The tv special Shintaro is on SBS ONE wednesday night at 8.30pm -
It is a look at the cross cultural success of the 1960s tv series - The Samurai - imported from Japan and dubbed into english, it was a smash hit, astonishing broadcasters, advertisers, the press and critics alike
In 1965, Koichi Ose, the japanese actor who played the Samurai landed at Melbourne's airport he was greeted by 7000 fans - more than greeted the Beatles the previous year.