Suggested by JHG195 This is a double debut as both of these fighters are battling for the first time. Barristan Selmy is a skilled swordsman who has defeated foes much younger than him. His age is still worth noting though. Ujio is another tough swordsman and was always known as a foe to be feared on the battlefield. It’s a pretty close fight and naturally one decisive strike would be enough for either fighter. At the end of the day I’d consider Ujio to be a little faster than Barristan and that should prove to be the difference between them. Ujio wins.
I would root for Barristan yet I see where you’re coming from; Ser Barristan may be older but he isn’t as good as when he was younger. That and in the climactic battle in The Last Samurai, Ujio survives a shot in the belly from a rifle(Lee-Enfield? I dunno.) Such a bullet would be a Minié ball which would normally kill someone. Yet Ujio seemed fine after he was hit.
Ujio definitely has some real nice durability. I think getting to see a younger Barristan have a really good fight would certainly be enough to possibly tip the scales. In a sword fight like this where they’re both human, whoever gets the first really good hit will likely take the win
Yes true. I just wanted to ask are the Imperial Japanese forces using Lee-Enfield rifles in the movie? Is that accurate? I’m just curious. For reference, watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRcFxGxNgIA
As a bonus, you get to see Ujio survive that gunshot wound I mentioned. If you want to see a clip of Ser Barristan, see this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OaMvxVHFs4
Nevermind, I looked it up and it seems late 19th century Japanese(the setting that The Last Samurai was depicting) used the Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle in real life. It appears to be a common weapon among Western nations of that time frame and it makes plenty of sense a modernising Asian nation would make use of them.
Definitely very technical stuff there for sure!
I’m just a guy who likes history.
It actually seems the Japanese army in the film was using Mauser model 1871 rifles-actually a German firearm even though in the film they’re armed by the US. Regardless, that was another example of Western weapons utilized by Japan in the 19th century. I hope I’m not confusing anyone.
Those guns really get around I guess. Maybe America was trying to be slick and cutting costs by sending German rifles instead
In real life, it was European nations such as Britain, France and Germany that supplied Japan with money and weapons, not so much US.
I guess the US can be pretty stingy at times
Think of it as taking liberties with history.