Ken Watanabe defends The Last Samurai from white savior criticism

Get the Full StoryActor Ken Watanabe has been in a number of films and television projects throughout his life and, while many have been good, others like The Last Samurai have been the targets of criticism Watanabe is saying now is completely unjust to level at the project.

I just thought we had the opportunity to depict Japan in a way that we were never able to before. So, we thought we were making something special. Before The Last Samurai, there was this stereotype of Asian people with glasses, bucked teeth and a camera. It was stupid, but after The Last Samurai , Hollywood tried to be more authentic when it came to Asian stories.

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