The photo... I mean picture was him in this pose...
That really stuck with me.
Napoleon!
Hey guys & girls on Ask Japanese this is Cathy Cat today we'll Ask Japanese
if they know any famous people in history that are NOT from Japan.
Let's go and Ask Japanese.
Name me a famous person in history that you learned about in school.
Who comes to your head first?
Whaaaaaaaaat?
Francis Xavier
Who was he?
He was a Christian. He brought Christianity to Japan.
Why did you remember him first?
The photo... I mean picture of him in this pose...
That image really stuck with me.
So when you ask me about famous people, I will think of him.
Francis Xavier.
I only know his name.
- How did you remember his name? - He is famous for something.
It's the front cover of our history book.
- And that's how you remembered him? - Yes.
Xavier.
She means Francis Xavier.
Yes!
I think... he was a Christian...
Seems like he was a Christian.
Why did you think of him first?
There are also many people who impersonate his hands
from the cover of the history book.
That's how I remembered him just now.
He is the portrait picture on our history books so...
And this portrait appears quite frequently.
I like Shakespeare.
I have recently read a book of his.
Where is he from?
Shakespeare... I don't know. I think he's from over there... Europe.
I think he is from Russia.
The answer is the UK.
Oh it was the UK!
I didn't know that, even though I read him!
- First person I thought of was Ghandi! Do you know him? - Yes!
But I don't know more about him.
I only know his name.
Do you remember where he is from?
Ghandi was from somewhere like India...
There was a picture of him in this pose and it stuck with me.
- You remembered the picture. - Yes.
Genghis Khan. He was mongolian.
He was super strong. And kind of a dictator.
He was the first one I remembered.
I like the history of Princess Diana
I learned about her.
Nice one. What do you like about her?
She was not only beautiful but she also worked a lot as a volunteer.
She was a person to look up to.
Perry! I think Perry.
- Do you know his full name? - What? No clue.
Is Perry not his full name?
Perry! Perry! Perry!
- What Perry is he? - I don't know. I just know him as Perry.
What did Perry do?
He came... with black ships to Japan.
Xavier.
- Perry! - Oh you said mine now.
What did he do?
He opened Japan for trade again.
He have with his ships to Yokosuka Uraga.
Napoleon.
Where was Napoleon from?
- Spain! - Uhm...
Was that wrong?
You said that as if you were clever.
- How about F... F... France?
Oh France!
Marco Polo.
What did he do?
What did he do again... a map?
He made the map!
Why did you think of him first?
I wonder why. Must be that his name left a great impression on me.
Those were all my questions. Thank you.
Some of the famous people of the past that Japanese knew were
Francis Xavier and well Matthew Perry.
Now those two are connected to Japanese history
One of them spread Christianity and the other opened boarders for trade.
How about you? Which of the famous people did you know
is there a famous person that comes into your head right now!?
Who was the very first famous person of the past that you thought of
when you heard the title of this movie?
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