"The Last Samurai" is as rich in period and historical ... on the heels of Civil War service, Cruise’s Captain Nathan Algren is a disillusioned, drunken wreck, a paid spokesman for the ...

The Last Samurai, directed by Edward Zwick, follows the story of Civil War and Indian Campaigns veteran Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), who is haunted by the ghosts of his war-tarred past. He numbs his ...

In the 1870s, Captain Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), a ... their panic allows the sword-wielding samurai to crush them. Badly wounded, Algren's courageous stand makes the samurai leader Katsumoto ...

Although The Last Samurai took inspiration from real events ... Fans think that Captain Nathan Algren's character, portrayed by Tom Cruise was loosely based on a real-life soldier named Jules ...

In the film, Cruise plays Nathan Algren, a former US Army captain ... combat (aka guns), to quash an uprising from the last remaining samurai. However, after being captured in battle by the ...

Tom Cruise's 'The Last Samurai' (2003) streams on Prime Video, mixing emotional storytelling with historical themes. The film sees American Captain Nathan Algren embrace samurai culture but faces ...

Tom Cruise has built a career for himself running away from things in movies (oh, and a couple of death-defying stunts). But, imagine Tom Cruise running... with samurai swords. Before he flew away ...

Tom Cruise plays Nathan Algren, a boozing officer disillusioned ... and the great cinematographer John Toll turns action into poetry, The Last Samurai emerges as a haunting silent movie.

Nathan Algren, starts out inert ... Algren defies the inevitable victor’s vast legions and fights to the last samurai. I KNOW MOVIES aren’t obligated to be historically correct, but Zwick ...