Iwanari Tomomichi

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Iwanari Tomomichi was a man previously named Billy Lovell, a western immigrant, who came to Japan in 1851. He studied in the way of the bushido and later became a samuri. He became a leader in 1874 to a clan named the misurgi, which was used as the inspiration for the 2003 film The Last Samurai. He later changed his name to Iwanari Tomomichi. He died on March 31.