Continuity mistake: When Hiroyuki Sanada, who plays Ujio, is riding his horse and charging the howitzers, he gets shot by the gatling gun and falls down dead. In the next scene he can be seen in the upper left corner still riding, wearing his distinctive gold circle armor. (02:04:40)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Starring: Tom Cruise, Billy Connolly, Ken Watanabe, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg
Tom Cruise learns from the Samurai and comes to respect them. He joins them in the fight against the Japanese army (armed with rifles, cannons, etc). All the Samurais die except for Tom Cruise. The Emperor in the end takes the side of Cruise and doesn't sign the trade agreement with the U.S. The Emperor says that it's important for the people of Japan to not forget who they are, their customs, etc. The British guy has plenty of material for a book on the samurai that he wants to write (Tom Cruise's diary/journal and other stuff). Tom Cruise goes off and lives in the samurai town.
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Algren: Your highness... if you believe me to be your enemy, command me, and I will gladly take my life.
Trivia: All the ninja seen in the film were played by actual modern day practitioners of the ninjitsu arts. Allegedly this led to a running joke on set where if the ninja were rehearsing with a stunt double or an extra they would spontaneously perform a kill move (obviously stopping before actually hitting their opponent) then remind everyone they were only contracted to let Tom Cruise live through the movie. Everyone else, as far as they were concerned, was fair game.
Question: Who does the voiceover for the trailer? He says: "Tom Cruise" and then "The last samurai".
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Chosen answer: I'm not 100% sure, but I think it may have been Jim Cummings. He does a lot of voiceovers for movie trailers, cartoon characters, songs and the like. He's the voice of Cat in CatDog, Winnie the Pooh, Tasmanian Devil and has had small roles in films like Shrek, Sinbad and Antz. Find out more about him at this address: http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0191906/.