannon Reese	....	makeup production assistant
Stephen Rose	....	key hair stylist: crowds
Elaina P. Schulman	....	hair stylist
Loulia Sheppard	....	hair stylist
Matthew Smith	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Ron Snyder	....	makeup artist
Kimberley Spiteri	....	hair stylist
Randa Squillacote	....	assistant hair stylist
Roddy Stayton	....	hair stylist
Rick Stratton	....	makeup artist
Annie Townsend	....	hair stylist
Terrie Velasquez	....	hair stylist
Michael F. Blake	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Russell Latham	....	additional hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Anne Bruning	....	production supervisor: New Zealand
Mitchell E. Dauterive	....	production supervisor
Kevin De La Noy	....	unit production manager
Kyoko Kageyama	....	production supervisor: Japan
Ray Quinlan	....	unit production manager
Bill Draper	....	executive in charge of production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Drew Bailey	....	additional third assistant director
Louise Boothby	....	off-set third assistant director
Guy Campbell	....	offset second assistant director
Gary Capo	....	second unit director
Del Chatterton	....	off-set additional third assistant director
Lisa Chu	....	dga trainee (as Lisa Chu Dietze)
Emma Cross	....	additional second assistant director
Geoff Dibben	....	key off-set second assistant director
Mathew Dunne	....	first assistant director: second unit
Kazmer Harangozo	....	additional third assistant director
Gene Keelan	....	additional third assistant director
Frank Kostenko Jr.	....	second second assistant director: Los Angeles
Allen Kupetsky	....	second assistant director
Ed Licht	....	second second assistant director (as Edward Licht)
Nilo Otero	....	first assistant director
Joanne Pearce	....	off-set additional second assistant director
Jack Steinberg	....	second second assistant director: New Zealand
Paul Sullivan	....	second assistant director: second unit
Eddie Thorne	....	third assistant director: second unit
Andrew Ward	....	second second assistant director: New Zealand
Amy Wilkins	....	additional second assistant director: New Zealand
David Williams	....	trainee assistant director
Eric Houghton	....	third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Ronald S. Baratie	....	greens foreman
Roy Barnes	....	set designer: Los Angeles
James R. Bayliss	....	set designer: Los Angeles
John Berger	....	assistant art director
Tristan Paris Bourne	....	art director: Japan
James W. Boyce	....	set dresser
Steve Brennan	....	key on-set dresser
J.C. Brown	....	graphic designer
Thomas E. Brown	....	paint supervisor
Jon J. Bush	....	leadman
Milton Candish	....	set dresser
Peggy Casey	....	props
Sourisak Chanpaseuth	....	paint artist
Peter C. Clarke	....	assistant property master
Dan Crawley	....	props
Paul Cunningham	....	set dresser
Max Daly	....	set decoration associate
Dave DeGaetano	....	construction coordinator
Oscar Delgadillo	....	set dresser
Paul Ford	....	set decoration foreman
Nathan Franson	....	props
Christopher Glass	....	storyboard artist
John P. Goldsmith	....	set designer: Los Angeles
Adrian Gorton	....	set designer: Los Angeles
David Gulick	....	property master
Ted Haigh	....	graphic designer
Troy Hannett	....	set painter
Wade Hannett	....	set painter
Ann Harris	....	set designer: Los Angeles
Brock Helfer	....	set dresser
Guy Hietala	....	set painter
Klara Holubova	....	props
Andrew L. Jones	....	model maker
Neil Kirkland	....	construction supervisor
Lori A. Lopes	....	art department coordinator: Los Angeles
Lori A. Lopes	....	props/set dressing coordinator
Simon Lowe	....	stand-by greens
P.K. MacCarthy	....	storyboard artist
Ray Massa	....	paint artist
Bryan McBrien	....	greens foreman
Richard A. McCarthy	....	plaster foreman
E. Cedar McClure	....	art department coordinator
Michael McCombe	....	greensman: Japan
Frank McEldowney	....	greens coordinator
Frank McEldowney	....	greensperson
Andy McLaren	....	set dresser: New Zealand
Jean-Paul Menard	....	set dresser
Michael Mosley	....	set dressing buyer: Japan
Harry E. Otto	....	assistant art director
Anthony D. Parrillo	....	set designer: Los Angeles
Josh Patterson	....	greens foreman
Chris Peterson	....	set dressing gang boss
Helen Rasmussen	....	drapery foreperson
Steve Rice	....	greens foreman
Brian Roll	....	props production assistant
Kathleen Rosen	....	buyer
Lori Rozzi	....	property maker
Liza Rudolph	....	draper
Trevor Rudolph	....	set dresser
Tommy Samona	....	set dresser
George Sartiano	....	property creator
Michael Smale	....	set designer
Paul Stanwyck	....	head painter
Samuel J. Storey	....	set designer
Patte Strong-Lord	....	set designer: Los Angeles
Parker Swanson	....	assistant property master
Brent Tasker	....	stand-by greens
Philip Thomas	....	set designer
Nick Weir	....	co-lead man
Michael White	....	greens leading hand
Greg Wilkinson	....	set dresser
Helen Wilson	....	property maker
David Forline	....	blacksmith: historical reconstructions (uncredited)
Christopher Humbracht	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Michele Mulkey	....	props (uncredited)
Sid Nicholson	....	props (uncredited)
George Sartiano	....	props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Christopher Assells	....	sound effects editor
Bob Beher	....	sound editor
Anna Behlmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Bires	....	sound engineer
