Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.
Unfortunately the movie The Last Samurai is not yet available on Disney Plus.
| Directing | Edward Zwick | Director |
| Writing | John Logan | Screenplay |
| Writing | Edward Zwick | Screenplay |
| Writing | Marshall Herskovitz | Screenplay |
| Production | Tom Cruise | Producer |
| Production | Edward Zwick | Producer |
| Production | Marshall Herskovitz | Producer |
| Production | Paula Wagner | Producer |
| Production | Scott Kroopf | Producer |
| Production | Tom Engelman | Producer |
| Sound | Hans Zimmer | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | John Toll | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Victor Du Bois | Editor |
| Production | Ted Field | Executive Producer |
| Production | Richard Solomon | Executive Producer |
| Production | Vincent Ward | Executive Producer |
| Production | Charles Mulvehill | Executive Producer |
| Art | Lilly Kilvert | Production Design |
| Production | Victoria Thomas | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ngila Dickson | Costume Design |
| Crew | Al Goto | Stunts |
| Crew | Lauro David Chartrand-DelValle | Stunts |
| Production | Graham Larson | Associate Producer |
| Production | Michael Doven | Associate Producer |
| Production | Yōko Narahashi | Associate Producer |
| Production | Kevin De La Noy | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Charles Mulvehill | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Nilo Otero | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Allen Kupetsky | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Nick Powell | Stunt Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lois Burwell | Makeup Designer |
| Art | Christopher Burian-Mohr | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | Jess Gonchor | Art Direction |
| Art | Kim Sinclair | Art Direction |
| Art | Elizabeth Flaherty | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Philip Thomas | Set Designer |
| Art | Michael Smale | Set Designer |
| Art | Sam Storey | Set Designer |
| Art | Christopher Glass | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | J.C. Brown | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Cedar Valentine | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | Lori A. Lopes | Set Decoration |
| Art | Kathy Lucas | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Patrick Cassidy | Leadman |
| Directing | Jayne-Ann Tenggren | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Mike Thomas | "A" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Peter McCaffrey | "B" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Peter McCaffrey | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Darrin Keough | "C" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Calum McFarlane | "D" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Chris Toll | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Tommy Klines | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Brett Matthews | First Assistant "C" Camera |
| Camera | Richard Lacy | First Assistant "D" Camera |
| Camera | Jeff Pelton | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Louise Williams | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | John Bonnin | Libra Head Technician |
| Camera | David James | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Michael Taylor | Video Assist Operator |
| Sound | Don Coufal | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Gunner Ashford | Armorer |
| Art | David Gulick | Property Master |
| Art | Peter C. Clarke | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Parker Swanson | Assistant Property Master |
| Lighting | Mick Morris | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Gary Hill | Rigging Gaffer |
| Lighting | Iain Mathieson | Best Boy Electric |
| Camera | David Nichols | Key Grip |
| Camera | Jay Munro | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Brett McDowell | Dolly Grip |
| Lighting | Paul Reddin | Rigging Grip |
| Visual Effects | Paul J. Lombardi | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kenny Myers | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maggie Elliott | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tina Harrelson | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Greg Nelson | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Richard Snell | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Conor O'Sullivan | Prosthetic Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janice Alexander | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Terry Baliel | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karen Asano-Myers | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol Pershing | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kimberley Spiteri | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Colleen LaBaff | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Terry Jarvis | Wigmaker |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kendall Errair | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Buck | Costume Coordinator |
| Editing | Cynthia E. Thornton | Associate Editor |
| Crew | Neil Greenberg | Visual Effects Editor |
| Editing | Jenny Hicks | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Penny Lee Hallin | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Pablo Prietto | Assistant Editor |
| Visual Effects | Thomas Boland | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Romulo Adriano Jr. | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Production | Lil Heyman | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Mitchell E. Dauterive | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Anne Bruning | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Kyoko Kageyama | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Jill Soper | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Production | Ken Ryan | Production Accountant |
| Production | Mayda Renizzi-Holt | Assistant Accountant |
| Production | Charles Harrington | Location Manager |
| Art | Neil Kirkland | Construction Coordinator |
| Crew | Dan Romero | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | Vic Cuccia | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Michael Sean Ryan | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Graham Larson | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Mark P. Stoeckinger | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Kerry Dean Williams | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | Michael Kamper | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Jon Title | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Craig S. Jaeger | Foley Supervisor |
| Sound | Alan Rankin | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Christopher Assells | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Bruce Tanis | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Dino DiMuro | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ben Wilkins | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Victor Ray Ennis | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Paul Flinchbaugh | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Laura Harris Atkinson | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | David A. Cohen | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Kelly Oxford | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Anna MacKenzie | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Michelle Pazer | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Caitlin McKenna | ADR Editor |
| Sound | John Roesch | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Alyson Dee Moore | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Jeffrey Wilhoit | Foley Artist |
| Sound | James Moriana | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Bob Beher | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Frank Smathers | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Mary Jo Lang | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Nerses Gezalyan | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Charleen Richards-Steeves | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Robert Deschaine | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Greg Steele | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Michael Miller | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Marc Streitenfeld | Music Editor |
| Sound | Alan Meyerson | Scoring Mixer |
| Editing | Mo Henry | Negative Cutter |
| Visual Effects | William Mesa | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Jeffrey White | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | George Macri | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Tim Crosbie | VFX Supervisor |
| Crew | Casey O'Neill | Stunt Double |
| Editing | Steven Rosenblum | Editor |
| Sound | Dean Hurley | Sound Assistant |
| Crew | Melissa R. Stubbs | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Tad Griffith | Stunts |
| Crew | Nobuyuki Obikane | Stunts |
| Crew | Hiroki Takano | Stunts |
| Writing | John Logan | Story |
| Visual Effects | Ray McIntyre Jr. | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Andy Nelson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Anna Behlmer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Jeff Wexler | Production Sound Mixer |
| Art | Gretchen Rau | Set Decoration |
