Directed by Edward Zwick. With Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe and Timothy Spall.
Viewers like it. A moving and edge-of-your-seat drama film, best with friends and on your own. 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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Heads up: a lot of violence and some scary scenes.

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The Last Samurai is streaming on Netflix, included with a subscription. Checked 9 October 2026.
The Last Samurai is 2h 34m long (154 minutes).
Viewers like it: 7.8 on IMDb from 5,11,591 ratings, and 65% of critics on Rotten Tomatoes liked it.