The last samurai.

Resource Information

The work The last samurai. represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Nevins Memorial Library (Methuen). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The last samurai.

Statement of responsibility

Warner Bros. ; The Bedford Falls Company ; Cruise-Wagner Productions ; Radar Pictures, Inc. ; producers, Tom Cruise [and others] ; screenplay, John Logan and Edward Zwick & Marshall Herskovitz ; director, Edward Zwick

Contributor

• Toll, John, (Cinematographer)
• Bedford Falls Company
• Cruise/Wagner Productions (Firm)
• Radar Pictures
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Atherton, William
• Connolly, Billy
• Cruise, Tom, 1962-
• Dickson, Ngila
• Du Bois, Victor, (Film editor)
• Goldwyn, Tony
• Harada, Masato, 1949-
• Herskovitz, Marshall
• Kilvert, Lilly
• Lindberg, Chad
• Logan, John, 1961-
• Rosenblum, Steven
• Sanada, Hiroyuki, 1960-
• Spall, Timothy, 1957-
• Watanabe, Ken, 1959-
• Zimmer, Hans
• Zwick, Edward

Actor

• Sanada, Hiroyuki, 1960-
• Spall, Timothy, 1957-
• Harada, Masato, 1949-
• Goldwyn, Tony
• Connolly, Billy
• Atherton, William
• Lindberg, Chad
• Watanabe, Ken, 1959-
• Cruise, Tom, 1962-

Composer

• Zimmer, Hans

Director

• Zwick, Edward

Director of photography

• Toll, John, (Cinematographer)

Producer

• Cruise, Tom, 1962-

Production designer

• Kilvert, Lilly

Screenwriter

• Logan, John, 1961-
• Herskovitz, Marshall
• Zwick, Edward

Subject

• Japan
• Soldiers -- Conduct of life
• Soldiers -- Conduct of life -- Drama
• Video recordings
• Video recordings
• Video recordings
• Video recordings
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• 1800-1899
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• DVD-Video discs
• DVD-Video discs
• Drama
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• History
• Samurais -- Japón -- Teatro
• Japan -- History -- 19th century -- Drama
• Samurai
• Samurai -- Japan -- Drama

Genre

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• History
• Teatro
• Video recordings
• Feature films
• Drama

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• eng
• spa
• eng

Summary

Tormented Civil War veteran Capt. Nathan Algren is coerced by a mercenary officer to train the Japanese Emperor's troops in the use of modern weaponry. Opposing this modernization are the samurai warriors who are holding fast to their traditions of honor, despite their strategic disadvantage. As a captive of the samurai leader, Algren learns, appreciates, and adopts the samurai code, switching sides for a climactic battle that will put everyone's honor to the ultimate test

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

Director of photography, John Toll ; editors, Victor DuBois, Steven Rosenblum ; original music, Hans Zimmer ; costume designer, Ngila Dickson ; production designer, Lilly Kilvert

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Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for strong violence and battle sequences

Language note

Includes English and French language tracks in Dolby Digital Surround 5.1, with optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish; closed-captioned

LC call number

• DS827.S3
• PN1995.9.A3

LC item number

• L37 2004
• L37 2004

PerformerNote

Timothy Spall, Ken Wantanabe, Tom Cruise, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Masato Harada, Hiroyuki Sanada Koyuki

Runtime

154

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action