One of my ancestor, Léonce Verny was also a French engineer from Polytechnique that went to Japan to modernize it's Navy and built the port of Yokosuka, he still have a statue of him there and a park name after his name in the city of Yokosuka. Japan know how to honour the men and women that helped them. Thank you to present the role of thoose men, and thank you Japan to still honouring their memory.

@robguyton3577

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Felix, for your beautiful words.

@user-qh2vt2hm7i

Жыл бұрын

日仏関係の益々の発展を祈ります。日本万歳！フランス万歳！

@user-cp3ip3rw7r

10 ай бұрын

ヴェルニーの子孫て凄いな。。 横須賀製鉄所や横須賀海軍造船所を建設した人やろ。

@Yata-no-Garasu

5 ай бұрын

He greeted Emperor Meiji at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. At that time, it was difficult for even Japanese people to meet the emperor. Your ancestors achieved a great business in Japan

I never knew the French were that involved in Japanese matters. So educational! Thanks for the video! :)

@raymondfrye5017

2 жыл бұрын

The Japanese system of government is French

@trav2190

2 жыл бұрын

They had there hands in many pies until germans ko them down

@tigernotwoods914

2 жыл бұрын

@@raymondfrye5017 yup. Japanese law and it’s court system is based on the napoleonic code

@daniel_sc1024

2 жыл бұрын

@@raymondfrye5017 Actually, it isn't. A government commission was set up to study constitutional governments. The U.S. Constitution was rejected as too liberal. The French and Spanish were rejected as tending more towards despotism. The Reichstag and legal system of Prussia proved to be the most useful to the Constitutional Study Mission. The British system was also useful, but they felt it gave too much power to parliament. "Ito Hirobumi's Constitutional Study Mission to Europe" National Diet Library, Japan.

@raymondfrye5017

2 жыл бұрын

@@daniel_sc1024 Thanx.

The history of France and Japan is incredibly similar and linked despite their differences and their geographical distance.

@stynershiner1854

4 жыл бұрын

It is more that England and Japan's culture and history are similar.

The real story is much more fascinating than the one in "Last Samurai". I think that the French and Japanese film-makers should consider making a film based on the the real historical facts and protagonists of this story.

@cpt.kisaragi1200

8 жыл бұрын

ikr

@arthurvb2057

8 жыл бұрын

The movie "the last samurai" is about the satsuma rebellion which took place in 1877, what you see in this video is the boshin war, which was in 1868, do not get them confused. The boshin war was the emperor vs the shogun, it was not "modern warfare vs tradition", as both sides used new military technology to win. The rebellion, seen in "the last samurai", is a bit more complicated, as samurais started to loose influence through new government reforms, the satsuma clan revolted, and although they did use traditional weapons, they also used guns, unlike the movie presents it.

@CottonBoxer

8 жыл бұрын

i agree, but don't hold ur breath

@bremCZ

8 жыл бұрын

Actually the movie is a combination of both the Satsuma rebellion and the Boshin war. But inverts reality and completely changes the real reason for the war. Meiji called for revocation of the sumptuary laws and this meant that the Samurai were less important, and they didnt like it. Basically the Samurai were upper class and the new govt wanted less class distinction and less preferential treatment. The Samurai were fighting to maintain the opulence, not for justice.

@CottonBoxer

8 жыл бұрын

no one like to relinquish power.prestige, or privilege once they enjoy it. That is why the 1% continues to act as they do...grrr

Man I'm french and i wanted to thank you for this video, sadly it's true that everybody in France forgot his name, i only discovered him recently, he became the people i'm the most proud of in French History, and this video that you made is really a great honor. So thank you so much :)

@TwoFistsOneHalleluja

8 жыл бұрын

+darfinger2 My fav is Bertrand Du Guesclin, aka "The Black Dog of Brocéliande". Even the name is badass.

@darfinger2

8 жыл бұрын

The name is really bad ass indeed :o however i have no clue on who he is, i'll do some research on him :)

@corsehaigazia

6 жыл бұрын

je n'ai pas oublier son nom Jules Brunet un homme d'honneur

@paulmucha4833

5 жыл бұрын

We have the same issue in Canada. Not enough recognition of the French,Native Indians and settlers whom were the real heroes in building our country!

@lahire4943

5 жыл бұрын

@@paulmucha4833 When you want to suppress a people, suppress its roots.

Damn that cry war at 4:10 It's very powerful that gave me chills down my spine!!

