> i jsut saw the last samurai and was wondering how much of it wasAnd people ask me why I curse whenever someone mentions that damned film in my
> fact and are there still samurai today thanks
> longhunter1748 wrote:Tony, I don't think the problem is with the movie, which is actually
>
> > i jsut saw the last samurai and was wondering how much of it was
> > fact and are there still samurai today thanks
>
>
> And people ask me why I curse whenever someone mentions that damned
> film in my
> presence. Sigh.
>
> It is complete unmitigated fiction. And no, there are no more samurai;
> they
> ceased to exist with the stroke of a legislative pen (okay, a brush)
> in the 1870s.
>
> Tony
>
> i jsut saw the last samurai and was wondering how__________________________________
> much of it was
> fact and are there still samurai today thanks
>
> you can email me back with any help at
> longhunter1748@...
>
>
>
> longhunter1748 wrote:__________________________________
>
> > i jsut saw the last samurai and was wondering how
> much of it was
> > fact and are there still samurai today thanks
>
>
> And people ask me why I curse whenever someone
> mentions that damned film in my
> presence. Sigh.
>
> It is complete unmitigated fiction. And no, there
> are no more samurai; they
> ceased to exist with the stroke of a legislative pen
> (okay, a brush) in the 1870s.
>
> Tony
>
>
> On Dec 7, 2003, at 5:03 PM, Anthony J. Bryant wrote:__________________________________
>
> > longhunter1748 wrote:
> >
> > > i jsut saw the last samurai and was wondering
> how much of it was
> > > fact and are there still samurai today thanks
> >
> >
> > And people ask me why I curse whenever someone
> mentions that damned
> > film in my
> > presence. Sigh.
> >
> > It is complete unmitigated fiction. And no, there
> are no more samurai;
> > they
> > ceased to exist with the stroke of a legislative
> pen (okay, a brush)
> > in the 1870s.
> >
> > Tony
> >
>
> Tony, I don't think the problem is with the movie,
> which is actually
> quite good (as a movie - NOT documentary).
>
> Let's keep a positive, open-minded spirit.
>
> Gaman, gaman!!! ;o)
> cepo
>
>
> no, no samurai today. hence the title of the movie.Well, the battle scene in gladiator reminded me of the
> and parts of it were true, parts werent... just like
> most historical movies (gladiator comes to mind, but
> the differences are a bit more pronounced in
> samurai).
>
> i jsut saw the last samurai and was wondering how much of it wasAnd people ask me why I curse whenever someone mentions that damned film in
> fact and are there still samurai today thanks
>>
On Dec 7, 2003, at 5:22 PM, The Angry Llama wrote:
> u think it was still a brush back then? i mean, with
> all the western influence craze of the time.
>
> --- "Anthony J. Bryant" <ajbryant@...> wrote:
> > longhunter1748 wrote:
> >
> > > i jsut saw the last samurai and was wondering how
> > much of it was
> > > fact and are there still samurai today thanks
> >
> >
> > And people ask me why I curse whenever someone
> > mentions that damned film in my
> > presence. Sigh.
> >
> > It is complete unmitigated fiction. And no, there
> > are no more samurai; they
> > ceased to exist with the stroke of a legislative pen
> > (okay, a brush) in the 1870s.
> >
> > Tony
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> I suppose because it's late that my twisted lawyer's mind is lookingInterestingly, I have asked a gazillion of young Japanese friends what
> at this
> question sideways (are there still samurai?), but I suppose it's
> analogous to
> the question of whether or not there is still French, German, or
> Russian
> royalty.
>
> There are certainly claimants to these thrones, even though the
> thrones were
> abolished with the stroke of a pen (ok, sometimes the stroke was
> accompanied
> by a revolution, but you get my drift). Still, the legislation
> abolishing the
> existence of the monarchy doesn't stop people from claiming to be
> royal.
>
> In the same way, I suppose that someone with the proper ancestry could
> still
> claim to be samurai, even if the law does not recognize his or her
> claim.
>
> Bob Burke
> Interestingly, I have asked a gazillion of young__________________________________
> Japanese friends what
> was their family doing in the Tokugawa period, and
> only TWO could
> answer. My wife comes from
> a noble family of
> scholars from Kyoto, but she did not know!! I had to
> do the research
> for her!!!! Phew.
> cepo
>
> Dear Cesare:
> I do appreciate for your extensive study and stay in
> Japan and bondage through your marriage. But, let me
> tell you one story...
>
> One of American professors I used to know personally
> stayed for only a few days in Japan when he was in his
> early thirties. Yet, he met the Japanese prime
> minister for a talk.
> Staying 5 years in Japan and interrogating 'a
> gazillion of' young Japanese friends sounds indeed
> scholastic.
> But I wonder if it would be the same experience for
> you if you also could visit Japan 5 days and meet a
> Japanese prime minister and other noble families.
>
> Maybe, you have to expand your Japanese network with
> more emphasis on quality instead on quantity.
>
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
>
>
> Changsub Lee
>
>
> > Interestingly, I have asked a gazillion of young
> > Japanese friends what
> > was their family doing in the Tokugawa period, and
> > only TWO could
> > answer. My wife comes from
> > a noble family of
> > scholars from Kyoto, but she did not know!! I had to
> > do the research
> > for her!!!! Phew.
> > cepo
> >
>
>
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