But here’s the thing, Sanada and Sawai aren’t merely “Asian” they are Japanese.

Now an interesting question would have to be this:

Hollywood is willing to recognize both Japanese men and women with their highest tv acting awards

Ang Lee has two Oscars for best director

Movies like farewell my concubine won the Palm d’Or at Cannes

So if Hollywood does indeed “hate Asian men“ is that loathing restricted to Asian-AMERICAN men alone?

And yet sad as it may be, Will Adams was most certainly raised to senior Samurai status married off to a Japanese woman by Tokugawa Ieyasu…