The Last Samurai: Nathan Algren - Tom Cruise's Best Performance
The Start of the Movie
In the West there are few movies that at the time of 2003 served to better introduce a western audience to the Samurai as a concept, and few actors better selected for the starring role than Tom Cruise. This movie took a great many inspirations; one was the Tale of the Red Knight from Arthuriana, and another was the historical Jules Brunet (who really d…