Which films had villains that genuinely had a point?

  In The Last Samurai, Mr. Omura.

We must strengthen ourselves in order to counteract the Western forces. We need a robust economy and military.

The goal of Mr. Omura's actions is probably certainly to enrich himself at the expense of Japan's modernization.

Despite this, he uses a different approach and has different objectives than the Katsumoto, who wants to preserve the country's history and traditional way of life.

The Samurai were an egotistical and chauvinistic class of soldiers who felt free to do as they pleased, contrary to the idealistic images offered in countless media displays, anyone with even a passing knowledge of Japanese history would tell you. Because of the way they behaved, the samurai's right to murder commoners for alleged offences, known as Kiri-sute gomen, came to represent their way of acting.

Omura understands what needs to be done for Japan and advocates for the meek Meiji, who lacks the fortitude to overthrow his old master or effectively change the course of events. Despite his avarice and insatiable desire for power, Omura understands that Japan must modernise if it is to survive.

Mr. Omura is at the forefront of bringing all of this to Japan, including lawyers from France, engineers from Germany, traders from Great Britain, architects from Holland, and military advisors from the United States. If Japan wanted to avoid the catastrophe that China had become by the 19th century, she would have to embrace the Western ways.

In the end, Japan will survive and flourish in this new environment, even if people pass away and traditional traditions are lost.

Mr. Omura has always been correct. Japan's future depended on the belief that the Samurai had to perish and new people had to be introduced.