Type movie Release Date Dec 5, 2003 Country United States of America Language English Genre Action Drama War Cast Tom Cruise as Nathan Algren Ken Watanabe as Moritsugu Katsumoto Timothy Spall as Simon Graham Tony Goldwyn as Col. Benjamin Bagley Hiroyuki Sanada as Ujio Koyuki as Taka Shin Koyamada as Nobutada Billy Connolly as Zebulon Gant Togo Igawa as General Hasegawa Shichinosuke Nakamura as Emperor Meiji Masato Harada as Omura William Atherton as Winchester Rep Chad Lindberg as Winchester Rep Assistant Scott Wilson as Ambassador Swanbeck Ray Godshall Sr. as Convention Hall Attendee Masashi Odate as Omura's Companion John Koyama as Omura's Bodyguard Satoshi Nikaido as N.C.O. Shintaro Wada as Young Recruit Shun Sugata as Nakao Sosuke Ikematsu 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 as Soldier in Street #1 Mitsuyuki Oishi as Soldier in Street #2 Jiro Wada as Soldier in Street #3 Hiroshi Watanabe 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 References website imdb