I believe Saigo was from Kagoshima, not Kumamoto.

@LetsaskShogo

3 жыл бұрын

This is very embarrassing…😥 Yes it is the “Kagoshima” prefecture, not Kumamoto prefecture. I deeply apologize for the false information, and thank you very much for correcting me!

@uniqnjun1078

3 жыл бұрын

@@LetsaskShogo hey Shogo-san! Its alright! We all make mistakes so dont worry :D

@yousefshahin2654

3 жыл бұрын

@@LetsaskShogo It's ok, we all make mistakes after all :D

@RR-ri4vn

Жыл бұрын

@@LetsaskShogo you also had a samurai that came from Africa

@RR-ri4vn

Жыл бұрын

@@LetsaskShogo you also had a samurai that came from Africa

While the historical inaccuracies in Last Samurai bothered me, I'm glad that Tom Cruise didn't try to do a French accent.

@julioe.martinez4606

2 жыл бұрын

Is a recreational movie not a historical…

@DopaminedotSeek3rcolonthree

Жыл бұрын

@@julioe.martinez4606 ...Set in a historical time period?

@ianhill4585

5 ай бұрын

1877 battle of Satsuma , that bit was accurate, as was Saigo Takemori , and the ethos of the Samurai. The Tom Cruise character was Hollywood hype/ meddling.

Katsumono was the “Last Samurai” and Algren’s role was to respect and carry on Katsumono’s principles. Which is why he says to the Emperor “I will tell you how he lived.”

@jetenza2434

Жыл бұрын

I am so glad you mentioned that, everyone keeps saying it was Algren which was getting so annoying.

I never thought the movie referred to Tom Cruise as the last samurai. I always thought the title implied the movie was about the last of the samurai in Japan. I guess I thought the word “samurai” could be used as singular or plural. Love the channel. Great content!!

Mostly fictional I do like the film the Last Samurai and I greatly respect the amount of time put into Japanese Sword Training especially by Tom Cruise. There is a movie about the Real Last Samurai with the same name

It's the same issue as The Last of the Mohicans (spoilers for a 200-yer-old novel / 30-year-old film); just as people assume Tom Cruise's character is "the last samurai" (when it is actually Katsumoto), they assume Daniel Day-Lewis' character in the 1992 film is "the last Mohican" (even though it is his adoptive father - foster brother in the original story - Chingachgook, and the story explicitly says so after the death of his son, Uncas)

@kopec82

11 ай бұрын

Great Spirit, Maker of All Life. A warrior goes to you swift and straight as an arrow shot into the sun. Welcome him and let him take his place at the council fire of my people. He is Uncas, my son. Tell them to be patient and ask death for speed, for they are all there but one, I, Chingachgook, last of the Mohicans.”

["Omake" talk of this video/Sub channel “Shogo’s Podcast”] How Jules Brunet and Shinsengumi Hijikata fought together through the Boshin-war kzread.info/dash/bejne/qqFn1diLo5exqNo.html ⚠️False information in video⚠️ 8:57 10:38 ✖︎Kumamoto prefecture →✔︎Kagoshima prefecture Kagoshima prefecture is the southern prefecture of Kumamoto prefecture I deeply apologize for this mistake... ・ In this channel, you can take a closer look at Japanese traditional culture, tips upon traveling to Kyoto, and social problems in Japan. So learners and lovers of Japanese language and culture, be sure to subscribe to enjoy more content! Please check out the description box for more videos recommended for you! ▼Join our Membership▼ kzread.info/dron/n7DCb9ttrcw9h3vh9dfnVw.htmljoin ●Membership benefits -Limited behind-the-scene videos kzread.info/head/UUMOn7DCb9ttrcw9h3vh9dfnVw -Weekly live stream -Priority reply to comments Every single yen we earn from this membership, we will be donating to groups of people who are fighting to solve social problems in Japan, the Japanese schools where foreign students can study, or use it to spread the works of people working with traditional culture in Japan to preserve the arts they are doing. ▼Sub channel “Shogo’s Podcast”▼ kzread.info/dron/ZAe1VayWxp5NLO4Net78DA.html The perfect channel to learn about Japanese culture and history in your spare time, during your walk to school or work, and when you are cooking or doing house chores. Not only will I be covering the topics in this main channel, but also some topics that you will only be able to enjoy in the sub-channel, like answering questions I receive, and my opinions towards some of the comments. ▼Instagram▼ instagram.com/lets_ask_shogo/ *Please ask me questions through the DM here!（⚠️I do not use e-mail） Thank you again very much for watching!

