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.
| Production | Tom Engelman | Producer |
| Production | Richard Solomon | Executive Producer |
| Production | Vincent Ward | Executive Producer |
| Production | Paula Wagner | Producer |
| Editing | Victor Du Bois | Editor |
| Production | Edward Zwick | Producer |
| Production | Tom Cruise | Producer |
| Production | Marshall Herskovitz | Producer |
| Art | Lilly Kilvert | Production Design |
| Writing | John Logan | Screenplay |
| Production | Scott Kroopf | Producer |
| Camera | John Toll | Director of Photography |
| Production | Charles Mulvehill | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Edward Zwick | Screenplay |
| Directing | Edward Zwick | Director |
| Writing | Marshall Herskovitz | Screenplay |
| Sound | Hans Zimmer | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Ted Field | Executive Producer |
| Production | Victoria Thomas | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ngila Dickson | Costume Design |
| Crew | Al Goto | Stunts |
| Crew | Lauro David Chartrand-DelValle | Stunts |
| Production | Yōko Narahashi | Associate Producer |
| Art | Christopher Burian-Mohr | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | Kim Sinclair | Art Direction |
| Production | Michael Doven | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lois Burwell | Makeup Designer |
| Art | Philip Thomas | Set Designer |
| Art | Michael Smale | Set Designer |
| Crew | Nick Powell | Stunt Coordinator |
| Art | Jess Gonchor | Art Direction |
| Art | Christopher Glass | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Cedar Valentine | Art Department Coordinator |
| Camera | Peter McCaffrey | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | David James | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Allen Kupetsky | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Graham Larson | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Nilo Otero | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Chris Toll | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Art | Sam Storey | Set Designer |
| Camera | Brett Matthews | First Assistant "C" Camera |
| Camera | Louise Williams | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Art | David Gulick | Property Master |
| Lighting | Mick Morris | Gaffer |
| Production | Charles Mulvehill | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | J.C. Brown | Graphic Designer |
| Lighting | Iain Mathieson | Best Boy Electric |
| Camera | Calum McFarlane | "D" Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karen Asano-Myers | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Colleen LaBaff | Hairstylist |
| Production | Kevin De La Noy | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | Elizabeth Flaherty | Assistant Art Director |
| Camera | Tommy Klines | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Art | Lori A. Lopes | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Gunner Ashford | Armorer |
| Camera | David Nichols | Key Grip |
| Directing | Jayne-Ann Tenggren | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Mike Thomas | "A" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Darrin Keough | "C" Camera Operator |
| Camera | John Bonnin | Libra Head Technician |
| Crew | Michael Taylor | Video Assist Operator |
| Lighting | Paul Reddin | Rigging Grip |
| Visual Effects | Paul J. Lombardi | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janice Alexander | Hair Department Head |
| Art | Patrick Cassidy | Leadman |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kenny Myers | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Terry Jarvis | Wigmaker |
| Camera | Jeff Pelton | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Sound | Don Coufal | Boom Operator |
| Art | Peter C. Clarke | Assistant Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Greg Nelson | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Richard Snell | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Jay Munro | Best Boy Grip |
| Art | Kathy Lucas | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Camera | Brett McDowell | Dolly Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Conor O'Sullivan | Prosthetic Supervisor |
| Camera | Peter McCaffrey | "B" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Richard Lacy | First Assistant "D" Camera |
| Art | Parker Swanson | Assistant Property Master |
| Lighting | Gary Hill | Rigging Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tina Harrelson | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kimberley Spiteri | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maggie Elliott | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Terry Baliel | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol Pershing | Hairstylist |
| Production | Anne Bruning | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Mark P. Stoeckinger | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ben Wilkins | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Penny Lee Hallin | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Mayda Renizzi-Holt | Assistant Accountant |
| Sound | Victor Ray Ennis | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Crew | Vic Cuccia | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Graham Larson | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Craig S. Jaeger | Foley Supervisor |
| Sound | Jon Title | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Laura Harris Atkinson | Dialogue Editor |
| Visual Effects | Romulo Adriano Jr. | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Art | Neil Kirkland | Construction Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Thomas Boland | Visual Effects Producer |
| Production | Lil Heyman | Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Kerry Dean Williams | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | Dino DiMuro | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Buck | Costume Coordinator |
| Sound | Michael Kamper | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Bruce Tanis | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Neil Greenberg | Visual Effects Editor |
| Production | Ken Ryan | Production Accountant |
| Sound | Paul Flinchbaugh | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Editing | Jenny Hicks | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Michael Sean Ryan | Transportation Captain |
| Production | Mitchell E. Dauterive | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Jill Soper | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Christopher Assells | Sound Editor |
| Production | Charles Harrington | Location Manager |
| Sound | Alan Rankin | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kendall Errair | Costumer |
| Editing | Cynthia E. Thornton | Associate Editor |
| Editing | Pablo Prietto | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Kyoko Kageyama | Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Dan Romero | Transportation Coordinator |
| Sound | David A. Cohen | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Greg Steele | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Kelly Oxford | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Caitlin McKenna | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Bob Beher | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Alyson Dee Moore | Foley Artist |
| Editing | Mo Henry | Negative Cutter |
| Sound | Mary Jo Lang | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Alan Meyerson | Scoring Mixer |
| Visual Effects | George Macri | Visual Effects Producer |
| Sound | Michael Miller | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Jeffrey Wilhoit | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Nerses Gezalyan | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Charleen Richards-Steeves | ADR Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Jeffrey White | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Tim Crosbie | VFX Supervisor |
| Sound | Frank Smathers | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Robert Deschaine | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Marc Streitenfeld | Music Editor |
| Sound | Michelle Pazer | ADR Editor |
| Visual Effects | William Mesa | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Anna MacKenzie | ADR Editor |
| Sound | John Roesch | Foley Artist |
| Sound | James Moriana | Foley Artist |
| 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 | Hiroki Takano | Stunts |
| Crew | Nobuyuki Obikane | Stunts |
| Writing | John Logan | Story |
| Visual Effects | Ray McIntyre Jr. | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Anna Behlmer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Gretchen Rau | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Jeff Wexler | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Andy Nelson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
