Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Decorated Civil War veteran Nathan Algren (Cruise) is sent to Japan to train & lead the Emperor&s troops in modern Western gunpowder intensive warfare to eliminate the country&s remaining rebelling samurai Captured & imprisoned by the outlawed warriors Algren is slowly swayed by their strict adherence to the honourable code of Bushido & when the Emperor&s forces mass once again Algren offers to join his former captors in an effort to preserve their way of life Actors Tom Cruise Tony Goldwyn Ken Watanabe William Atherton Billy Connolly Shichinosuke Nakamura Masato Harada Hiroyuki Sanada & Shun Sugata Director Edward Zwick Certificate 15 years & over Year 2003 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English German German narrative Swedish Danish Finnish Icelandic Hebrew Arabic Greek Duration 2 hours & 27 minutes (approx)