"Tom Cruise is-" Shogo: "No he ain't!"

I've always been wondering, whether the japanese watch the original movie or a localized version, where some scenes have been dubbed, when Nathan Algren can speak japanese.

Because you speak so clearly and carefully, even at 1.5x speed I can make out everything you are saying quite well. Another great episode Shogo.

Hi Shogo, great vídeo. Recently I have watched a 2016 Martin Scorcese movie called Silence, that tells the story of two jesuit priests who entered Japan looking for another priest during the attenpts of portuguese to spread catholicism in Japan, in the 17th century, right after the Shimabara rebellion. It's based on a novel by Shûsaku Endô and already had an japanese adaptation by Masahiro Shinoda in 1971. Can you someday do a video about this movie also? Bests.

Tom Cruise was not the Last Samurai, Katsumoto is the Samurai refered in the title. It was never the movie's intention to say Cruise was the Last Samurai.

@ruolbu

2 жыл бұрын

friends on mine see it differently ^^

@notinusesoon4975

2 жыл бұрын

@@ruolbu yeah, children who have no idea why they are watching movies in the first place right?

@ruolbu

2 жыл бұрын

@@notinusesoon4975 nah, full grown adults who simply understood the ending a bit differently.

@jetenza2434

Жыл бұрын

I am so glad you mentioned that, everyone keeps saying it was Algren(Tom Cruise) which was getting so annoying.

You did a great job with this history lesson keep up the great work.

13:57 not families, just one family actually, that being the Yamana clan, the Hosokawa and Yamana were bitter rivals, the Yamana and their allies at first supported Ashikaga Yoshihisa (Son of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the shogun), while the Hosokawa and their allies supported Ashikaga Yoshimi (Younger brother of Ashikaga Yoshimasa). However in 1469, Emperor of Japan at the time, Go-Tsuchimikado, declared Yoshimi a rebel, and Yoshimi sided with the Yamana. The war ended in 1477, with no clear victor, however neither Hosokawa Katsumoto (Leader of the Hosokawa), nor Yamana Sozen (leader of the Yamana) lived long enough to see their clans end this war with no real winner, as both had died in 1473.

Just found this channel and can’t stop watching the videos! Shogo keep these coming! Thanks!

The movie was about the end of the Samurai. In English Samurai is both singular and plural. The last Samurai means "Saigo no Samuraitachi" In English, one does not say Samurais (Samuraitachi). Tom Cruise was not the last Samurai. Katsumoto's Clan was the last Samurai. Nobody in the USA thinks Tom Cruise was "The Last Samurai". Tom's character was along for the ride and an hatamoto to Kastumoto.

Such interesting topics, thnx for sharing!

Thank you for historical insight into this great story!

Thank for your video !

This is my favorite movie of all-time, and I greatly enjoyed this excellent video! You've earned my like AND subscription.

Wow, what a story! Great video Shogo!

Great as always, Shogo!

@CEOofAn

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah!

Excellent explanation. Great comparisons and contrasts. I thoroughly enjoy your videos.

Let’s be honest we don’t watch it for Tom Cruise but for Ken Watanabe. He’s a underrated actor.

Good work Shogo! 👍

Curious how the "Last Samurai's" surname was Saigou (西郷), which is very similar to the word "saigo" or "last/end" with other kanji (最後).

