Last Samurai guy was Ken Watanabe. I looked it up and he was born in Japan and apparently is not an American citizen or resident. I read an article a couple years ago where some journalist tried to get him to bag on The Last Samurai because of its white savior undertones and he defended the film, so props to him for that.
The "Asian American" qualifier seems so arbitrary. We all know famous Asian people, why does it matter if they're not also American?
Last Samurai guy was Ken Watanabe. I looked it up and he was born in Japan and apparently is not an American citizen or resident. I read an article a couple years ago where some journalist tried to get him to bag on The Last Samurai because of its white savior undertones and he defended the film, so props to him for that.
The "Asian American" qualifier seems so arbitrary. We all know famous Asian people, why does it matter if they're not also American?