FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
The Last Samurai
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Scores
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer65%as of 2026-01-16
- Rotten Tomatoes average6.4/10as of 2021-10-05
- Metacritic55/100as of 2026-01-16
What it is
The Last Samurai is a 2003 American epic period action drama film directed and produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz from a story devised by Logan. The film stars Tom Cruise, who also produced, along with Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Koyuki Kato in supporting roles.
At a glance
- Genres
- War / Drama / Action / History / Adventure
- Original language
- English
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