All about homosexuality in Japan, Buddhist monks and samurai
ALL ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY, BUDDHIST MONKS, SAMURAI AND THE MIDDLE CLASS IN THE TOKUGAWA ERA Remember the famous scene from “The Last Samurai” where Ken Watanabe and Tom Cruise tenderly and reverently make love? Don't remember? Perhaps if the story told in the film had been more true to reality, we would have seen this scene. The Last Samurai starring Ken Watanabe and Tom Cruise. As it turns out, in pre-modern Japan, male homosexuality and bisexuality were not only tolerated, but even encouraged.