@haloborn6785

8 жыл бұрын

woah it gave me chills too! xd

@TheHalo2fan

8 жыл бұрын

That war cry go outside and act like a samurai hahaha

@TheHalo2fan

8 жыл бұрын

made me*

@drg8687

7 жыл бұрын

It's pretty intense and kind of comes out of no where, but it's awesome.

@drg8687

7 жыл бұрын

Also, 99% certain it's the song from The Last Samurai.

Tell me how he died. I'll tell you how he lived.

@wizkid9404

4 жыл бұрын

my favorite dialogue in the movie. i actually cried

@bestmather1752

4 жыл бұрын

A just watch it hhh

@mohammadyusuf1299

4 жыл бұрын

Henry Yeh Great conversation...

@michaeldesanta424

4 жыл бұрын

Very emotional moment.

@Whatinthefdoyouwant

4 жыл бұрын

Sent severs down my spine.

We need anime version of Jules Brunet's journey. This is such an awesome history stuff

Hello there. I do really thank you for this video. Now, besides I learned more about the real story of "the last samurai", i can tell you proudly this man was in my country. I'm Mexican. France invaded Mexico from 1862 to 1867, so Jules was here, fighting against our army. What an honor.

@fotiskoutsoupas7787

3 жыл бұрын

ok i lost you!!! you feel honor for someone who invade you country and kill your people back then??? if that is honor you people are far from logic....

@jmbig

3 жыл бұрын

@@fotiskoutsoupas7787 I understand that because it is an honor to fight against courageous soldiers. And even today, the Mexican army presents arms in front of the Camaron monument where less than 60 French soldiers have resisted more than 2000 Mexican soldiers, they are practically all dead except the last 5 who charged with the bayonet despite their injuries, and that Mexicans spared

@jmbig

3 жыл бұрын

I understand that because it is an honor to fight against courageous soldiers. And even today, the Mexican army presents arms in front of the Camaron monument where less than 60 French soldiers have resisted more than 2000 Mexican soldiers, they are practically all dead except the last 5 who charged with the bayonet despite their injuries, and that Mexicans spared

i may not be french but as time goes on i have more and more respect for them, with stuff like this, and the fact that the french helped the US in the revolutionary war. then gifted the statue of liberty to the states when the US was first starting out. You don't hear it very often of other countries doing that, and for that i salute them fully

He is one of the renouwned and respected French figures in Japan, who loved the Samurai spirit and lived in the midst of turbulent times in the modern history of the nation.

To be fair, French history is vast and rich with stories like this.

@cloudman8911

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah specially losing against the English or betraying native americans.

@benjaminlucas9991

4 жыл бұрын

scalping forever Do you want us to talk about Guillaume the conqueror, the invasion of the england, the Kings of england were French, 40% of words in english langage comes from french language and suprematie of France in Europe for many centuries? And France participated in 185 battles, won 132 battles, lose 43 and 10 was indecisive, the last 800 years. France won the most battles in the world. And do you know the 100 years war or Napoléon ?

@benjaminlucas9991

4 жыл бұрын

scalping forever If the history of english was Better and more glorious than french history, the americans would not change the french history to make the english or american history better in the movies ( dunkirk, the king on netflix, the Last samurai, ect...)

@bobinounet4767

3 жыл бұрын

@@cloudman8911 you are that one kid missing school right ?

@cloudman8911

3 жыл бұрын

@@bobinounet4767 no. You don t like facts?

I was thinking it was weird, in the movie, to hire US experts when the French and Prussians were far more famous, they even helped train the US army during the independence war.

@andrewsmith9174

3 жыл бұрын

That was 100 years in difference. The USA at this time was the rising economic power in the world until the Civil War put the country on pause.

@MH-kc1eu

3 жыл бұрын

Nope, the prussians aided the UK fighting against America, there was only one French general sent by king Louis to help train some Americans.

