For this presentation, I am recalling the movie, The Last Samurai<\/em>, or as some people like to say, yet another movie that Tom Cruise didn\u2019t die. When this movie came out, I was amazed and amused. As we have recently learned once you become a historian you can go back at things that used to inspire you, and realize that they are wrong or distasteful. I went back and watched the Last Samurai<\/em>, and it is a historical disaster. I watched this movie with a historical approach, which means reading or watching something and thinking about that moment in history. So, what from this movie is factual? I could pick up on historical facts that were wrong because this semester I signed up for a Modern Japan class. What I have learned is that yes, the Samurai did not want to modernize and they were unhappy. The 1977 Satsuma rebellion was a real historical event. The movie played this important rebellion down. The Emperor Meiji wanted to take away their titles, since the Samurai were no longer needed. The Emperor was trying to modernize, or “westernize” Japan. \u00a0While there is more in this movie that I could nitpick, the important concept I have learned from history is that it changes your view on movies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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