--- title: "The Last Samurai: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/the-last-samurai/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/the-last-samurai" cast: 48 crew: 97 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # The Last Samurai (2003): cast and crew 48 cast and 97 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Tom Cruise](https://film.one/person/tom-cruise.md) as Nathan Algren - [Ken Watanabe](https://film.one/person/ken-watanabe.md) as Moritsugu Katsumoto - [Timothy Spall](https://film.one/person/timothy-spall.md) as Simon Graham - [Tony Goldwyn](https://film.one/person/tony-goldwyn.md) as Col. Benjamin Bagley - [Hiroyuki Sanada](https://film.one/person/hiroyuki-sanada.md) as Ujio - [Koyuki](https://film.one/person/koyuki.md) as Taka - [Shin Koyamada](https://film.one/person/shin-koyamada.md) as Nobutada - [Billy Connolly](https://film.one/person/billy-connolly.md) as Zebulon Gant - [Togo Igawa](https://film.one/person/togo-igawa.md) as General Hasegawa - [Nakamura Shichinosuke II](https://film.one/person/shichinosuke-nakamura.md) as Emperor Meiji - [Masato Harada](https://film.one/person/masato-harada.md) as Omura - [William Atherton](https://film.one/person/william-atherton.md) as Winchester Rep - [Chad Lindberg](https://film.one/person/chad-lindberg.md) as Winchester Rep Assistant - [Scott Wilson](https://film.one/person/scott-wilson.md) as Ambassador Swanbeck - Ray Godshall Sr. as Convention Hall Attendee - Masashi Odate as Omura's Companion - John Koyama as Omura's Bodyguard - [Satoshi Nikaido](https://film.one/person/satoshi-nikaido.md) as N.C.O. - Shintaro Wada as Young Recruit - Shun Sugata as Nakao - [Sosuke Ikematsu](https://film.one/person/sosuke-ikematsu.md) as Higen - Aoi Minato as Magojiro - Seizō Fukumoto as Silent Samurai - Shoji Yoshihara as Sword Master - Kosaburo Nomura IV as Kyogen Player #1 - Takashi Noguchi as Kyogen Player #2 - Noguchi Takayuki as Kyogen Player #3 - Sven Toorvald as Omura's Secretary - [Yuki Matsuzaki](https://film.one/person/yuki-matsuzaki.md) as Soldier in Street #1 - Mitsuyuki Oishi as Soldier in Street #2 - Jiro Wada as Soldier in Street #3 - [Hiroshi Watanabe](https://film.one/person/hiroshi-watanabe.md) as Guard - Yusuke Myochin as Sword Master's Assistant - Hiroaki Amano as Samurai Ensemble - Kenta Daibo as Samurai Ensemble - Koji Fujii as Samurai Ensemble - Makoto Hashiba as Samurai Ensemble - Shimpei Horinouchi as Samurai Ensemble - Takashi Kora as Samurai Ensemble - Shane Kosugi as Samurai Ensemble - Takeshi Maya as Samurai Ensemble - Seiji Morita as Samurai Ensemble - Lee Murayama as Samurai Ensemble - Takeru Shimizu as Samurai Ensemble - Shinji Suzuki as Samurai Ensemble - Hisao Takeda as Samurai Ensemble - Ryoichiro Yonekura as Samurai Ensemble - Ryoichi Noguchi as Samurai Ensemble ## Directing - [Edward Zwick](https://film.one/person/edward-zwick.md): Director - Allen Kupetsky: Second Assistant Director - Jayne-Ann Tenggren: Script Supervisor - Nilo Otero: First Assistant Director ## Writing - [Edward Zwick](https://film.one/person/edward-zwick.md): Screenplay - [Marshall Herskovitz](https://film.one/person/marshall-herskovitz.md): Screenplay - [John Logan](https://film.one/person/john-logan.md): Screenplay, Story ## Production - [Paula Wagner](https://film.one/person/paula-wagner.md): Producer - Vincent Ward: Executive Producer - [Marshall Herskovitz](https://film.one/person/marshall-herskovitz.md): Producer - [Charles Mulvehill](https://film.one/person/charles-mulvehill.md): Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager - [Edward Zwick](https://film.one/person/edward-zwick.md): Producer - [Scott Kroopf](https://film.one/person/scott-kroopf.md): Producer - [Tom Cruise](https://film.one/person/tom-cruise.md): Producer - Richard Solomon: Executive Producer - Tom Engelman: Producer - [Ted Field](https://film.one/person/ted-field.md): Executive Producer - Victoria Thomas: Casting - Yoko Narahashi: Associate Producer - Kevin De La Noy: Unit Production Manager - Michael Doven: Associate Producer - Graham Larson: Associate Producer - Mitchell E. Dauterive: Production Supervisor - Lil Heyman: Production Coordinator - Anne Bruning: Production Supervisor - Charles Harrington: Location Manager - Mayda Renizzi-Holt: Assistant Accountant - Jill Soper: Assistant Production Coordinator - Ken Ryan: Production Accountant - Kyoko Kageyama: Production Supervisor - Bill Draper: Executive In Charge Of Production - Jennifer Barrons: Unit Manager - [Ray Quinlan](https://film.one/person/ray-quinlan.md): Unit Production Manager ## Camera - [John Toll](https://film.one/person/john-toll.md): Director of Photography - David James: Still Photographer - Chris Toll: First Assistant "A" Camera - Mike Thomas: "A" Camera Operator - Jay Munro: Best Boy Grip - Peter McCaffrey: Steadicam Operator, "B" Camera Operator - Darrin Keough: "C" Camera Operator - John Bonnin: Libra Head Technician - Brett Matthews: First Assistant "C" Camera - Brett McDowell: Dolly Grip - Jeff Pelton: Second Assistant "A" Camera - Louise Williams: Second Assistant "B" Camera - Calum McFarlane: "D" Camera Operator - Tommy Klines: First Assistant "B" Camera - Richard Lacy: First Assistant "D" Camera - David Nichols: Key Grip ## Editing - [Victor Du Bois](https://film.one/person/victor-du-bois.md): Editor - Penny Lee Hallin: Assistant Editor - Cynthia E. Thornton: Associate Editor - Pablo Prietto: Assistant Editor - Jenny Hicks: Assistant Editor - Mo Henry: Negative Cutter - [Steven Rosenblum](https://film.one/person/steven-rosenblum.md): Editor ## Sound and music - [Hans Zimmer](https://film.one/person/hans-zimmer.md): Original Music Composer - Don Coufal: Boom Operator - Mark P. Stoeckinger: Supervising Sound Editor - Dino DiMuro: Sound Editor - Michelle Pazer: ADR Editor - Jeffrey Wilhoit: Foley Artist - Bob Beher: Foley Editor - Ben Wilkins: Sound Editor - Victor Ray Ennis: First Assistant Sound Editor - Laura Harris Atkinson: Dialogue Editor - Michael Kamper: Sound Designer - Jon Title: Sound Designer - Bruce Tanis: Sound Editor - Kerry Dean Williams: Supervising ADR Editor - Alan Rankin: Sound Editor - Craig S. Jaeger: Foley Supervisor - Paul Flinchbaugh: Assistant Sound Editor - Kelly Oxford: ADR Editor - Frank Smathers: Foley Editor - Greg Steele: ADR Mixer - Alan Meyerson: Scoring Mixer - David A. Cohen: Dialogue Editor - Nerses Gezalyan: Foley Mixer - Mary Jo Lang: Foley Mixer - Christopher Assells: Sound Editor - Caitlin McKenna: ADR Editor - Charleen Richards-Steeves: ADR Mixer - Michael Miller: ADR Mixer - [Marc Streitenfeld](https://film.one/person/marc-streitenfeld.md): Music Editor - Anna MacKenzie: ADR Editor - John Roesch: Foley Artist - Alyson Dee Moore: Foley Artist - James Moriana: Foley Artist - Robert Deschaine: ADR Mixer - Dean Hurley: Sound Assistant - Anna Behlmer: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Jeff Wexler: Production Sound Mixer - Andy Nelson: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - June Kuramoto: Musician ## Art - [Lilly Kilvert](https://film.one/person/lilly-kilvert.md): Production Design - [Kim Sinclair](https://film.one/person/kim-sinclair.md): Art Direction --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/film/the-last-samurai.md