The Last Samurai (with Katie Smith Wong)

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Shots fired on the first episode of Hiro Worship as Tom Cruise conquers his alcoholism, learns about honour and stuff, and saves an entire nation from losing its culture to the western scourge. Matt and Daryl were fortunate enough to have film critic and writer Katie Smith Wong on their episode on Edward Zwick's 2003 film, The Last Samurai. This film is Hiroyuki Sanada's hollywood debut, and the start of a whole new phase of the man's storied career.

You can check out some of Katie's work here.

You can find all season artwork designs (from the ridiculously talented Stephen Trumble) on our Teepublic store. We also have our intro themes and interludes over on Bandcamp. The intro theme was performed by Daryl Bär and produced by Mike Hall.

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