Badly wounded, Algren's courageous stand makes the samurai leader Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe) spare his life. Once nursed to health, he learns to know and respect the old Japanese way, and ...

Actor Ken Watanabe, who played Katsumoto, defended the film against its critics, pointing out that The Last Samurai helped break harmful stereotypes of Asians in Hollywood. Before the movie ...

Tokyo Vice' trailer: Ken Watanabe guides Ansel Elgort in new ... in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for ...