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Originally Posted by TalnSG
The main character being white is not an insult. The character is supposed to be a American who failed in the Army and went to Japan as a mercenary.
But having him even vaguely referred or even compared favorably to as a samurai seemed demeaning to samurai legacy. Yes, the samurai were mercenaries of a sort, but they were also their own subculture and not mere opportunists.
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See, this confuses me a little as I always thought the title "The Last Samurai" was in reference to Ken Watanabe's character, Katsumoto, not Nathen Algren and more besides, I never thought of the word 'Samurai' in the title as being singular.
Maybe that's just me...