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The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai

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The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

159 mins

Rating

7.8/10

Release Date

20 September 1974

Country

Japan

Cast

Hideki Takahashi

Hideki Takahashi

Sugi Toranosuke

Ken Ogata

Ken Ogata

Nakamura Hanjiro

Teruhiko Saigō

Teruhiko Saigō

Okita Soji

Masaomi Kondo

Masaomi Kondo

Iba Hachiro

Keiko Matsuzaka

Keiko Matsuzaka

Reiko

Kiwako Taichi

Kiwako Taichi

Ohide

Asao Sano

Asao Sano

Ayako Honami

Ayako Honami

Toru Minegishi

Toru Minegishi

Takahiro Tamura

Takahiro Tamura

Ikemoto Mohei

Taketoshi Naitō

Taketoshi Naitō

Jūkei Fujioka

Jūkei Fujioka

Kenji Imai

Kenji Imai

Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Shunya Wazaki

Shunya Wazaki

Toyoto Fukuda

Toyoto Fukuda

Hinode Nishikawa

Hinode Nishikawa

Taro Jin

Taro Jin

Chisato Aoki

Chisato Aoki

Reiko Kasahara

Reiko Kasahara

Kaori Taniguchi

Kaori Taniguchi

Ryūtarō Tatsumi

Ryūtarō Tatsumi

Jiro Sakagami

Jiro Sakagami

Hirokazu Inoue

Hirokazu Inoue

Kunji Harada

Kunji Harada

Riki Harada

Riki Harada

Jun Kashima

Jun Kashima

Kentarō Imai

Kentarō Imai

Ryûsuke Kita

Ryûsuke Kita

Hideaki Komori

Hideaki Komori

Taku Kido

Taku Kido

Hideto Nakagawa

Hideto Nakagawa

Shuichi Oki

Shuichi Oki

Sōnosuke Oda

Sōnosuke Oda

Kenji Sonoda

Kenji Sonoda

Takuya Shiba

Takuya Shiba

Terumitsu Kawashima

Terumitsu Kawashima

Seishirō Hara

Seishirō Hara

Yukio Horikita

Yukio Horikita

Seiichi Yoshida

Seiichi Yoshida

Kôei Yamamoto

Kôei Yamamoto

Kenji Kimura

Kenji Kimura

Akihiko Hanyû

Akihiko Hanyû

Natsuko Oka

Natsuko Oka

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