When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.
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- TriviaThe Samurai would shave the middle part of his head, called a chonmage, where the remaining hair was oiled and waxed before being tied into a small tail folded onto the top of the head in the characteristic topknot, so that his helmet (kabuto) fit tightly onto the head when donning his armor for battle. With less hair, the samurai would also not suffer from the buildup of heat on the head when wearing the helmet.
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Yoshii Toranaga: Why is it that only those who have never fought in a battle are so eager to be in one?
- Crazy creditsThe opening credit sequence is a modified version of a zen garden. This style of garden is often referred to as karesansui, which means "not using water."The two main elements of a Zen or karesansui (pronounced "kah-ray-sahn-soo-ee") garden are rocks to represent mountains (or islands) and sand to represent water. The sand used in Zen gardens is not beach sand; it is actually crushed or decomposed granite, small pebbles, or fine gravel. The particles of crushed granite are angular rather than round, so they can be more easily raked into patterns. Moreover, ripples in the sand or gravel represent flowing water or ripples in the ocean.
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After watching this one, we all need to perform Seppuku...
For me, and before reading a lot of material about this series, this show was a way of reaching out (at the second time in a small period of time, after the end of "Blue Eye Samurai") to Japanese audience and a way to narrow the gaps with the rest of the world. From side, as a viewer - it's a big success. Without even starting to talk about the rest.
Exactly as "Anjin" Blackthorne discovers and understand, finally, the beauty and meaning of Japanese tradition - so do we, as an audience and as a fly in the woods. All of the viewers reacted with a big shock to each and every suggestion of performing self-suicide, that is named: Seppuku or Harakiri (which is not used or mentioned at all in the series), but as the time passes by, it didn't seem so weird or unreasonable, just frustrating, in a way we've managed to contain.
So many characters and such amazing and accurate development arcs for all the meaningful part of the cast. The main characters got us attached to them, like flies to crap, despite cultural differences. The main plot was branched into two main and major storylines, which built themselves from each and every side. Every episode and every detail were made with a strict eye, great care and notification for each and every small detail you can possibly imagine.
As I haven't read the book or seen any content that is related to it, from years before, this experience was pretty new and fresh. I understand that the series is minimizing the view of Blackthorne and the western point of view and gives the stage to the Japanese culture and customs, so it was much more appreciated for its authenticity and almost 80% of the occurrence in this series is in the Japanese Language.
Each and every custom gets magnified ten times then can be expected and the drill down to this unique and different culture gets its chunk of the series' runtime. It was an experience that got us to think and adapt to customs we are not familiar to, as was Blackthorne, with his stages of learning that he is not that smart, at the end of all things and the last episodes twists were silent and not bombastic, but surprising and sneaky - exactly as Yoshii Toranaga planned them to role.
This series revealed some not very familiar actors and actresses to the world. Names like Cosmo Jarvis, Anna Sawai and especially Tadanobu Asano will never be able to get back to anonymity, as their performances were delightful. Hiroyuki Sanada was one of the little few that was recognized, but his performance enhanced his popularity and everything we've ever thought about him, as an actor for small and forgettable roles.
One can hope that this series will not continue to a second season, though the ending was pretty demanding a sequel. Good things need to know when to end, before they get to spoil due to fans service, as we've seen at other TV shows that didn't know when it is the time to wrap things up. It was one season almost perfect experience and one of the better things' TV medium has given to its audience.
Exactly as "Anjin" Blackthorne discovers and understand, finally, the beauty and meaning of Japanese tradition - so do we, as an audience and as a fly in the woods. All of the viewers reacted with a big shock to each and every suggestion of performing self-suicide, that is named: Seppuku or Harakiri (which is not used or mentioned at all in the series), but as the time passes by, it didn't seem so weird or unreasonable, just frustrating, in a way we've managed to contain.
So many characters and such amazing and accurate development arcs for all the meaningful part of the cast. The main characters got us attached to them, like flies to crap, despite cultural differences. The main plot was branched into two main and major storylines, which built themselves from each and every side. Every episode and every detail were made with a strict eye, great care and notification for each and every small detail you can possibly imagine.
As I haven't read the book or seen any content that is related to it, from years before, this experience was pretty new and fresh. I understand that the series is minimizing the view of Blackthorne and the western point of view and gives the stage to the Japanese culture and customs, so it was much more appreciated for its authenticity and almost 80% of the occurrence in this series is in the Japanese Language.
Each and every custom gets magnified ten times then can be expected and the drill down to this unique and different culture gets its chunk of the series' runtime. It was an experience that got us to think and adapt to customs we are not familiar to, as was Blackthorne, with his stages of learning that he is not that smart, at the end of all things and the last episodes twists were silent and not bombastic, but surprising and sneaky - exactly as Yoshii Toranaga planned them to role.
This series revealed some not very familiar actors and actresses to the world. Names like Cosmo Jarvis, Anna Sawai and especially Tadanobu Asano will never be able to get back to anonymity, as their performances were delightful. Hiroyuki Sanada was one of the little few that was recognized, but his performance enhanced his popularity and everything we've ever thought about him, as an actor for small and forgettable roles.
One can hope that this series will not continue to a second season, though the ending was pretty demanding a sequel. Good things need to know when to end, before they get to spoil due to fans service, as we've seen at other TV shows that didn't know when it is the time to wrap things up. It was one season almost perfect experience and one of the better things' TV medium has given to its audience.
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- May 4, 2024
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