@bizybliztaverage9414

3 жыл бұрын

@@MH-kc1eu No, everyone in Europe hates their gut, ally my arse

@daniel_sc1024

2 жыл бұрын

@@MH-kc1eu I think you are thinking about the Hessian mercenaries hired by George III. Prussia remained neutral during the American Revolution. Prior to that war, Prussia had been allied with Great Britain against France, but GB changed their foreign policy in favor of France, and Frederick the Great felt betrayed. America did try to get Prussia to recognize them and enter into a treaty during the Revolution, but Frederick was weary of antagonizing England. He did allow them to buy Prussian arms through a third party, though. A former Prussian army captain, Baron Frederick Wilhelm von Steuben, was instrumental in training Washington's Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

@danemon8423

Жыл бұрын

@@MH-kc1eu the french shipped guns, canons, powder and uniforms. And sent almost 20 000 men when it entered the conflict militarly. Prussia remained neutral. And let's not forget the spanish

My father is close to 80 and his grandfather was a Feudal Lord, and my father's side were all samurai. He still has the hilt of a katana that's been in my family for hundreds of years. He showed it to me once, it was amazingly still in good condition other than several nick's and a few deep gouges. I rented the movie years ago and immediately knew who he was and said he's greatly respected and revered in Japan, which is a remarkable trait for a foreigner especially back then to be accepted and admired in Feudal Japan.

@unisic3789

3 жыл бұрын

that's really interesting. Is there any legacy of the samourai's time in the modern japan?

Thank you for the history lesson. Have a great week.

I own the original 1870 book where this story was published, "Le Tour du Monde" it's a collection of travel stories of French people around the world. The one who told this story was Eugène Collache, a subordinate of brunet. He was actually the swordman who fought along with the Shinsengumi. He is the French man in samurai outfit represented on the drawing in your video. Brunet was a modern military man. Collache was more of a traditional swordman. He planned to steal the ships of the emperor "pirate style" with the help of the samurais of the Shinsengumi. But their boat was caught in a typhoon between Hakodate and the Miyako bay ... They arrived too late at Miyako bay and the boats were ready to sail and filled with the entire army. Thus they failed their commando mission ... The samurais of the Shinsengumi decided to surrender. Collache refused but was authorized to keep his sword until they brought him to prison. In Edo, he was judged and condemned to death. When he was called from his cell he thought his last day had come, he said good by to his japanese brother in arms ... and left the prison with the conviction he would be beheaded soon ... But at the exit, his French Brother in arms were waiting for him on a boat, diplomacy had worked, and he would not be condemned to death, but would never be able to come to Japan ever again. Back in France, he published his 10 pages story in the periodical "Le Tour du Monde." It seems the illustrations were also based on his drawings. I did some research about it and, his Japanese brothers in arms, also sentenced to death, were finally not executed either ... They were the elite samuraï of the Shogun's police after all ...

RIP Jules you where a great warrior may your name be remembered forever.

The French are said to be quite proud of their culture, yet there are two places they treat with utmost respect, on this subject: Italy and Japan. I’d even call it a fascination. We are five in my (French) family to speak Japanese to some extent, me being the worst, a cousin is a graduate in this language, my three nephews, manga addicts, can hold a conversation quite fairly.

@YK36Deadezio

2 жыл бұрын

Malheureusement aujourd’hui les français fièrent de leur culture, etc.... se font traiter de facho, raciste, etc... car les wokes veulent imposer une culture complètement opposé à la France... en France.

What an amazing and courageous man Brunet was!!! Wow! Just wow!!!

@garydflatt692

6 жыл бұрын

MarekUtd i

✊🏼/🇯🇵 Fascinating, thank you for posting. "They say Japan was made by a sword. They say the old gods dipped a cold blade into the ocean, and when they pulled it out four perfect drops fell back into the sea, and those drops became the islands of Japan."

"The greatest story never told" - more knowledge in that documentary than 10 years of television!

@warriorofferventintercessi1237

4 жыл бұрын

TheEmperor ofMan It’s relevant to this video but YES watch it everyone you will be changed

Well done mate, the shout at 4:10 timed with the story of the last stand gave me goosebumps 😀

This is a fascinating story, but in reality the Last Samurai is actually based upon the Satsuma Rebellion which took place ten years after the end of the Boshin war, and was led by Saigo Takamori, who funny enough led the Imperial forces to victory in the Boshin war, but when swords were outlawed on the streets of Japan and Samurai were mistreated by police, they took up arms and the Last of the samurai fought to the last man against the Imperialists at the battle Shiroyama.

@TheGuyfromValhalla

6 жыл бұрын

Gypsy Ace *sabaton intensifies*

@cyncus1

6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct!! People of Satsuma which is modern day Kyushu is famous for doing their part for Japanese history and for being a warrior state, specifically the Shimazu clan.

@nicksmith-rz2dl

6 жыл бұрын

And q sabaton

@talesnevertold

6 жыл бұрын

Gypsy Ace a

@Cpcp9696

5 жыл бұрын

This is the right comment..

