The Last Samurai is a 2003 English-language Action Drama film written by John Logan, Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. The movie is directed by Edward Zwick and produced by Tom Cruise, Marshall Herskovitz, Edward Zwick, Paula Wagner, Scott Kroopf and Tom Engelman. It is also influenced by the stories of Jules Brunet, a French Imperial Guard sub-lieutenant who fought alongside Enomoto Takeaki in the earlier Boshin War Philip Kearny, a United States Army major general and French Imperial Guard soldier, notable for his leadership in the American Civil War, who fought against the Tututni tribe in the Rogue River Wars in Oregon and, to a lesser extent, by Frederick Townsend Ward, an American mercenary who helped Westernize the Chinese army by forming the Ever Victorious Army. The last samurai features Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada and Eiji Inoue. The screenplay is written by John Logan, Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. The music was composed by Hans Zimmer. Cinematography was done by John Toll and editing by Steven Rosenblum and Victor Dubois. The movie has a running time of 154 minutes. It was released on 5th December 2003. The Last Samurai was made on a budget of $140 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is also influenced by the stories of Jules Brunet, a French Imperial Guard sub-lieutenant who fought alongside Enomoto Takeaki in the earlier Boshin War Philip Kearny, a United States Army major general and French Imperial Guard soldier, notable for his leadership in the American Civil War, who fought against the Tututni tribe in the Rogue River Wars in Oregon and, to a lesser extent, by Frederick Townsend Ward, an American mercenary who helped Westernize the Chinese army by forming the Ever Victorious Army.