hightowerrobotics, I respect your views but you are an idiot. If you actually watched the movie and had more than a room temperature IQ (I'm thinking celcius here people, metric is coming!) all these questions would be answered. Tom cruise is american. There was a fight scene at the end where all the Samurais revolted remember? Or were you to scared to watch the fighting? The guy sounds and looks gay because thats the way he talks and looks, just like you talk and look like an idiot! Who made the movie is regardless, it wouldn't be that much differant anyway.