Hattori Hanzō: The Demon Samurai/Ninja (Japanese History Explained) 

Yep, I mispronounced a few things. It was my first video on Japanese History when I was a lot less experienced with the culture. Please be kind

Hatori Hanzo next assassin's creed protagonist

I love the fact that so many of these people from history were said to have "powers". To me that speaks to the level of their skills being so overpowering that the only explanation was that they had to be supernatural. A man being so fast and moving so perfectly HAD to be teleportation. Nothing else could explain it in the minds of his enemies. Legend indeed.

Sounds like a potential sequel of Ghost of Tsushima.

Seppuku was not done to deny the enemy the kill. It was done to preserve the samurai's honor.

If you were last heard of in the 1500's,and your name is still whispered on the lips of people in 2019.Then it is obvious that you were one hell of a person!! His name even made it to HOLLYWOOD and was rendered into a blockbuster masterpiece.Maintaining his legacy as LEGEND!!

Samurai was a social class, and ninja was an occupation, so people could be both samurai and ninja.

"You Shinobi are all the same. You die nameless with no one to mourn you." Old man Isshin Ashina

His story sounds like it would be a great book or movie.

His abilities could well have been exaggerated by his allies...or his enemies. But either way he is indeed a legend, immortal as long as his memory survives.

Most ninjas were actually derived from the samurai class. Nobunaga and Hanzo are indeed legends. This is where Kishimoto Masashi came up with *" Hanzo the Salamander "* character in the Naruto series. And the infamous *" Hatori Hanzo "* steel in Kill Bill.

Great video man, I learn a lot the Oni Hanzo, you won my subscription because of this video. Now I will see the other videos.

My man you are killing it! With all the characters that you are covering from history! Absolutely love it! All the figures in history I love. Hanzo was a brilliant military commander and excelled in spear fighting actually. While stationed in Japan I actually got to go see the monument/shrine etc where his remains and weapons are kept on display. The spear was actually damaged during the bombings of WWII its rumored to have been about 14" long! His prowess in espionage and things I say are a bit exaggerated to supernatural abilities. I'd say the fact he excelled so exceptionally well at manipulation/deception and other effective tactics. It appeared supernatural to others. By him always being several steps ahead of his adversaries. Thus, hyping the mysticism of him being able to vanish, reappear, etc. Its common guerilla tactics utilized by special operations forces of the armed forces and agencies. To cause confusion, fear, paralysis amongst the ranks of their enemies. As well as utilizing and knowing the terrain to your own advantage. After all combat of any form has been proven to be more mental/psychological than physical. That comes with using pyrotechnic devices/agents or such (smoke grenades/bombs to conceal and cover movements), exploding chemical agents (CS gas/bombs made from crushed peppers etc) that'll cause individuals to freak out even more. When its causing them to choke, sneeze, vomit, eyes to itch/burn and so forth. Hanzo excelled in these areas nonetheless and knew how to utilize them to gain the tactical advantage. They said he became a monk afterwards and died in other accounts I've heard from nationals there. Interesting nonetheless and Oda Nobunoga is one of my favorites. Hideyoshi, Goemon, Honda Tadakatsu, kenshin, Masamune, Musashi, Maeda, Yukimura, Yagyu Jubei, Nagamasa, Mitsunari are a few other popular characters of the feudal era. I can name so many more. That I've read about and studied that are very interesting. My post is long enough haha...keep up the excellent work! Absolutely astounding sir!

This is the most accurate telling of Hattori Hanzõ so far. Very nice 💪

The birth of Japanese Spec Ops, and the most iconic leader of these illustrious warriors. Great doc, thanks

I think not knowing the full extent of his capacities or lifestyle just goes to show how skillful of a ninja Hanzo Hattori really was. If even his sons cannot life up to his standards.

You know him as Hattori Hanzo I know him as Hanzo Hasashi

Sounds like Jin Sakai.. AKA The Ghost Of Tsushima!!

your channel is amazing! keep up the good work and thank you!

