Hugh Jackman confirms Silver Samurai for The Wolverine
"Chris McQuarrie has written a fantastic script." He added that he will fight the Silver Samurai in the new film and "that should be exciting."
According to Marvel, Silver Samurai is described as:
Keniuchio Harada is the mutant son of the former Japanese crimelord Shingen Harada. As a youth, Harada mastered the attendant disciplines of the medieval samurai and sought employment as a warrior for hire. He first worked for the criminal Mandrill and clashed with the blind hero Daredevil. Harada then served the Viper, an agent of the terrorist organization Hydra, as her bodyguard. In that capacity, Harada battled opponents such as the costumed crimefighter Spider-Man, the martial arts master Shang-Chi, and the team of mutant trainee heroes the New Mutants.
Following his father's death, Harada sought the leadership of Shingen's Clan Yashida from his half-sister Mariko Yashida, but was opposed by the ronin Yukio and Mariko's lover, the mutant adventurer Wolverine. Later, Harada worked with Wolverine to free American private investigator Jessica Drew from the influence of Black Blade of Muramasa, a sword mystically imbued with its creator's madness. Wolverine himself fell under the sword's spell, but managed to overcome his possession after which Harada took up the sword, finding himself worthy of its power.
After Mariko's death, Harada claimed leadership of Clan Yashida and was briefly employed by the Japanese government as leader of their fledgling super-team Big Hero 6. Ultimately, his inability to lead Clan Yashida allowed the Mongolian crimelord Haan Kaishek to take control, and he allied with Wolverine to defeat the Kaishek's. However, the disgrace of losing leadership was too great for Harada, and he returned to his mercenary ways.
Eventually falling into the service of Hydra once more, Harada was dispatched to battle the female ninja Elektra and was seemingly killed. Revealed to have survived, the Silver Samurai resumed his criminal career following an encounter with the mutant Blindspot. Allied with known terrorist Lady Deathstrike, Harada attempted to establish himself as the "Silver Shogun," leader of the Yakuza. He was also briefly a prisoner in The Raft as part of a super-villain stockpiling conspiracy, but he escaped and returned to Japan. Harada subsequently became a member of the Japanese Prime Minister's security cadre. During the course of his duties, Harada faced Wolverine, who cut off his hand in search of information on the Muramasa Blade.
The Wolverine comes to theaters July 26th, 2013 and stars Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Will Yun Lee, Brian Tee, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima. The film is directed by James Mangold.
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T.Clark
We pretty much figured this.
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Salem6777
hope it is better then the last movie...
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Justhim_sir
Hopefully that's not the only mutant will be seeing in the film.
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BERSERKER
About time we get to see Silver Samurai on the big screen.
2 years agoby @Number1WolverineFlag
Bane5000
Pretty much a give in, no big surprise, lets see how this turns out
Also i think Logan should wear some kind of Samurai armor or padding during his fight with Silver Samurai that resembles his comic book costume, mask and all
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Josh
This has been a given all along. Now get the film rolling. ;)
2 years agoby @shuabertFlag
K-Man
Awesome! I dont know anyone who couldn't see that one coming.....but it's still very cool to have it confirmed!!! I still wish it was Aronofsky directing this but I can make due with James Mangold.
Wish they would hurry up get this under way! I would love to know who else, in terms of mutants, will make an appearance in this installment. Looking forward to finding out next year!
2 years agoby @k-manFlag
SomethingMore
This is good for X series
2 years agoby @SomethingMoreFlag
Rumesh Tharanga Hettiarachchi
I would watch anything Huge Jackman casts.
2 years agoby @Rumesh-Tharanga-HettiarachchiFlag
ROFLitschristian
If I had known about Silver Samurai, I would've called this. Kind of stereotypical huh? But he seems like a bit of a bad-ass.
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ChiRep_1
Never got into the X-Men universe but based on general reaction this seems like a good thing. So wooo!!
2 years agoby @ChiRep-1Flag
Brizzy
hoooly sh*t YES! I kind of felt like this was allready given but confirmation just feels great and this villain is so damn good... damn!
2 years agoby @BrizzyFlag
Xybernetic
MW shouldve used another description for Silver Samurai since some characters mentioned cant get even near the story's timeline
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Dan
Well dur, I think a lot of us guessed this quite a while ago.
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JMP
i new he is going to be the villain good job
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thrashnasty190
Good, what I was hoping for.
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ejk1
Good stuff. Sounds more engaging than Man of Steel, anyways.
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Bawnian©-Dexeus
Good to know. Let's hope that script sticks to the story :p
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Monkeyiron 2.0
No sh*t seeing the movie is dealing with Japan
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