@voidmain2453

3 жыл бұрын

Yea it’s the exact same reading, though these kanjis together 西郷 doesn’t really have a meaning

@the_hiroman

3 жыл бұрын

@@voidmain2453 Not exact. Saigou (the samurai) has extended "o" (ou->oh). Saigo (last) does not.

What a wonderful history teacher you are Thank you

I see samurai i arrive 🤩

@sralf1

3 жыл бұрын

Much like us in Japan

@kaladitya

3 жыл бұрын

@@sralf1 ayo are you on discord?

I haven't been getting notifications for your channel... I was wondering where your videos have been. Thankful I checked.

Hi Shogo. Can't wait for more explanation of your culture. Great piece of history there. Hakodate castle (and the tower) is full of those pictures and diorama. By the way, emperor Meiji awarded Jules Brunet not only the order sacred treasure (瑞宝章, Zuihō-shō) in 1895 but the order of the rising sun too (旭日章, Kyokujitsu-shō) in 1881... This is a proof of respect despite his fight against him.

Great video Shogo! I would love if we can discuss together Jujutsu and Japanese history sometime.

Wow, it's really good even sped up!

Thank you Shogo nice information... Warm regard from Indonesia

Love your channel! I’m a beginner Iaido student from Argentina ! I wonder if you made a tutorial video of how to tie a hakama and obi , the Japanese way 🙏🏽

@uniqnjun1078

3 жыл бұрын

That would actually be good!

I was a matte painter on the film The Last Samurai . 😜

Five stars! Thank you.

I love your channel, Shogo. I’d love to hear your opinion of Shogun, the mini-series based on the novel by James Clavell.

Shogo amazing content, Thank you for preserving and sharing your culture cheers truth and friend-ship 🇯🇵🙏 studying history is what brings us together to look toward the future we are all branches of the same tree. 🐉🧬🌏

Jolly good 👍🏾

17:55 I thought you were going to say "his fame was as big as his head".

There is always a problem with movies etc. When an outsider to a Culture or a Country tries to tell a story about someone or a group of people. This is a reality mentioned in Social Anthropology. It's also why people in the U.S.A who are aware of the problem use the word Hollyweird. Outsiders to a culture have social biases based on their own culture which are full of speculations and assumptions. I consider the problem as being rooted in ignorance and disrespect. So thank you Shogo for educating us about Japanese Culture and History.

Ryoanji! I went there in 2006! Awesome

Thank you once again Shogo, another interesting and informative episode. Keep up the great work! 👍

the real story is very different but at the same time similar, I can see why it was written in that way, both had similar values, in different circumstances they would have been good comrades.

I was under the impression the Last Samurai movie was….a movie….not real. And the last samurai in the movie wasn’t Tom Cruise.

I loved this movie

@SFDark

2 жыл бұрын

@@NapoleonAquila I'm not

Brunet, because of his training, would have been quite a competant swordsman with a military sabre and would have been able to adapt to using a katana quite readily imho.

I saw TLS 15 or more years ago and mildly enjoyed it, though I preferred NHK’s annual Taiga Dorama. Your video made me want to watch… MORE of YOUR videos!

Please make a video to explain Zatoichi !

16:50 sheeeeeesh!! 🥶🥶🥶

Greetings Shogo sama just a question.. did the Frenchman reteat to Hokkaido at some stage? I've heard different stories.. One more thing Sir,thank you for all the knowledge you graciously share. Domo.

@kuronoch.1441

Ай бұрын

He did retreat to Hokkaido - and got a trophy sword from Hijikata Toshizo in the process.

I LOVED THE SCENE WHEN TOM CRUISE’S CHARACTER DEFEATED 8 ATTACKERS IN THE NIGHT AND THEN GOES OVER IT IN HIS MIND WHEN THE CONFLICT IS OVER 🤩🤩🤩 No - Tom Cruise is not a Samurai (he’s an actor) BUT HE ROCKED IT

Someone needs to make a movie about Yasuke

@StennMathis

2 жыл бұрын

Theres been an anime which in my book was better than Afro Samurai. Nobody NEEDS to do a film of Yasuke unless first do a film or drama about The Ainu people and the changes experienced in their world

Leaving this to help the you know what.