THANKYOU LEGEND ,good voice and pace and not boring codasending. Love the art work ,

Just found this channel after searching for info on Hanzo after playing so much Shogun 2 XD...I subbed :)

Good pick for a video. A lot of cool history to dig into with these characters.

This was so amazing and beautiful. I hope the group is still around today teaching younger generations.

I'm going to now go through all your videos on Japanese historical figures and Japanese related topics. Just to hear you prounce their names and the Japanese words. I love the way you make them flow and sound so smooth. Very pleasing to the ear. Many thanks to you for your time and effort on these videos.

Just found your channel and I am glad I did.

Everyone be calling hacks, but he's just pro gamer

Big Dan carlan fan. Been looking for new content. Found it. And I like how they are shorter and more single character focused. Well done.

Brilliant art, music & content. Good job indeed. ✌

I love your channels content

After Hanzo went into the mountains to learn the teachings from the mystics, I knew it was over after that.

Just got this I'm my recommendation, Google got 2 right .out of 20. Lol. I got so much great info and inspiration for art work. Cant wait to catch up with the rest of your videos.

Thanks for shedding some light on this legend of a man.

Most well-known, unknown warrior

I have heard of Orihanso (sorry for the spelling) & his deed's in battle & strategy 😊 cool vid with some fab art work 😊 here come's the rain 😆 soooo refreshing after the sun 😂

Very good thank you for sharing.

Great video.

I loved the video. For a while now, I've been exploring the history of Japan. Now, we're all aware of Shinmen Takezo/Miyamoto Musashi. I read his "The book of five rings", "Musashi" by Yoshikawa Eiji, and other articles too. Maybe you can give your perspective on him or one of the Yagyus, Munenori or Muneyoshi. Cheers!

Nioh taught me everything. I never knew it was so accurate!

Love the artwork!! 👍🏾👍🏾

Based on what I've learned, here, Hattori Hanzo would be an extraordinary man in any time or culture. Imagine someone having such remarkable qualities, skills and strength of character today. I hope we have some of us to pass into legend. May they be so incredible that adding more seems reasonable as we sing their songs. Thank you, very much. And, I thought of how hard this would have been, thinking it was like a type-o when it wasn't perfect. You did such an excellent job that I had no idea it was a little trial by fire. Really quite professionally done. Kudos.

I don't think his skills were supernatural, just too nice to truly be explained. A man so fast moving in and out of the shadows mix that with a little fear of is enemies and now he can teleport

How cool it would be if we could play as him in one of the future AC games.

Very nice video.

Thanks I enjoyed the video. I read & study the samurai and ninja clans. Peace & blessings.

You forgot to mention Hanzo Hasashi of the Shirai Ryu clan from Mortal Kombat

Yes there was many missions and secrecies kept, especially one pertaining to his last mission to attain the sacred scrolls of knowledge but he perished never revealing they're location and to this day they remain one of the most sought after items on the black market

The name that repeat for hundred year ...still make fascinating feel and goosebump the spirit

Great video on Hanzo 💯

According to Japanese Legend Scorpion from Mortal kombat was Hanzo Hasashi clan of this demons ninja

MIYAMOTO MUSASHI

Fascinating story with easy to follow narration

Enjoyed the story. 👍☕

Is he more powerful than Shonuff, The Shogun of Harlem?

I highly recommend watching a Netflix documentary called "Age of Samurai" to understand the context surrounding Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. How they came together and their role in the sengoku period. Another Samurai worth mention was Tadakatsu Honda. One of the greatest samurai that ever lived, who served Ieyasu in this period.

A lot of the artworks are really cool.

The beginning was funny. Great video

Hattori hanzo and miyamoto musashi tag team would have been awesome!.

The Hanzo I know has a teleport ability with a rope spear.

The artworks are remarkable!

Awesome story glad I found it

I think we just got ourselves a Ghost of Tsushima sequal idea.