Jules was a great warrior by most historical accounts. He built his reputation on the battlefield in Mexico before he continued his exploits in Japan. The fact he was allowed to join the military soon after his return to Paris in 1870 shows the French government was not particularly upset with him. He went on to fight in the Franco-Prussian war and eventually retired as a General.

Wow! Not really a samurai but - damn that is truly amazing - thanks for that contribution to my knowledge!

For those complaining about the movie try and remember that Hollywood is in the money making business.

@STEVEPOKE

5 жыл бұрын

True

@skrktk5675

4 жыл бұрын

And it was still a great movie

@eick474

3 жыл бұрын

It was a great Movie, but as always US always take all the glory transforming real history in pièces...boring!!!

@Imblu95

3 жыл бұрын

@@eick474 still a great movie

@EnFyr

3 жыл бұрын

I don't care what people say. That movie is a masterpiece. And Zimmer's soundtrack is legendary.

fascinating story. thanks for sharing

As usual, Hollywood changing history to depict an all American hero. I still enjoyed the movie though. 😕

@ianburns6218

3 жыл бұрын

All American anti-hero

@Babushka_82

3 жыл бұрын

The movie wasn't famous because they was telling the truth about Red Indian, which Hollywood hated.. for example Marlon Brando didn't came to collect the Oscar and he sent a red Indian lady to represent him with the speech about the red Indian and most of crowd was disliking her. This was my thought..

@hapaharley1706

3 жыл бұрын

*white hero

@Jack-xy4fy

3 жыл бұрын

If the movie had been made in French you wouldnt have ever seen it lol

@Itachi951000

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jack-xy4fy Nice strawman. They could have made the character Tom Cruise played and his men French to actually stay true to history was the point. They absolutely had to make him a Yank though. Typical! lmao

he made me so proud to be French

@messire9837

5 жыл бұрын

M T: You wanna be even prouder than Steven? Check out Bayard / Garigliano bridge. Bayard wasn't 300 hundred in phalanx formation against an army on the Italian border. He was only just the one.

@brandonbentley8532

5 жыл бұрын

France like any country has great heros both male and female.

@Brixstoned

4 жыл бұрын

proud but still idiots😂

@taylormyers237

4 жыл бұрын

And William Adams, the English samurai made me happy to be English

@nl396

3 жыл бұрын

@@Brixstoned Okay boomer

I think there's plenty of mistakes. As a French man, I can say that Jules Brunet's not longer known in France but I recently went to Hokkaido (precisely Hakodate) and the most well-known "Last Samurai"'s name is Toshizo Hijikata. Jules Brunet appears on only one photo in the whole museums. Moreover, Brunet's built Goryokaku neither. It was built from 1857 under Iesada Tokugawa's reign.

Moved me To tears such a Beautiful story And all inspiring

Amazing video talking about the Boshin War my friend. It is a really important part of history of Japan as a nation, but I thought that The Last Samurai was actually based in the Satsuma rebellion, a few years after the Boshin War ended. Still an amazing video, explains really well the tales of an era of rapid change and the forging of a new Empire

I got to admit these guys are the real samourais. big respect from Japan

What a great video thank you so much! Dōmo arigatō!

This was great, thank you for the time you gave into making it.

Merci pour cette excellente video-hommage 👍

I will disagree that Japanese people know this guy. Even my friends who are guides in Hokkaido never knew him. This is really nice and informative. Thank you. As I am a professional guide and have lived here in Japan for many, many years, I will continue to tell his story. I agree with the person that stated that this story is more fascinating. I winder if he drank sake...... lol

@Prathynan

3 жыл бұрын

Which country you're?

@user-gx7df8ji1y

3 жыл бұрын

@@Prathynan Japan 38 years.

@user-gx7df8ji1y

3 жыл бұрын

@@Prathynan Japan

@kerrygamer9359

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-gx7df8ji1y no, location city your live he saying

@スキピオ

3 жыл бұрын

大阪出身の私でも、この人の話は知ってるんですが･･･。

Kinda messed up they made him American in the movies.

@Briselance

9 жыл бұрын

Well, considering the usually bad reputation of the the French military in the American civilian population, the director and Co. probably thought the US audience wouldn't like the movie as much.

