Tom Cruise went out of his way to train for The Last Samurai and didn't even take an upfront salary for the movie.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image released by Netflix shows, from left, Junichi Okada, Yumia Fujisaki, Kaya Kiyohara and Masahiro Higashide in a scene ...

Netflix has announced the global premiere of its new Japanese series, Last Samurai Standing, which will debut on Thursday, November 13, 2025. This isn’t the first Netflix Original Japanese series, but ...

Is it better for a historical film to be accurate or to be meaningful? Do films need a surrogate outsider for audiences to relate to? Why is Tom Cruise the last samurai? Spoiler … he isn’t. Cinema ...

TOKYO(AP) — “Last Samurai Standing,” a Netflix series launching on Thursday, is set in a Japan where the feudal samurai era is about to end. The hero, Saga Kokushu, played by Junichi Okada, is one of ...

TOKYO — “Last Samurai Standing,” a Netflix series launching on Thursday, is set in a Japan where the feudal samurai era is about to end. The hero, Saga Kokushu, played by Junichi Okada, is one of ...