Een veteraan uit de Amerikaanse indianenoorlogen, kapitein Nathan Algren, arriveert in Japan in 1876, om de soldaten van Keizer Meiji te trainen voor een gevecht tegen samurai die in opstand zijn gekomen.
Nee, helaas is The Last Samurai nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Paula Wagner | Producer |
| Production | Vincent Ward | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Edward Zwick | Screenplay |
| Writing | Marshall Herskovitz | Screenplay |
| Editing | Victor Du Bois | Editor |
| Camera | John Toll | Director of Photography |
| Production | Marshall Herskovitz | Producer |
| Production | Charles Mulvehill | Executive Producer |
| Production | Edward Zwick | Producer |
| Art | Lilly Kilvert | Production Design |
| Writing | John Logan | Screenplay |
| Production | Scott Kroopf | Producer |
| Production | Tom Cruise | Producer |
| Directing | Edward Zwick | Director |
| Production | Richard Solomon | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tom Engelman | Producer |
| Production | Ted Field | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Hans Zimmer | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ngila Dickson | Costume Design |
| Production | Victoria Thomas | Casting |
| Crew | Al Goto | Stunts |
| Crew | Lauro David Chartrand-DelValle | Stunts |
| Production | Yōko Narahashi | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Allen Kupetsky | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Kim Sinclair | Art Direction |
| Art | Michael Smale | Set Designer |
| Art | Cedar Valentine | Art Department Coordinator |
| Crew | Michael Taylor | Video Assist Operator |
| Camera | David James | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Nick Powell | Stunt Coordinator |
| Art | Jess Gonchor | Art Direction |
| Art | Christopher Glass | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Sam Storey | Set Designer |
| Art | Kathy Lucas | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Directing | Jayne-Ann Tenggren | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Chris Toll | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Production | Kevin De La Noy | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Charles Mulvehill | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Michael Doven | Associate Producer |
| Art | Christopher Burian-Mohr | Supervising Art Director |
| Camera | Mike Thomas | "A" Camera Operator |
| Art | Lori A. Lopes | Set Decoration |
| Production | Graham Larson | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Nilo Otero | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lois Burwell | Makeup Designer |
| Art | Elizabeth Flaherty | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Philip Thomas | Set Designer |
| Sound | Don Coufal | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Jay Munro | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Peter McCaffrey | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Darrin Keough | "C" Camera Operator |
| Visual Effects | Paul J. Lombardi | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kimberley Spiteri | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Colleen LaBaff | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tina Harrelson | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | John Bonnin | Libra Head Technician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Conor O'Sullivan | Prosthetic Supervisor |
| Camera | Brett Matthews | First Assistant "C" Camera |
| Art | David Gulick | Property Master |
| Lighting | Mick Morris | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maggie Elliott | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Brett McDowell | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Jeff Pelton | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Art | J.C. Brown | Graphic Designer |
| Camera | Louise Williams | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Greg Nelson | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Peter McCaffrey | "B" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Calum McFarlane | "D" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Tommy Klines | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Richard Lacy | First Assistant "D" Camera |
| Art | Parker Swanson | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Patrick Cassidy | Leadman |
| Lighting | Iain Mathieson | Best Boy Electric |
| Costume & Make-Up | Terry Baliel | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Terry Jarvis | Wigmaker |
| Art | Peter C. Clarke | Assistant Property Master |
| Crew | Gunner Ashford | Armorer |
| Lighting | Gary Hill | Rigging Gaffer |
| Camera | David Nichols | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Paul Reddin | Rigging Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janice Alexander | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kenny Myers | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Richard Snell | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol Pershing | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karen Asano-Myers | Hairstylist |
| Production | Mitchell E. Dauterive | Production Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Romulo Adriano Jr. | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Neil Greenberg | Visual Effects Editor |
| Editing | Penny Lee Hallin | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Lil Heyman | Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Mark P. Stoeckinger | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kendall Errair | Costumer |
| Editing | Cynthia E. Thornton | Associate Editor |
| Editing | Pablo Prietto | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Anne Bruning | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Charles Harrington | Location Manager |
| Editing | Jenny Hicks | Assistant Editor |
| Visual Effects | Thomas Boland | Visual Effects Producer |
| Crew | Dan Romero | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | Michael Sean Ryan | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Graham Larson | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Dino DiMuro | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Michelle Pazer | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Jeffrey Wilhoit | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Bob Beher | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Ben Wilkins | Sound Editor |
| Production | Mayda Renizzi-Holt | Assistant Accountant |
| Art | Neil Kirkland | Construction Coordinator |
| Crew | Vic Cuccia | Transportation Captain |
| Sound | Victor Ray Ennis | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Laura Harris Atkinson | Dialogue Editor |
| Production | Jill Soper | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Production | Ken Ryan | Production Accountant |
| Sound | Michael Kamper | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Jon Title | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Bruce Tanis | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Kerry Dean Williams | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | Alan Rankin | Sound Editor |
| Production | Kyoko Kageyama | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Craig S. Jaeger | Foley Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Tim Crosbie | VFX Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Buck | Costume Coordinator |
| Sound | Paul Flinchbaugh | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Kelly Oxford | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Frank Smathers | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Greg Steele | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Alan Meyerson | Scoring Mixer |
| Visual Effects | George Macri | Visual Effects Producer |
| Sound | David A. Cohen | Dialogue Editor |
| Editing | Mo Henry | Negative Cutter |
| Sound | Nerses Gezalyan | Foley Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Jeffrey White | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | William Mesa | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Mary Jo Lang | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Christopher Assells | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Caitlin McKenna | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Charleen Richards-Steeves | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Michael Miller | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Marc Streitenfeld | Music Editor |
| Sound | Anna MacKenzie | ADR Editor |
| Sound | John Roesch | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Alyson Dee Moore | Foley Artist |
| Sound | James Moriana | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Robert Deschaine | ADR Mixer |
| 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 | Anna Behlmer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Gretchen Rau | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Jeff Wexler | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Andy Nelson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