@user-vipgxpn

9 жыл бұрын

Briseur De Lance The French has the longest and most glorious military history in term of battles win/loss and wars win/loss in Europe xD

@thekuan7002

8 жыл бұрын

+flipingboredcritic in murcah movies if it's not white we turn them white (last airbender, 21). And if they are already white turn them into murcans.

@flipingboredcritic

8 жыл бұрын

Carlo Enad MERICA! XD lol oh yeah the main character in 21 was actually Asian in real life. Merica... Only in a... Merica! XD

@thekuan7002

8 жыл бұрын

you should check out the video from film theory about forest gump.

just brilliantly done man!

A true story, a magnificent story

wow! the true story is even better. thanks for the vid info. more! more!

A real Legend 🇨🇵👍🇯🇵

This was awesome :) thank you for the video.

Well done...music was extraordinary and so suited the flow of this video!

The bodies of the Samurai are gone. But the Samurai way of life still remains. Long live Bushido and all that the Samurai stood for.

@DSB_SF

9 жыл бұрын

They stood for feudalism. Nothing more. The privilege of living a parasitic life off of the peasants whilst fighting and plotting for more power and privileges from the other clans. Nothing different or special from any other feudal landowning class in history, apart from the over-romantization of it by uneducated fanboys who never opened an actual historical book in their lives. Anime and hollywood isn't education...

@ZER0Artdiary

9 жыл бұрын

Jag giello Japanese people need to be more educated and more loving towards World history and their country, or if it's not they would be sucks at everything. Japanese people should be more educate themselves and helping each others (for this race). They must be prepare at all cost (24 hours) for Everything, it is to avoid before SHITS going to be happening again and again but in different days made by the enemies. The Men is made by the quality of the enemies, but the Foolish humans is made by the influences of Lucifer&Satans/Anti God.

@DSB_SF

9 жыл бұрын

ZER0Artdiary Your statement made zero sense. It's like random words put together. Please try using google translate or some other programme.

@nagyzoli

8 жыл бұрын

+Jag giello Bushido has nothing to do with plotting for power. Read friend, you are the uneducated one. www.artofmanliness.com/2008/09/14/the-bushido-code-the-eight-virtues-of-the-samurai/ Bushido teaches mercy, determination, the duty of self-education and above all honor.

@DSB_SF

8 жыл бұрын

nagy zoli A lot of ideologies teach these things, it's the actions of the people that matter. Samurai acted like power-hungry, barbarous, cruel and sadistic gangsters, who burned the country numerous times for the sake of power and exploited the peasants to the brink of famine. They were no different than the modern organised crime, with Daymios = bosses and the samurai = the mobsters, who racketeer the peasants and kill each other for power. The ammount of "noble" bullshit they claimed they follow in Bushido is irrelevant when they acted the way they did.

Love and honour. . . .Great inspiring story

The true stories from the history will be always the most touching and epic.

Brilliant video thanks for this! Great to see the real story behind it

GTC1958 "So where did you get the music for this video?? I really love it." 00:00 A Man's Destiny 04:54 Journey to the Village Both tracks are from Hans Zimmer's soundtrack for the film "The Last Samurai". They can be found on the "Expanded Soundtrack".

French had some bad ass generals back then

Great video! Love the pictures.

Applause to the music editor. A very nice story telling approach with most appropriate mood expressions.

The true story is more fascinating than the movie. They should have just stuck to the facts. Thank you for the truth.

@zims50

8 жыл бұрын

+Buk Lau well said

@tokwanang

8 жыл бұрын

Stacey Lewis 2 different story about shogun and satsuma rebellion , this video about the last shogun , if u watch the last samurai (tom cruise) that happen after 10 year boshin war ! (shogunate\france commander vs emperror\satsuma clan ) ! I make simple for u , the satsuma clan is the last samurai after fall of shogunate , learn more history in wiki

@jimo5564

6 жыл бұрын

Sam Lee, Of course an American movie for the most part is for American audiences. To think otherwise is just stupid. Collect your pennies and make your own move. Wonder love story as well snowflake.

@martyvenkman860

5 жыл бұрын

It's fascinating BECAUSE it is a trye story but the movie version is much more entertaining. Plus the movie is a masterpiece, terribly underrated thou.

@Jartisann

5 жыл бұрын

@@martyvenkman860 i really agree

The Emperor looks too young in the film to be the Emperor Meiji of the Satsuma Rebellion. Though the Satsuma Rebellion involved the final significant rebellion in Japanese history, and therefore the "Last Samurai," as it were, the story is definitely based on this Frenchman, just as the film is centred around 'Captrain Algren.' I also got the impression, watching the film, that it was set in Japan's isolated northern reaches, and not in the South West (Satsuma Rebellion).

amazing video, love it! very well made.

