Tom Cruise reveals the secret to his rippling physique: I go hard when I train - Examiner.com

Tom Cruise reveals the secret to his rippling physique: I go hard when I train
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"For "The Last Samurai (2003)," I spent a year training six hours a day, seven days a week to be able to handle a sword and do it on uneven terrain, because I didn't want to blow my knees out. "You've got to build the body up for impact.

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CANNES EXCLUSIVE: Peter Webber's Post-World War II Epic 'Emperor' Sells in Japan - Hollywood Reporter


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CANNES EXCLUSIVE: Peter Webber's Post-World War II Epic 'Emperor' Sells in Japan
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The pic, now in postproduction, was produced by Yoko Narahashi (The Last Samurai), Gary Foster (Sleepless in Seattle, The Soloist), Eugene Nomura (Tajomaru) and Russ Krasnoff (The Soloist) and is a Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment and United Performer's ...

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Tom Cruise Attached to MGM's Remake of 'The Magnificent Seven' - First Showing


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Tom Cruise Attached to MGM's Remake of 'The Magnificent Seven'
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It would be the actor's first real western since Far and Away, though Last Samurai was close. The film really isn't begging for a remake, but since the western is a remake of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, I guess it's not that ridiculous of a concept ...
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Mexico Said to Start Marketing Samurai Sale for This Month - Bloomberg

Mexico Said to Start Marketing Samurai Sale for This Month
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The bonds won't be guaranteed by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, unlike the last two sales of the securities by Mexico, the person said. Mexico joins Rabobank Nederland and Export-Import Bank of Korea in tapping the Samurai bond market ...

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Meet America's top Japanese sword maker - Guyism

Meet America's top Japanese sword maker
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Although he grew up in San Francisco watching “too many” samurai movies during the 1960s, Michael Bell was well on his way to becoming a professional musician when he found life quite literally cutting him a new path: The Californian has spent the last ...

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Miyaichi among 25-man Japan squad - Fifa.com


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Miyaichi among 25-man Japan squad
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Zaccheroni, a former AC Milan coach who took over the Blue Samurai after their march to the last 16 at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, refused to predict results. "What I have learned after 30 years in this profession is that it is important to take one match ...
Arsenal's Miyaichi delighted after Japan debut Tribalfootball.com

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PITTSFIELDLegends set for Egg festthis summer - Kennebec Journal

PITTSFIELDLegends set for Egg festthis summer
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The Texas Flying Legends aircraft are Betty's Dream, a B-25J bomber; Aleutian Tiger, a P-40K fighter; Dakota Kid and Little Horse, both P-5D fighters, also used as bomber escorts; Whistling Death, an FG-1D Corsair fighter; and the Last Samurai, ...

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