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
David A. Cohen	....	dialogue editor
Don Coufal	....	boom operator
Robert Deschaine	....	adr mixer
Dino Dimuro	....	sound effects editor
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	dialogue editor
Victor Ray Ennis	....	first assistant sound editor (as Victor Ennis)
John P. Fasal	....	additional sound (as John Paul Fasal)
Paul Flinchbaugh	....	assistant sound editor
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Phillip A. Hamilton	....	adr recordist
Laura R. Harris	....	dialogue editor (as Laura Harris)
Craig S. Jaeger	....	supervising foley editor (as Craig Jaeger)
Kenneth L. Johnson	....	sound effects editor
Michael Kamper	....	sound designer
Michael Kamper	....	sound effects editor
Randy Kelley	....	sound effects editor
Anna MacKenzie	....	adr editor
Caitlin McKenna	....	adr editor
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Andy Nelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Ormandy	....	additional sound
Kelly Oxford	....	adr editor
Michelle Pazer	....	adr editor
Michelle Pazer	....	sound editor
Alan Rankin	....	sound effects editor
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer (as Charleen Richards-Steeves)
Abel Schiro	....	sound utility
Frank Smathers	....	foley editor
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Mark P. Stoeckinger	....	supervising sound editor
Bruce Tanis	....	sound effects editor
Jon Title	....	sound designer
Mike Westgate	....	sound mixer
Jeff Wexler	....	production sound mixer
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist
Ben Wilkins	....	sound effects editor
Kerry Dean Williams	....	supervising adr editor
Craig Heath	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
Dean Hurley	....	sound apprentice (uncredited)
Bruce Maddocks	....	mastering engineer (uncredited)
Peter Michael Sullivan	....	sound designer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Alistair Anderson	....	special effects technician
Stan Blackwell	....	special effects coordinator: first unit
Stan Blackwell	....	special effects foreman
Thomas Blake	....	sculptor: creature effects
Joel P. Blanchard	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles (as Joel Blanchard)
Dave Booth	....	special effects technician
Thomas Brown	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles (as Thomas H. Brown)
Dean Bushby	....	special effects technician
Karl Chisholm	....	special effects technician
Dean Clarke	....	special effects technician
Peter Cleveland	....	special effects technician
Scott Conner	....	special effects
Thomas M. Craven	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles (as Thomas 'Mike' Craven)
Val Crawford	....	hair/fur department
Jeff Cunningham	....	lab technician
Geoff Curtis	....	special effects technician
Lenny Dalrymple	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles
Steve Dearth	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles (as Steven Dearth)
Kim Derry	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles
Joe Dunckley	....	standby armour & weapons technician
Terry Erickson	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles
Ian Eyre	....	special effects office coordinator
John Fagan	....	special effects technician
Doug Falconer	....	special effects technician
Guy C. Feldman	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles (as Guy Feldman)
James Fredburg	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles (as James K. Fredburg)
Scott Garcia	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles
Oliver Gee	....	special effects assistant
Daniel Gilmore	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles
Flax Glor	....	special effects crew
Scott Harens	....	special effects technician
Jeremy Hays	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles
Brent Herrmann	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles
Andy Hunt	....	sculptor: creature effects
Iain Hutton	....	special effects technician
Steve Ingram	....	special effects coordinator: second unit
Giacomo Iovino	....	moulder: creature effects
Giacomo Iovino	....	sculptor: creature effects
Duncan Jarman	....	sculptor: creature effects
Andrew Kelly	....	senior animatronic technician: creature effects
Jonathan Kombrinck	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles
Donald Krause	....	special effects animatronics
Joseph Livolsi	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles
Paul J. Lombardi	....	special effects coordinator (as Paul Lombardi)
Edward Lozano	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles (as Eduardo Lozano)
Darian Lumsden	....	special effects technician
Ronald W. Mathews	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles (as Ron Mathews)
Scott D. Mattson	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles (as Scott Mattson)
Mike McDonald	....	special effects technician
Phil McLaren	....	special effects technician
Guy Mennano	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles
John D. Milinac	....	special effects foreman
John Mowat	....	special effects technician
Jeffrey A. Okun	....	special effects director
Dan Perry	....	prosthetics makeup
David Peterson	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles
Rick Peterson	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles
Paul Pistore	....	special effects: miscellaneous weapons and props
Dean Powell	....	special effects technician