Great video, every now and then 8 come back to watch it again and I'd like to honor jules brunet for his courage.

I was watching this at 3AM and fell asleep around the 2nd minute. Then 4:10 came and the soundtrack got so loud I woke up terrified lol. Thanks for the heartattack, goodnight

@spitngames6225

8 жыл бұрын

same here lol.

@selami32

8 жыл бұрын

dont sleep next time while watching videos ok?

I saw the movie a few weeks ago and do not approve of the fact that it replaced France with America. The people who fought side by side with the Japanese were French and that is what they should have been in the movie, but movies are always embellished to make them more popular. I prefer documentaries which portray the real story. .

@indexelbow

9 жыл бұрын

Make a movie with an American is not a problem (business, I think). But they should have specified in the generic that the character was inspired from Jules Brunet.

@filipvelkov6829

9 жыл бұрын

***** Exactly.

@ninoflores2018

9 жыл бұрын

+Blackmagicboy

@nicolasferracci8462

9 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed the movie, and only just discovert that the true story. Im french and to be honest, it doesnt really matter, a movie is a movies, especially that this one does not claim to be a true story. A metion about Jules Brunet could have been done in the generic but it would probably have created more problems. We should be carful about what we beleive throught what we see on screen, and if a story really intrests us, its our job to go look it up. On that matter, you should watch "operation lune" of William Karel(its a french film but a subed version can probably be found). It explicitly shows that you need to be carful about what you beleive and what images can make you beleive.

@indexelbow

9 жыл бұрын

nicolas ferracci Ce que tu dis pourrait faire sens si les cultures étaient égales dans la puissance de production d'imaginaire. Ce n'est pas le cas. Quand un héros est assimilé Américain dans un film, il le reste et personne ne fera l'effort d'aller chercher si c'est vrai ou pas. C'est ce qu'on appelle le "soft power" ou le pouvoir de suggestion par la culture populaire. Culture populaire qui, par essence, n'incite pas à la recherche.

A beautiful piece of history. A time better than ours.

Very interesting. I loved the movie and now I love the real story even more. Thank you for this post!

日本・フランス国交開始150周年となる2008年に、日仏両国の代表的な人物の記念切手が発売された。ブリュネはその「幕末シリーズ」10人の中に選ばれ　 彼は、日本で　切手に描かれている。

@obewanbenkendoki

9 жыл бұрын

Traduction humaine Traduire ありがとうございました

@obewanbenkendoki

9 жыл бұрын

Traduction humaine Traduire 長い間の友情・フランコ日本ライブ

@obewanbenkendoki

9 жыл бұрын

Traduction humaine Traduire The March 11, 1895, Japan which has just come out of a stressful war "modern" with China, will recall this former "samurai" which contributed to the extinction of the caste to which, by 1876 it had been forbidden to wear the sabre, by raising to the rank of grand officer of the Sacred Treasure of the Mikado.i spoke well of jules BRUNET

@phil-sv1on

5 жыл бұрын

The Japanese are particularly appreciated by the French for the refinement of their culture and their sense of honour and panache .

@user-ou9ln4vl2n

3 жыл бұрын

ブリュネは有名ですよね。

"The Last Samurai" with Tom Cruise is one of my favorite movies. I had no idea that the film was based in fact.

Thank you so much for fascinating history lesson.

Fascinating possibilities with magnificent combinations! Thank you...

Merci de rendre un homage aux derniers Samourai pour leur bravoure en ces temps difficiles ou nous perdions tous,nous avons incris un dernier homage dans l'histoire de l'empire; mais il reste toujours quelque chose par les arts. vous me trouvez dans la photo à 1'43 tous à droite debout. gloire à l'honneur des Samourai(s).

Vive la France, vive le Japon

Wonderful documentary...thanks a lot

Magnifique ! Merci

Keep in mind this is a completely different story than the one in the movie. This is during the Boshin War, whereas in the movie, the story happens nearly ten years after the civil war, during the Satsuma Rebellion. The rebellion is led by Saigo Takamori, who in the movie is known by the name Katsumoto and is a former general that led nearly all Imperial victories (both in movie and history). The American soldier is added only to develop the beginning of the story even better, leading into the plot, to the climax and the end. The movie is not about Algren or Katsumoto, its about the respect of the Japanese ancient and longlasting culture.