The real last samurai's name was Saigo? Wow the irony.

I have a good friend of mine who trains in the samurai martial arts, and has a Japanese teacher that comes over from Japan and teaches them from time to time, those fellers are very good to have good timing and good skill, some of it almost the medieval knight from Europe. However it was a tragic story on both the Hollywood version of The last samurai, and in history. Here's my question for you partner, do you think the samurai were in the wrong or the American military was in the wrong for how they took their actions or is it no contest or the time period?

It seems the movie "Lady Snowblood" starts in the time when Saigo was trying to appease the rebels by setting up schools and communities. Snowblood's father [her legal father] was sent to be a teacher; he was murdered, and the mother was raped and enslaved. Having murdered her owner, she was sent to prison where she became pregnant and died giving birth to Snowblood, who was born for the purpose of avenging her mother and her mother's husband, her legal father. By the time she was old enough to carry out her duty, things had changed a lot, and her revenge created more suffering.

I thought Tom Cruise himself has said the last samurai was L. Ron Hubbard????

Hmmm, popular maybe but for my money I think "when the last sword is drawn" , "yojimbo" (if you like something more serious) or the 1971 campy classic "Red Sun" if you want something less serious but with a lot of heart will probably always be the best of the genre, but then I can be somewhat of a curmudgeon sometimes.

Is it just me or did Omura had a really big head?

@outboundflight4455

3 жыл бұрын

I thought the same🤣

@tykep1009

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he is famous for that big brain also, indeed.

What im watching right now the last samurai

Sometimes Hollywood changes a story so much that I decide to pass on the film. I still haven’t seen The Last Samurai.

Saigo Takamori was part of the Shimazu Clan correct?

@LetsaskShogo

3 жыл бұрын

He belonged to the Satsuma clan, and the lord of the clan was the Shimazu family! I did not mention about Shimazu family in the video, because I thought it might get confusing!

@outboundflight4455

3 жыл бұрын

@@LetsaskShogo right lol I figured because I saw the Shimazu mon on his kimono. But it makes sense. Arigato Shogo-san!

It was Tom Cruise's "Dances With Wolves"... in Japan.💁🏽‍♂️😆

In the movie, was the love between Algren 7 Taka real? What happened after the he got back?

Isn't the first western samurai that guy that helped Nobunaga what's his name John Blackthorn?

Honnoji no Hen!

👍

What does it mean when the shogun confines himself?

Jules Brunet is prounanced as "Zheel Bhrhooneh", for those who know English and not French.

@LetsaskShogo

3 жыл бұрын

I had my friend France send me a voice message of the correct pronunciation, but this was the best I could do😭

@amb4367

3 жыл бұрын

@@LetsaskShogo I know. Many People don't know French, even though i like French better then English. I just wanted to help you. It reminded me of the Fact how meany People who know English, especialy as first Language prounance wrong the Name of the famous French Writer Jules Verne as "Jools Vrn" instead as it is supposed be Prounanced: "Zh-ee-l (or maybe better as Zh-ih-l) V-eh-rh-n". English is not my First Language. And also, from all the Languages that use the Latin Script, the English Language has the most difficult Orthography. Becouse of that I sometimes make Mistakes when I write English, and also it is difficult for me to write the correct Prounancemen of words using English Orthography.

