Jinichi Kawakami, widely considered the world’s last ninja grandmaster, rates and reviews Tom Cruise’s The Last Samurai and shares a surprising weapon detail. Released in 2003, The Last Samurai is directed by Edward Zwick and stars Cruise as an American military advisor and Civil War veteran Nathan Algren, who is tasked with traveling to Japan to help eliminate the last remaining Samurai. After being captured in battle, he eventually embraces the Samurai culture and joins them in their fight, with one standout sequence involving Algren and Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe) fending off attacking ninjas.
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In new video from Insider, Kawakami, a Kōka-ryū ninjutsu practitioner, analyzes The Last Samurai’s ninja attack scene, rating it a five out of ten for accuracy. He identifies the specific stealth tactic being used as
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