@juanjohidalgo1728

8 жыл бұрын

+Anastas the Simon exactly

@netotube2008

5 жыл бұрын

that is it!!!!

Highly informative in a dramatic way.

@absyahwa7698

8 жыл бұрын

+Abdul Haleem Khan Khan ALLAHU AKBAR

@ALR1275

4 жыл бұрын

A H Khan Highly dramatic in an informative way :)

Useful information of course. new to me. I also want to note that I like the choice of music cuts in the video. fits well. great work. chapeau! :)

Love that you used the music from the last samurai in parts of your video

I think the French surrendering has tarnished them more than they deserve, they were the most powerful military force in the world for a very long time, the USA would not exist without them tbh, it is something as an American I am proud of that we answered the call when they needed us. Side note in WWI the Indian soldiers need more recognition, they had vastly more soldiers fighting for the UK compared to mainland British.

Beautiful, it's very interessant know one French fought for the last samourais

@joshtheavocado2103

8 жыл бұрын

samuraus are kinda selfish u know... read a history book instead of anime. jesus.

@bremCZ

8 жыл бұрын

The Samurai were fighting to maintain the class distinction and status. It is is hardly beautiful to fight for a group of people who want to maintain the subjugation of a population who wanted greater equality.

@alexyd.8715

8 жыл бұрын

+JoshTheAvocado And you read a dictionnary dude :)

@bremCZ

7 жыл бұрын

Dude... you misspelled dictionary.

@jonyrockstar444

7 жыл бұрын

He put in extra N in the word.. you fucking pleb, how does that constitute as spelling the word wrong vs just a typo? an extra letter.. people will do ANYTHING to correct spelling..

thank you for this video, you did it great!

This is really cool. I did not know this. Thank you.

Bruh people are getting confused, the movie "The Last Samurai" is the Satsuma rebellion. A war about traditional warfare and modern warfare fighting each other. This video is about the Boshin war where the Emperor is fighting the Shogunate. Two different wars and two different time lines. But in the film they mixed some history from both but the film mostly focused on the Satsuma rebellion.

Now that is COOL....

Tears in my eyes. A life lived like no other.

Wonderful story; truly heroic.

Very interesting. I'm Japanese ,but I didn't know this story.

@cloudman8911

4 жыл бұрын

Really? Why? What about Saito and Okita?

@hapaharley1706

3 жыл бұрын

it's really not a story. Just white people trying to make themselves feel important

@felixblanchard7349

3 жыл бұрын

@@hapaharley1706 1) That's video is a fact 2) Your comment is racist 3) If you are not happy with the west why you are on KZread, you make us richer

@hapaharley1706

3 жыл бұрын

@@felixblanchard7349 your parents named you after a house cat

@felixblanchard7349

3 жыл бұрын

@@hapaharley1706 1) Félix mean fortunate and happy in Latin 2) It's the name of dozens of pope and heroes of european History 3) That have nothing to do with the debate and only prove your lake of argument

The ironic thing is, Hollywood could have made a movie about Frederick Townsend Ward, an American mercenary who trained Chinese troops during the Tai Ping rebellion, instead of fucking up the story of this Frenchman. Typical Hollywood, opportunities missed and mistakes jumped on.

@edmonddantes3640

5 жыл бұрын

Bravo Zulu! Excellent point

@doubledown8229

5 жыл бұрын

Whites and Jews are OBSESSED with race, that's why.

I very much appreciate tid bits of history like this. Thanks...

Great video. Thanks!

"The man is too strong" Dire Straits Who would had thought it was written of real experiences

Wow I never knew about this guy.....the movie is highly fictionalized. Tom Cruise plays an American officer

@pmzqabel

9 жыл бұрын

Your profile picture cracks me up. "We buld da peermids nigga fuk u whitey" "We pharoah now"

@hughcipher6229

9 жыл бұрын

pmzqabel oohhh another internet arse so caught up in his racist delusions he cant resist making a comment on something NOT REMOTELY RELATED TO THE VIDEO. o__0 YOU cant imagine how much you humor me....

@gundam12p

9 жыл бұрын

Hugh Cipher yeah most of hollywood makes small changes.

