** NOTE **
Because there are so many, all awards for KEN and for the WHOLE MOVIE are listed ("Best Picture", "Best Drama", etc.) to the best of my knowledge, but only some "specialty" awards (musical score, costumes, etc.) mostly by organizations you may not know. The Last Samurai recieved many, many more than shown here!
Visit this extensive webpage of annual film awards. (NOTE: quite a few are only for "indie" or "native" films.) -- [English]
Awards Won
Ken Watanabe:
- NEW!!! Japan Television Awards (April 26, 2004) -- Best Supporting Actor (for [i]Suna no utsuwa[/i])
- Japan's Blue Ribbon Award (February 8, 2004) -- no special categories...just honor a small handful of people
- Movieline's Hollywood Life (November 16, 2003) -- Breakthrough of the Year
- Reel Awards (2003) -- Best Supporting Actor
The Last Samurai:
- NEW!!! Taurus World Stunt Awards (May, 2004) -- Best Fire Stunt
- Producers' Guild of America (January 17, 2004) -- Theatrical Motion Pictures (no categories...one of a small handful of honorees)
- Reel Awards (2003) -- Best Drama
- American Film Institute (2003) -- (no categories...one of a small handful of hornorees)
- Broadcast Film Critics' Association (2003) -- Top Ten Movies of the Year
- American Film Critics' Association (2003) -- Top Ten Movies of the Year
- National Board of Review (December 3, 2003) -- Top Ten Films of the Year (#2)
Nominations (moved to "Won" if won)
Ken Watanabe:
- Saturn Awards (May 5, 2004) -- Best Supporting Actor
- Academy Awards (February 29, 2004) -- Best Supporting Actor
- Screen Actor's Guild (February 22nd, 2004) -- Outstanding Performance By a Supporting Actor
- Golden Satellite Awards (February 22st, 2004) -- Best Supporting Actor (Drama)
- Internet Movie Awards (? 2004...nominations Feb 5) -- Best Supporting Actor
- Internet Movie Awards (? 2004...nominations Feb 5) -- Breakthrough Performance, Male
- Golden Globe Awards (January 25, 2004) -- Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Phoenix Film Critics' Awards (January 12, 2004) -- Best Supporting Actor
- Las Vegas Film Critics' Association Awards (January 6, 2004) -- Best Supporting Actor
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics' Awards (January 5, 2004) -- Best Supporting Actor
- Washington DC Area Film Critics' Awards (December 19, 2003) -- Best Supporting Actor
- Broadcast Film Critics' Awards (December 12, 2003) -- Best Supporting Actor
- IMDb.com Best & Worst of 2003 (FAN-VOTED) -- Best Supporting Actor (3rd place)
The Last Samurai:
- NEW!!! Taurus World Stunt Awards (May, 2004) -- Best Specialty Stunt
- NEW!!! Taurus World Stunt Awards (May, 2004) -- Best Stunt Coordination
- Saturn Awards (May 5, 2004, not held yet) -- Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
- Saturn Awards (May 5, 2004) -- Best Younger Actor (Shinosuke Ikumatsu as "Higen")
- Golden Satellite Awards (February 21, 2004) -- Best Motion Picture (Drama)
- Internet Movie Awards (? 2004...nom Feb 5) -- Best Picture
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics' Awards (January 5, 2004) -- Best Picture
- African-American Film Critics' Association Awards (December 22, 2004) -- Best Picture
- GeoClan.com (2003) -- Top 10 Movies (#4)
Gross Statistics for "The Last Samurai"
(February 5, 2004, courtesy of the-numbers.com)
"The Last Samurai" Statistics (courtesy of IMDb.com)
(January, 2004)
- "The Last Samurai" was the TOP-GROSSING MOVIE OF 2003 in the U.K. (54,366,487£)
- It is the 73rd-highest-grossing movie of all time internationally (excluding U.S.).
- It is the 112th-highest-grossing movie of all time worldwide.
- It is the 255th-highest-grossing movie of all time in the U.S. (what's the problem with the U.S.?)
- As for weekly gross, it hit #1 in the U.S. early in December 2003. In the U.K., it was #2 for the weeks ending January 11th and 18th, 2004, and reached #1 by the week ending January 25th.
Premieres for "The Last Samurai":
- Tokyo, Japan
- Kyoto, Japan
- Los Angleles, California, U.S.A.
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- United Kingdom
- Spain
- Berlin, Germany
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