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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.
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Credits
director
Edward Zwick
costume design
Ngila Dickson
editor
Steven Rosenblum
Victor Du Bois
producer
Edward Zwick
Marshall Herskovitz
Paula Wagner
Scott Kroopf
Tom Cruise
Tom Engelman
production company
Bedford Falls Productions
Cruise/Wagner Productions
Radar Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures
production design
Lilly Kilvert
screenplay
Edward Zwick
John Logan
Marshall Herskovitz
story
John Logan
Duration
02:34:00