Possible Clues:

• Curious when taken aback by excellent warrior
• Organ grinder's assistant stashes detailed picture for soldiers
• Military type knocked back drink when having one-on-one
• Curious, like returning top-class Japanese fighter once
• Weller, perhaps, at first upset regularly erratic retainer
• Cruise's career choice, in a 2003 film
• Warrior spirit reflected in development of Asia
• Spoke without end about a strange retreating warrior
• Warriors mostly told to surround an odd revolutionary
• Warrior in Japan's Edo period