@JINATAHISAKAZU

9 жыл бұрын

Hugh Cipher 外国人で　初めのサムライは、アフリカ系　です。（First foreign samurai is African　）織田信長の家来でした。（　It is a subordinate of Nobunaga Oda　）弥助と　いいます。　（The Yasuke his name）　引用：@2織田信長は、クーデターで　亡くなったのは、惜しまれる。（Nobunaga Oda, and was killed in the coup, be missed.）信長は、能力主義　　　　（Nobunaga Oda　＝　merit-based system ）農民も　武士している　　「The First Samurai　」　映画を　作ってほしい。

@JINATAHISAKAZU

9 жыл бұрын

JINATAHISAKAZU en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke

Great video! I learned something new today.

Thank you for this info.

USA basically : mocking French for being "cheese eating surrender mokeys", litteraly stealing French heroes to make movies.

@NapoleonBonaparde

4 жыл бұрын

The movie is about the Satsuma rebellion which takes place 7 years after this

@vedhilombok9697

4 жыл бұрын

Because there's no hero from there, well except Indians

@unai_asecas9070

3 жыл бұрын

Is that a Jeremy Clarkson quote?? He’s a Brit

@wirelessone2986

3 жыл бұрын

Well it's better than stealing Polish hero's

@robertborders2228

3 жыл бұрын

Right... Because America is why the French are still speaking French instead of German. Fuckin lop.

The Last Samurai movie is amazing and i love it but they should do a remake with an actor to play Jules Brunet and it should be France not America even thou America did play a big part in Japanese History it was France and Jules Brunet. I didn't even know France cared about Japan let along traded and made dipolmacy with them.

@admiralspire8867

7 жыл бұрын

America played a big part but not before the first/second world war

@SnowElf_96

7 жыл бұрын

William Bailey America came to Japan with boats gunboats. Go watch history or japan on KZread dude.

@admiralspire8867

7 жыл бұрын

+Krieger The first modern navy japanese warship was a constructed by the french

@SnowElf_96

7 жыл бұрын

William Bailey true, just watch history or japan video man, you will get what i mean.

@randywoodworth5990

7 жыл бұрын

Kevin The Dutch and Portuguese also played a part in Japanese history.

Very good use of the soundtrack from the movie...I also learned something. well done

Simply Excellent ...nicely explained

I want to congratulate the initiative for this video! Nice work, very well-done! But if I may say, i'm afraid the shogunal faction during the Boshin War was not in favour to carry on Sakoku. It was the Bakufu itself who oppened the ports under pression of the imperialism more than a decade before! The question of seclusion was already settled at this moment. The Boshin war was a consequence of a couple d'etat. (And sorry for my bad english, it is not my native language)

There were 4 samurai in my family that apparently thought along side with katsumoto but they were killed in battle I'm not joking

Very interesting and informative. Thank you,

Great video

great but at the end when you said "with the last samurais" it's incorrect since Samurai is a Japanese word and is already plural and therefore adding the "s" is grammatically incorrect. Just wanted to help.

@irzackihmj5259

6 жыл бұрын

What the singular for samurai?

@normanbraslow7902

5 жыл бұрын

There is no plural form, other than the addition of "tachi" that is also applicable to other people. Japanese simply does not have plurals as in English.

It's not the first time than Hollywood steal french heros or worst, put french in wrong way of history line, like the movie "Master and commander" with the french ship who figth against the english ship will normaly be an Américan ship. ^^

@manualteirac9817

10 жыл бұрын

***** France never surrender to the Nazis, your english propagande is really good in your story books, but french free force, french legion stop 44 000 Rommel troops + planes and tanks in Bir Hakeim, french planes in Russia (Normandie Niemen) help very well Russia airforces, French resistance play the rôle of 51 div inf (dixit Eisenhower), First die in D-Day was french from french SAS paratroopers ect, ect ect ect.. Come back school guy. you poor.

@manualteirac9817

10 жыл бұрын

***** You from ? ^^

@manualteirac9817

10 жыл бұрын

Haha. Turkey never win a war. :d

@Neroniteegu

10 жыл бұрын

SerNotSoBraveAlot of the Scared Easily Guild "France is the most successful military power in european history" Niall Ferguson, conservative british historian (British, especially the conservative ones, usually hate french, so you can trust him). FROM: THE SECOND BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE (Everything You Think You Know Is Still Wrong) by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson .

@gorgo54

9 жыл бұрын

Neroniteegu They really showed it in Moscow.

This was really interesting, thank you.

this video is amazing , such great story should be a movie