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The Last Samurai is a 2003 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 Ken Watanabe and Tom Cruise , who also produced, along with Timothy Spall , Billy Connolly , Tony Goldwyn , Hiroyuki Sanada , and ...
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Dec 5, 2003 · The Last Samurai: Directed by Edward Zwick. With Ken Watanabe, Tom Cruise, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg. Nathan Algren, a US army veteran, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques.
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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.
Ken Watanabe. Actor: The Last Samurai. Ken Watanabe was born on October 21, 1959 in Uonuma, Japan. Both of his parents were teachers: his mother taught general education and his dad taught calligraphy. He became interested in acting at the age of 24, when a director of England's National Theater Company, where he was studying, told him that ...
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May 19, 2022 · Ken Watanabe is having the last word on “The Last Samurai.”. After the 2003 film, inspired by a true story, was criticized for perpetuating the white savior stereotype with Tom Cruise‘s U.S ...
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Mar 16, 2024 · The leader of the Samurai warriors is Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe), a compassionate yet deadly swordsman who heads the rebellion. In the first battle between the Algren-led Japanese forces and the ...
