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This show is AMAZING...And talking about attention to detail - they used the largest Japanese crew ever for a TV or movie production outside of Japan and hired consultants who were experts in things like the Japanese language (17th century Japanese is not the same as modern Japanese), the costumes, the architecture, the way people moved and walked, etc. Hiroyuki Sanada, the actor who plays Toranaga, was also a producer on the show and he spent all of his time on set (when he was not acting) checking all of the details for historical accuracy. (Here's a fun fact - Mariko is based on an actual person (as are all of the main characters in the show) and she had to learn Japanese calligraphy (writing with a brush) for the show but they made sure that her calligraphy style matched the historical figure that she is based on. You know...just in case experts on Japanese historical calligraphy are watching...LOL.)

20:05 Omi (who is not only a samurai, but the lord of this village) gave that peasant a clear order, "STEP BACK". Instead of stepping back, the peasant chose a bad time to show Blackthorne that there are other Christians in Japan by making the sign of the cross. He disobeyed Omi's order, which was a clear case of a commoner disrespecting a samurai (and the local lord), and that's why Omi killed him.

The ball the samurai was holding at the beginning was a cannonball to shoot out of cannons

Best show of the year so far.

You are very perceptive! You knew in seconds exactly what Kashigi Yabushige was like just by seeing him smile. In a similar way you knew exactly what kind of man Yoshi Toranaga is, too. I absolutely love your reviews and eagerly await them. :)

And its only the beginning, nice reaction. It doesn't shock me so much since i watched the original series back in 1980, i was 13. Granted they didn't show the guy being boiled, all you could do is hear him in pain. But i certainly saw Omison cut the head off the man, that was shocking and seemed just as sudden.

28:52 - Yabushige (the "smiling guy") originally wanted to execute Blackthorne but instead ordered one of his men to be killed in his place - and he said to do it in his "special way" which was to boil him. So, Blackthorne is off the hook...at least for now...

26:40 "Banging his head against metal so that he would pass out". He could have just drowned himself. That would be a much easier way to kill himself. I am surprised he waited that long

Except for that one bad scene in the first episode, this whole series is awesome.

How could he take a man's life so easily? Well, that wasn't a man that was a peasant and thus didn't qualify. Sad that this is always the case.

That is the Taiko's son, not a girl.

I think I know what scene the thumbnail is for 🤣