@Jenny-tm3cm

3 жыл бұрын

I took French in high school so I don’t have a accent but I read it as zjewel brew-nay (wow there is no way to type those sounds using English lol) Edit: emphasis on the r being the French r lol

@yousefshahin2654

3 жыл бұрын

@@LetsaskShogo It's ok, just wait to till you hear and learn my native language العربية or ARABIC >:)) Also I actually feel you are pronouncing it well, although I don't speak French either 🤣

@amb4367

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jenny-tm3cm I have a lot of Trouble writing French and German Prounancement using English Orthography. Especialy since English is not my First Language. French "J", should in English be writen as "Zh", then the Title of the famous Russian Novel in English language "Doctor Zhivago" is writen like that. Other Sounds are more difficult to figer out.

You should watch this : Shiroyama - The Satsuma Rebellion - Sabaton History 007 [Official]

I thought it was shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa who ordered the Ryoan-ji temple to be built, but what is true is that it was built during his rule. Edit: In fact, it was during his rule when the Ōnin War began.

Why did they make a different character instead of the real last Samurai, Saigo Takamori, I always wondered about this. 🤔

@TheLouHam

3 жыл бұрын

Because it’s an American movie made by an American company and that’s why they wanted the story to revolve around an American, and not English.

@Meli1380

3 жыл бұрын

I think they didn't want to be tied down by history. And if they had used the real character, there would have been complaints as soon as they departed from the facts!

@yousefshahin2654

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLouHam Ok then

Sometimes I wish the Meji govenrment didn't just outright gotten rid of the Samauri class but offer them military positions as field officers & other high ranking positions in the newly formed modern Japan's military force at the time. Many were brilliant tacticians & excellent CQB experts, the kind of valuable skills needed for any military forces when needed, give them some modern military tactics & technology. They'll be a force to be reckon with.

@_Tizoc_

2 жыл бұрын

Most of them had no practical military experience- the shogunate had basically let them become completely useless. This is why they signed the treaty with the US so quickly- they hadn’t any military training or development in 265 years. The Samurai of the Sengoku period were very well trained and studied and lots of practical experience. The Samurai of the Meiji era were just born into high status families of antiquated political relevance - otherwise they wouldn’t have been hiring people from France to teach them how to military. The new era of hostility taught many people extensive military training but not just to the samurai. The imperial era of Japanese history was very aggressive and well studied in the arts of war without the familial ties of the Samurai deciding who would be educated in it. New political realities decided who would wage war.

@ShebaFr

Жыл бұрын

They did join the military and political classes. The infamously poisonous relationship between the IJA and IJN was because their commanding class were mostly samurai of clans who were enemies. It was referenced in one movie about Isoroku Yamamoto.

I liked the movie but Tom cruise kind of spoiled it for me, Ujio was my favourite character in that movie

I am very glad that today we in the USA are able to count Japan as one our closest allies in the world. I have so much respect and admiration for your history, especially militarily, and your culture. And, of course your people, who are amazing. We have the shared history of having fought the greatest naval battles of all time with Japan. The Japanese are truly an honorable people, you were a mighty adversary, and now a great friend.

Shiroyama!

🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

You have to remember... Hollywood messes up all stories.

Ok. I have one question. One of my favorite anime is Ranma 1/2. My question to you is this. Do you think the Clan Kuno were descendants of "real" samurai or rich posers who are faking it?

Please please make a review about the Samurai X movies 🥺🥺🥺🙏🏼🙏🏼 おねがいします🥺🙏🏼

@Let’s ask Shogo -Your Japanese friend in Kyoto Well, to be fair, that traitor, Akechi Mitsuhide was shōgun for about 13 days……😂

If French military could train more denshutai for a larger period then the shogunate probably have not fall. Although they had more numbers imperialists have more modern weapons.

An offer of surrender ¡Saigo ignore contender!

But weren’t all samurai alive when the samurai class was abolished technically the last samurai, that formally stopped being samurai at the same time?

I am a bit confused. If the samurai are at the top of societal hierarchy, why are many poor?

265 years of peace broken by the US just because they want to use a port thats not theirs wow 😂

@SCH292

3 жыл бұрын

Weeb. Japan was never at peace in 265 years. Civil war, minor war raise and put down many times.

