During The Last Samurai (2003), a real sword came inches from Tom Cruise’s neck — no CGI
Published September 2, 2026
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16,928,809
Likes
120,939
Comments
1,934
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During the filming of The Last Samurai, Tom Cruise had a sword swinging just inches from his neck — and this wasn’t CGI. Hiroyuki Sanada used a real steel katana and swung it at full speed, stopping the blade incredibly close to Cruise. And Tom? He didn’t even flinch. Cruise trusted Sanada’s martial arts skills complet…
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- September 2, 2026
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It has 16.9M views in total. It ranks #500,730 among tracked YouTube videos by views.
Key facts about During The Last Samurai (2003), a real sword came inches from Tom Cruise’s neck — no CGI
- Total views
- 16.9M
- Total likes
- 120K
- Total comments
- 1.93K
- Published
- September 2, 2026
- Global rank by views
- #500,730
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During The Last Samurai (2003), a real sword came inches from Tom Cruise’s neck — no CGI has 16,928,809 views, 120,939 likes and 1,934 comments, ranking #500,730 among tracked YouTube videos by views.
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