Japan Loved The Last Samurai

>white invader kills a japanese warrior, takes his place in their honorbound culture and home, and marries his wife >this make over $100 million in japan, one of the highest grossing films there >tom cruise has been a huge star in japan ever since the release of this movie What did japan mean by this?

A screenshot of an anonymous forum post displays a still from The Last Samurai, showing Tom Cruise’s character facing a Japanese woman. The joke points out that the film depicts a white outsider taking the place of a Japanese warrior, yet was highly successful in Japan and helped make Tom Cruise popular there, asking what that popularity supposedly means about Japan. EN: A screenshot of an anonymous forum post displays a still from The Last Samurai, showing Tom Cruise’s character facing a Japanese woman. The joke points out that the film depicts a white outsider taking the place of a Japanese warrior, yet was highly successful in Japan and helped make Tom Cruise popular there, asking what that popularity supposedly means about Japan.

• @eternalclassic / 43413 2023-12-16