Ken Watanabe Interview - The Last Samurai

Interview with Ken Watanabe on The Last Samurai, the language barrier, and difficult scenes. The interview took place at the December 2003 premiere in Hollywood, Ca.

[dalaimama]

He stole the whole movie. So charismatic! So handsome. Portrayed such a high moral fortitude.

[christianekipaser]

Ken Watanabe, you did a terrific job in that movie. Respect !

[thomaswiseau]

His English has improved a lot since this interview.

[silverbolbo]

I had no idea he couldn t speak english, he s a better actor than i thought!

[gsridharan]

Terrific actor he is...full of expression and emotion.

[mchristr]

Ken Watanabe made this movie special. He should have received at least a nomination...for the lead role.

[rauletzuurauletzuu]

Emperor Meiji: Tell me how he died.
Algren: I will tell you how he lived.

[ChrissyMcintire]

Katsumoto played by Ken Watanabe was the true star of the movie, the last samurai refers to all of the samurai together especially Katsumoto, notice at 0:42-0:43, he pronounced stories as "stolies"

[DivineKnight_]

Man his English has improved so much since this movie...

[Stamenu]

Great Actor. "What do you want for yourself?"

[frankinsaneandmyrrh]

was he not nominated for this? his hard work paid off!

[andymoores]

Such a talented actor, in the London king and I he wasn't the best dancer or singer but had the audience in the palm of his hand with his charm, chrisma and superb acting. A movie and musical legend.

[aigerimdyikanbaeva]

You are taking Scarlett Johansson - the most beauty of Hollywood

[Spompom]

Many years ago, he came to a restaurant I used to work at in Vancouver, Canada. My boss said to me that "Hey! Ken Watanabe is here! He's calling for a waiter. You should go serve!" so I walked to his table thinking "Ken Watanabe... sounds familiar, but who was that again? I'm so bad at this..." I saw Ken and his friend having drinks and food already. Then, Ken just said "kaki" bluntly and quickly so I couldn't understand what he said. Plus, it was a super hectic loud restaurant. Then, he shouted "kaki!" again with an angry voice. His mean mug reminded me of yakuza. I was scared and confused! It took me 2 seconds to guess he wanted to order the Grilled Oyster with Mayonnaise. Gee.. don't be crabby. There was no "kaki" on the menu and kaki can be a persimmon! Well, now when ordering at a restaurant, I always read out or point at a menu saying "May I have please". Thanks Ken!

[seraby]

So weird that Ken became more popular Sanada because Sanada is the more badass actor. I guess Ken adapted to hollywood and learned english faster.

[danielsuehs]

Maybe he can be a mutant rat named Master Splinter from tmnt.

[markchristophersignal]

Oh he was good., YouTube is playing it for free