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.

• DirectorEdward Zwick
• Release5 December 2003
• Genre
  Drama / Action
• Duration2h 34m
• Budget$140,000,000
• Revenue$456,800,000
• Rate
  

  7.6
  7038 reviews
• Productions

  Warner Bros. Pictures, Radar Pictures, Bedford Falls Productions, Cruise/Wagner Productions, Shochiku Studio