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<blockquote data-quote="osarusan" data-source="post: 9145559" data-attributes="member: 13950"><p>I can see both arguments.</p><p></p><p>One the one hand, Watanabe Ken's character is "the last samurai" as he saves Cruise and teaches him their culture in a last ditch effort to cling to a vanishing noble cause.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, Cruise's character is an incel's dream. A broken man who comes to Japan, gets saved by some samurai, marries the wife of the man he killed, learns how to "be Japanese," and then surpasses the samurai with his own "samurainess" and shames them into fighting to their deaths. It's a crowning example of white saviorism.</p><p></p><p>Interestingly, though, it is well loved over here!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Agree 100%.</p><p></p><p>The movie is dripping with romanticism that is not historically accurate. I mean that's Hollywood. It is what it is. And to be fair, I still enjoyed the movie, even though I like to laugh at how heavy-handed it is.</p><p></p><p></p><p>That was a real concern, actually! We usually say "samurai" to mean "warrior" in English, but "samurai" is a actually caste, and plenty of them were not warriors. The idea of being well-versed in literature as well as military was always a big thing, going back to ancient China, but the long peace of the Edo period definitely allowed for those pursuits to outweigh actual combat. Still, there were small conflicts throughout the Edo period that allowed for armies to get their practice, and Japan's military during the Meiji period leaves little question as to the ability of their soldiers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="osarusan, post: 9145559, member: 13950"] I can see both arguments. One the one hand, Watanabe Ken's character is "the last samurai" as he saves Cruise and teaches him their culture in a last ditch effort to cling to a vanishing noble cause. On the other hand, Cruise's character is an incel's dream. A broken man who comes to Japan, gets saved by some samurai, marries the wife of the man he killed, learns how to "be Japanese," and then surpasses the samurai with his own "samurainess" and shames them into fighting to their deaths. It's a crowning example of white saviorism. Interestingly, though, it is well loved over here! Agree 100%. The movie is dripping with romanticism that is not historically accurate. I mean that's Hollywood. It is what it is. And to be fair, I still enjoyed the movie, even though I like to laugh at how heavy-handed it is. That was a real concern, actually! We usually say "samurai" to mean "warrior" in English, but "samurai" is a actually caste, and plenty of them were not warriors. The idea of being well-versed in literature as well as military was always a big thing, going back to ancient China, but the long peace of the Edo period definitely allowed for those pursuits to outweigh actual combat. Still, there were small conflicts throughout the Edo period that allowed for armies to get their practice, and Japan's military during the Meiji period leaves little question as to the ability of their soldiers. [/QUOTE]
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