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The Last Samurai (2003) [R]

Release Date:
December 5, 2003

Original Title:
The Last Samurai

Alternate Titles:
El último samurái
Ostatni Samuraj
Poslednji samuraj
Samurai
The Last Samurai: Bushidou
ラスト・サムライ：2003
最后的武士

Genres:
Action | Drama | War

Production Companies:
Bedford Falls Productions
Cruise/Wagner Productions
Radar Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries:
New Zealand | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: MA15+  BR: 14  CA: 14A  CH: 16  CZ: 12+  DE: 16  DK: 15  ES: 12  FR: TP  GB: 15  GR: 16  HU: 12  IE: 15  IT: T  KR: 15  MX: B  NL: 16  NO: 15  PL: 18  PT: M/12  RO: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 154

In the face of an enemy, in the heart of one man, lies the soul of a warrior.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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"A" Camera Operator:
Mike Thomas

"B" Camera Operator:
Peter McCaffrey

"C" Camera Operator:
Darrin Keough

"D" Camera Operator:
Calum McFarlane

ADR Editor:
Kelly Oxford
Anna MacKenzie
Michelle Pazer
Caitlin McKenna

ADR Mixer:
Charleen Richards-Steeves
Robert Deschaine
Greg Steele
Michael Miller

Armorer:
Gunner Ashford

Art Department Coordinator:
Cedar Valentine

Art Direction:
Jess Gonchor
Kim Sinclair

Assistant Accountant:
Mayda Renizzi-Holt

Assistant Art Director:
Elizabeth Flaherty

Assistant Editor:
Jenny Hicks
Penny Lee Hallin
Pablo Prietto

Assistant Production Coordinator:
Jill Soper

Assistant Property Master:
Peter C. Clarke
Parker Swanson

Assistant Set Decoration:
Kathy Lucas

Assistant Sound Editor:
Paul Flinchbaugh

Associate Editor:
Cynthia E. Thornton

Associate Producer:
Graham Larson
Michael Doven
Yōko Narahashi

Best Boy Electric:
Iain Mathieson

Best Boy Grip:
Jay Munro

Boom Operator:
Don Coufal

Casting:
Victoria Thomas

Construction Coordinator:
Neil Kirkland

Costume Coordinator:
Bob Buck

Costume Design:
Ngila Dickson

Costumer:
Kendall Errair

Dialogue Editor:
Laura Harris Atkinson
David A. Cohen

Director:
Edward Zwick

Director of Photography:
John Toll

Dolly Grip:
Brett McDowell

Editor:
Victor Du Bois
Steven Rosenblum

Executive Producer:
Vincent Ward
Ted Field
Charles Mulvehill
Richard Solomon

First Assistant "A" Camera:
Chris Toll

First Assistant "B" Camera:
Tommy Klines

First Assistant "C" Camera:
Brett Matthews

First Assistant "D" Camera:
Richard Lacy

First Assistant Director:
Nilo Otero

First Assistant Sound Editor:
Victor Ray Ennis

Foley Artist:
John Roesch
Alyson Dee Moore
Jeffrey Wilhoit
James Moriana

Foley Editor:
Bob Beher
Frank Smathers

Foley Mixer:
Mary Jo Lang
Nerses Gezalyan

Foley Supervisor:
Craig S. Jaeger

Gaffer:
Mick Morris

Graphic Designer:
J.C. Brown

Hair Department Head:
Janice Alexander

Hairstylist:
Karen Asano-Myers
Carol Pershing
Kimberley Spiteri
Colleen LaBaff

Key Grip:
David Nichols

Key Hair Stylist:
Terry Baliel

Key Makeup Artist:
Kenny Myers

Leadman:
Patrick Cassidy

Libra Head Technician:
John Bonnin

Location Manager:
Charles Harrington

Makeup Artist:
Maggie Elliott
Tina Harrelson
Greg Nelson
Richard Snell

Makeup Designer:
Lois Burwell

Music Editor:
Marc Streitenfeld

Negative Cutter:
Mo Henry

Original Music Composer:
Hans Zimmer

Post Production Supervisor:
Graham Larson

Producer:
Tom Cruise
Scott Kroopf
Tom Engelman
Paula Wagner
Marshall Herskovitz
Edward Zwick

Production Accountant:
Ken Ryan

Production Coordinator:
Lil Heyman

Production Design:
Lilly Kilvert

Production Sound Mixer:
Jeff Wexler

Production Supervisor:
Mitchell E. Dauterive
Anne Bruning
Kyoko Kageyama

Property Master:
David Gulick

Prosthetic Supervisor:
Conor O'Sullivan

Rigging Gaffer:
Gary Hill

Rigging Grip:
Paul Reddin

Scoring Mixer:
Alan Meyerson

Screenplay:
Marshall Herskovitz
Edward Zwick
John Logan

Script Supervisor:
Jayne-Ann Tenggren

Second Assistant "A" Camera:
Jeff Pelton

Second Assistant "B" Camera:
Louise Williams

Second Assistant Director:
Allen Kupetsky

Set Decoration:
Gretchen Rau
Lori A. Lopes

Set Designer:
Philip Thomas
Michael Smale
Sam Storey

Sound Assistant:
Dean Hurley

Sound Designer:
Michael Kamper
Jon Title

Sound Editor:
Alan Rankin
Christopher Assells
Bruce Tanis
Dino DiMuro
Ben Wilkins

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Andy Nelson
Anna Behlmer

Special Effects Supervisor:
Paul J. Lombardi

Steadicam Operator:
Peter McCaffrey

Still Photographer:
David James

Story:
John Logan

Storyboard Artist:
Christopher Glass

Stunt Coordinator:
Nick Powell
Melissa R. Stubbs

Stunt Double:
Casey O'Neill

Stunts:
Nobuyuki Obikane
Hiroki Takano
Tad Griffith
Al Goto
Lauro David Chartrand-DelValle

Supervising ADR Editor:
Kerry Dean Williams

Supervising Art Director:
Christopher Burian-Mohr

Supervising Sound Editor:
Mark P. Stoeckinger

Transportation Captain:
Vic Cuccia
Michael Sean Ryan

Transportation Coordinator:
Dan Romero

Unit Production Manager:
Kevin De La Noy
Charles Mulvehill

VFX Supervisor:
Tim Crosbie

Video Assist Operator:
Michael Taylor

Visual Effects Coordinator:
Romulo Adriano Jr.

Visual Effects Editor:
Neil Greenberg

Visual Effects Producer:
Thomas Boland
Jeffrey White
George Macri

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Ray McIntyre Jr.
William Mesa

Wigmaker:
Terry Jarvis

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