@shirokuma663

3 жыл бұрын

@@SCH292 yes they are. Tokugawa period is the most peaceful period compared to the previous periods. Of course internal conflicts are inrvitable, heck even countries today have opposing sides. So yeah go romanticize your US colonization somewhere else 😂

@SCH292

3 жыл бұрын

@@shirokuma663 I'm not even talking about colonization here you moron. You're bringing up irrelevant unrelated topic and using it as a counter argument. First you claim that Japan was at peace for 265 years. I told you that Japan was never at peace. You just contradicted your own comment and confirmed that Japan was never at peace during those 265 years now to save you weeb mistake you decided to bring up colonization. Out of context.

@shirokuma663

3 жыл бұрын

@@SCH292 "moron"? Lol 😂 typical uneducated response coming from a troll. You're just digging different context on the word "peace". Yes. Tokugawa period is the most peaceful period on japan compared to the whole Sengoku period which is a whole century before the unification of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Laws, agriculture, economic growth, balance of power etc. Cut the "BuT tHerRe Are CiVil WaRs TheReForE No PEACE!!" I can continue to explain that it all happened at the final years of edo at the entrance of meiji restoration and drop some facts but as how you reapond it'll be just a waste. You'll just start to smart shame and drag me down your stupidity hole.

@shirokuma663

3 жыл бұрын

@@SCH292 I should know better ever since you start your argument with "Weeb" Guys like you dont know how to argue, you just take "Words" out of context and start to talk trash smh. Typical trolls 🤷🤦😪

I was taught that Saigo wanted to invade Korea but the Meiji government rejected the proposal

If I was the shogun at that era I would end the emperor family rules and alliance myself with the western world and creating a nice spot for my self.. 😁 .. but I don't need to because things are always working out by itself... 🤣😂....

So at the end, the samurai who fight for meiji government, are slaughtred. See, these guys who betrayed the fellow samurai, were being betrayed by their new government as well. Lesson learned, US military intervention never been a good news

Shogo-sensei, would you believe a legend of *Swedish Valkyries* who sang of Saigo Takamori's last stand in the Battle of Shiroyama??? Btw, the establishment of the Meiji central government marked the achievement their Nara period ancestors had long sought after 11 centuries. At first the Nara court tasted some Chinese soup (the 唐 táng/tou dynasty, not the 湯 tāng/soup/suimono dynasty), but the clans were like "no" bcuz they were opposed to centralization. Then the Meiji court tried numerous western dishes (constitutions) to make their own. They tried English tea; too unwieldy to integrate with green tea, American hamburger; too liberal, Spanish jamon (hamon); too despotic, french baguette; also despotic, German/Preussen schnitzel; "oooooooooh" they said. End of story, they then made tonkatsu (Meiji constitution) out of that

A Hero in Japan, a Villain in Mexico

Français : C'est vrai. English : It's True.

Referencement

Jules Brunet seems to have been a gallant man. Still, I wouldn't want to see Tom Cruise attempting a ridiculous French accent.

@marc5266

3 жыл бұрын

Il en est bien incapable le pauvre.

@remoraexocet

3 жыл бұрын

@@marc5266 Le dernier Mission impossible se passait à Paris, il a dû avoir quelques lignes en français.

Tom Cruise is the last Samurai

In short, Tom Cruise and his movie were not accurate

@SCH292

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Samurai had access to firearms, cannons and European equipment since 1543. Also they did keep up with some modernization during the 200+ year of peace even up to the point when they fought the Imperial forces but the Imperial Forces had more modern equipment and adopted more modern battle formation. Ever since Weebs and stupid people saw the movie they believe that Samurai didn't use firearms till USA came.

The last samurai Is satsuma clan Because their clan exist during meiji period and abolish during satsum rebellion Jules brunet the last shogun Because he is not a samurai

Today's Conclusion: You get famous in Japan, you die. No natural death here, no Siree. Sepuku or Treachery nothing less.

I’m your 666th like so evil lol