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2 days ago · Sensing the prospect of future trade deals with Japan, his superiors send him to Japan to train Emperor Meji's (Shichinosuke Nakamara) army, so they can defend themselves against the rebellions led by the eponymous last samurai: Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe) and his men. Billy Connelly, Timothy Spall and Hiroyuki Sanada co-star.
The title in other languages refer to Samurai in singular form. The movie is loosely based on the Satsuma rebellion of 1877, also called "the rebellion of the last samurai" (plural). So either it's a mistranslation and the title indeed refers to samurai, plural, or it refers to Katsumoto (Ken Wattanabe's character).
1 day ago · Ken Watanabe (渡辺 謙, Watanabe Ken, born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese actor. To English-speaking audiences, he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
1 day ago · John and Ken have been on KFI for over thirty years and with Ken's recent retirement John now takes the show solo. John Kobylt digs into the news to uncover the real story hidden below the headlines. John regularly exposes liars and “spokesholes” while providing blunt, fast paced analysis of the latest news.
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2 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 9th Academy Awards to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous ...
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
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4 days ago · Erin Lowrey. NEW ORLEANS —. A man who was found guilty Friday of killing a New Orleans couple back in 2018 will be sentenced Tuesday following an outburst in court Monday. Kenneth Augustine was...
1 day ago · The best Hiroyuki Sanada movies and TV are a testament to his prolific acting career which has propelled him towards other noted projects like the horror film Ringu (1999), The Last Samurai (2003), Lost (2004-2010), 47 Ronin (2013), The Railway Man (2013), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Mortal Kombat (2021), The Bullet Train (2022) and now Shōgun.
