The Last Samurai (狼よ落日を斬れ) 50 years old

The Last Samurai

The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.

Credits

The Last Samurai Cast

Name Character
Ryutaro Tatsumi He was 69, 84 years old when he died
Ken Ogata He was 37, 71 years old when he died as Nakamura Hanjiro
Tôru Abe He was 57, 76 years old when he died
Masaomi Kondo He was 32, now 82 years old as Iba Hachiro
Keiko Matsuzaka She was 22, now 72 years old as Reiko
Teruhiko Saigō He was 27, now 77 years old as Okita Soji
Takahiro Tamura He was 46, 77 years old when he died as Ikemoto Mohei
Tôru Minegishi He was 31, 65 years old when he died
Jûkei Fujioka He was 40, 57 years old when he died
Kiwako Taichi She was 30, 48 years old when she died as Ohide
Hideki Takahashi He was 25, now 24 years old as Toranosuke
Kenji Imai He was 79, 91 years old when he died
Asao Sano He was 49, now 99 years old

The Last Samurai Crew

Name Department
Kenji Misumi as Director. He was 53 (54) years old when He died Directing
Kenji Misumi as Screenplay. He was 53 (54) years old when He died Writing
Shōtarō Ikenami as Story. He was 51 (67) years old when He died Writing
Takeo Kunihiro as Screenplay. Writing
Akira Ifukube as Original Music Composer. He was 60 (91) years old when He died Sound
Masao Kosugi as Director of Photography. He was 52 (92) years old when He died Camera
The Last Samurai poster
The Last Samurai (50 years)

  • Release day: Friday, September 20, 1974
  • Runtime: 159 minutes