Mark A. Ramage	....	special effects lead laborer
Ken Rudell	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles
Duane Russell	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles
Mike Scanlan	....	animatronic designer
Charles Schmitz	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles
Robin Schoonraad	....	moulder: creature effects
Shigemori Shigeta	....	special effects technician: Japan
Yukiyoshi Shimizu	....	special effects technician: Japan
Dominic Taylor	....	special effects technician
Michael Todd	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles
Paul Verrall	....	special effects technician
William Wallace	....	special effects technician
Robert G. Willard	....	special effects foreman (as Robert Willard)
Dick Wood	....	special effects fabrication coordinator (as Richard Wood)
Dick Wood	....	special effects supervisor
Warwick Yin	....	special effects technician
Petar Zivkovic	....	special effects technician (as Peter Zivkovic)
Enrique Bilsland	....	mechanical designer (uncredited)
Evan Brainard	....	key mechanical designer: animatronic horse (uncredited)
Len Burge	....	lead sculptor: animatronic horse (uncredited)
Russ Herpich	....	weld shop supervisor (uncredited)
Matthew Jorgensen	....	sculptor: animatronic horse, stunt hoses, prop maker, tech (uncredited)
Julian Ledger	....	creature effects: painter, fabricator, sculptor on the animatronic horse (uncredited)
Carl MacLaren	....	shop coordinator: Creature Effects (uncredited)
Scott Oshita	....	MCAD consultant: animatronic horse (uncredited)
Mark Rappaport	....	special effects: animatronic horse, miscellaneous props and weapons (uncredited)
Scott Schutzki	....	model maker: props (uncredited)
Dan Smith	....	special effects electronics (uncredited)
Shaun Smith	....	special effects: prop stunt horses (uncredited)
Tom Steves	....	special effects (uncredited)
Hill Vinot	....	mold maker: creature effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Romulo Adriano Jr.	....	visual effects coordinator
Danny Albano	....	digital effects artist
Daphne Apellanes-Ackerson	....	roto artist: 1876 San Francisco, Matte World Digital
Craig Barron	....	visual effects supervisor: 1876 San Francisco, Matte World Digital
Thomas Boland	....	visual effects producer (as Tom Boland)
Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor
Tatjana Bozinovski	....	digital paint/roto supervisor: Flash Film Works
Scott Brisbane	....	digital matte painter: 1876 San Francisco, Matte World Digital
Steven J. Brooks	....	digital animator: Flash Film Works
Steven J. Brooks	....	digital compositor: Flash Film Works
John Coats	....	matte painting supervisor: Flash Film Works
Ian Cope	....	visual effects coordinator: Rising Sun Pictures
Glenn Cotter	....	3D artist: 1876 San Francisco, Matte World Digital
James Coulter	....	digital artist: Digital Dimension
Ron Crabb	....	matte painter
Tim Crosbie	....	visual effects supervisor: Rising Sun Pictures
Crystal Day	....	visual effects assistant: Flash Film Works
Krystyna Demkowicz	....	visual effects producer: Matte World Digital
Tim Everitt	....	animation supervisor: Flash Film Works
Brian Fisher	....	compositor
Patrick Flanagan	....	digital compositor: Pixel Magic
David Fogg	....	compositing supervisor: Flash Film Works
Jessica Franks	....	visual effects assistant coordinator
Alex Fry	....	digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
William Gammon	....	digital compositor
Benoit Girard	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Dimension (as Benoit 'Ben' Girard)
Jim Gorman	....	digital compositor
Neil Greenberg	....	visual effects editor
Daryl Habraken	....	visual effects production assistant
Jennifer Hachigian	....	CGI modeler: Flash Film Works
Sara Henschke	....	visual effects producer: Rising Sun Pictures
Lubo Hristov	....	visual effects designer/lead matte painter: Christov Effects & Design
Steve Hutchins	....	paint/roto artist: Flash Film Works
Dave Jacobs	....	visual effects production manager: Flash Film Works
Brian Jochum	....	title producer
Bryan Jones	....	compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
Brad Kalinoski	....	compositor
Patrick Keenan	....	digital artist: Pacific Title Digital
Hong Kim	....	digital effects artist
Tim Kings-Lynne	....	digital effects artist
Mark Kochinski	....	CGI modeler: Flash Film Works
Richard Kratt	....	digital compositor: Pixel Magic
Lincoln Kupchak	....	visual effects editor: Flash Film Works
Zoe Lamaera	....	digital compositor
Kip Larsen	....	visual effects producer: 1876 San Francisco, Matte World Digital
Laurent Lavigne	....	pre-visuslization supervisor
George Macri	....	visual effects producer: Pixel Magic
John R. McConnell	....	digital compositor: Pixel Magic
Ray McIntyre Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor: Pixel Magic (as Raymond McIntyre Jr.)
John P. Mesa	....	visual effects co-supervisor: Flash Film Works
William Mesa	....	visual effects supervisor: Flash Film Works
Sal Migliore	....	assistant colorist
Justin Mitchell	....	digital artist
Jerome Morin	....	visual effects producer: Digital Dimension
Darren Mortillaro	....	3D artist: 1876 San Francisco, Matte World Digital
Brad Moylan	....	digital compositor: Pixel Magic
Patrick Murphy	....	digital compositor
Don Myers	....	CGI animator: Flash Film Works
Dan Novy	....	visual effects technical supervisor: Flash Film Works
Jeffrey A. Okun