Edward Zwick (screenwriter, director, producer) THE LAST SAMURAI (May 31, 2002) Film script

Warner Brothers. Softcover/Paperback. Fine. Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 2002. Vintage original film script, 11 x 8 1/2" (29 x 22 cm), brad bound, 125 pp., with 17 and [11] pp. of shooting schedules laid in. Dated May 31, 2002, and every page is watermarked. Overall fine. The Last Samurai is an epic period action drama film directed and produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz from a story devised by Logan. The film stars Tom Cruise, who also produced, along with Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Koyuki Kato in supporting roles. The film's plot was inspired by the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion, led by Saigo Takamori, and the Westernization of Japan by foreign powers. Cruise portrays Nathan Algren, an American captain of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, whose personal and emotional conflicts bring him into contact with samurai warriors in the wake of the Meiji Restoration in 19th century Japan. The character of Algren is very loosely based on Eugène Collache and Jules Brunet, both French Imperial Guard officers who fought alongside Enomoto Takeaki in the earlier Boshin War. (Wikipedia)