Billy Connolly	Zebulon Gant
Tom Cruise	Nathan Algren
Tony Goldwyn	Colonel Benjamin Bagley
Masato Harada	Omura
Hiroyuki Sanada	Ujio
Timothy Spall	Simon Graham
Ken Watanabe	Katsumoto
Shin Koyamada	Nobutada
Togo Igawa	General Hasegawa
Shichinosuke Nakamura	Emperor Meiji

Regisseur	Edward Zwick
Produzent	Tom Cruise Tom Engelman
Autor	Marshall Herskovitz John Logan

The Last Samurai gives epic sweep to an intimate story of cultures at a crossroads as Japan undergoes tumultuous transition to a more Westernised society in 1876-77. In America, tormented Civil War veteran Captain Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) is coerced by a mercenary officer (Tony Goldwyn) to train the Japanese Emperor's troops in the use of modern weaponry. Opposing this "progress" is a rebellion of samurai warriors, holding fast to their traditions of honour despite strategic disadvantage. As a captive of the samurai leader (Ken Watanabe), Algren learns, appreciates, and adopts the Samurai code, switching sides for a climactic battle that will put everyone's honour to the ultimate test.

All of which makes director Edward Zwick's noble epic eminently worthwhile, even if its Hollywood trappings (including an all-too-conventional ending) prevent it from being the masterpiece that Zwick and screenwriter John Logan clearly wanted it to be. Instead, The Last Samurai is an elegant mainstream adventure, impressive in all aspects of its production. It may not engage the emotions as effectively as Logan's script for Gladiator, but like Cruise's character, it finds its own quality of honour. --Jeff Shannon

Details der Edition Audience Rating 16 Land USA Sprache English Edition 2-Disc Edition Barcode 7321921283833 Region Region 2 Erscheinungsdatum 2004 Verpackung Keep Case Bildformat Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1) Untertitel English; English (Closed Captioned); German Tonspuren Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] Dolby Digital 5.1 [German] Layer Doppelseitig, single layer Anzahl Disks/Bänder 2 Bonusmaterial Disk 1: Audiokommentare Gelöschte Szenen Kinotrailer Tom Cruise - Das Tagebuch eines Kriegers Original-Produktionstagebuch des Regisseurs Edward Zwick Wie ein Epos entsteht: Ein Gespräch zwischen Edward Zwick und Tom Cruise Geschichte vs. Hollywood: Last Samurai Eine Welt im Detail: Produktions-Design mit Lilly Kilvert Seide und Harnsche: Kostüm-Design mi Ngila Dickson Die Grundausbildung der Kaiserlichen Armee Vom Soldaten zum Samurai: Die Waffen Bushido: Der Weg des Kriegers Japan Premiere

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