Easy to confuse details because his line used the name Hattori Hanzo after him... There were many that took the namesake after the original man died

The artwork in the background of this video is 🔥

The art in this is amazing

I think that the ninjas did have skills and abilities, however, they were probably not as unique as some might suppose. There were various guerrilla groups and assassins throughout history and they developed specialized skills including stealth and unarmed combat. I remember hearing about a group during WWII in England called the Auxiliary Services which were supposed to remain behind enemy lines if England was invaded and harass the Germans. They actually practiced stealth movements where they sneaked behind people without them noticing, something the ninja were renown for. Over time these skills and tricks got forgotten or exaggerated over time, and hype from both the ninja and those who were their fans made them seem like supernatural warriors. The reality was they were spies and scouts, some of their tricks were developed from Sun Tzu's Art of War. They even served along side their samurai counter-parts in battles as spies and scouts. In Stephen K Hayes's book on the ninja martial arts, he showed a picture of Hattori Hanzo and it showed him wearing samurai armor rather than anything we would picture a ninja wearing.

That part about ieyasu's son committing seppuku, it kinda happened differently, see, ieyasu was being suspected of treason and to prove his loyalty he sentenced his son to commit seppuku, and hanzo didn't refuse to kill him, he was appointed to act as his second, he didnt want to, but he did, he cut his head off, but he still shed a tear

Cool video

Great music for this one

My understanding of Samurai and Ninjitsu is that they are cultural "opposites". The clans which formed Ninjitsu were the remnants of the "deposed ruling class".

A ninja makes no noise, he leaves no name, he makes everyone wonder if he ever existed.

Thank you I found your video enlightening and informative. I am 60 now but when I was 12 I read the book "Shogun" I remember it so well because it was three times bigger than most other books. The book was also made into a film. I recommend them both.

Fascinating history.

I'm suprised no one here has mentioned perhaps one of the most well known inspirations from hanzo. Scorpion. NRS exclusively made scorpions name Hanzo Hasashi and he was a demon ninja both a play on his real life inspirations name and titles and even his abilities being the play on descriptions for how powerfully he was portrayed

Hold up!! I have to stop you right there at the 0:09 seconds.. The "Kill Bill" Hattori Hanzo is an Easter egg reference to the actor's resume (somewhat).. Although the character in kill bill is completely different, the actor Sonny China, who plays him in Kill Bill actually plays the real Hattori Hanzo samurai from an old 80's Japanese drama, so technically... You are talking about the same guy... The show was called Shadow Warriors and he plays the real Hattori in the show. Here is a link to the TV opening. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Dxv_OdAfvRc.html I only remember because I watched it as a kid on this local Public Access channel

I love this kind of video before I go to sleep, very relaxing. I've tried other channels but it's always some excited guy talking to the camera, I don't wanna see your face guy, I wanna see pictures that go with the story to immerse me.

I love these drawings.

I thought this is an inspiration of Scorpion in Mortal Kombat the both has almost fit the profile

"He's not a ninja!" "So, he was called a ninja, did ninja things and was basically the father of a ninja clan."

A great warrior is he who can subdue his opponents without fighting. The mere presents of such a warrior, his stories striking at the minds of his enemies, to surrender for fear they stand little chance. As they watch their own stubborn comrades fall to his blade.

The Legends of History Are Legendary ~

When I play tag I do a bit of parkour

Japanese dude here again, you got most of the pronunciations correct! Better than most people I've heard!

Ning ning ning ning ning ! Ding ding ding ding ding Hatori hatori ...... Good u r reading it with the same old style and tune ... excellent

Very nice... do Shinsengumi please 🙂

Basically, Hanzo was so secretive that almost nothing of his legacy was recorded.

Thinking this guy will be on sekiro. For dlc

I recently got super back into martial Arts and bought a book on ninjutsu and it mentioned Hattori Hanzos name repeadetly and I was shocked to learn that the real life version was way more badass than any pop culture rendition.

very informative, one of my favorite people from history, great choice for the artwork and from my years as a hanzo fan, which i will admit i have to thank kill bill for my curiosity, is very accurate from all the books i have found, kudos man great vid 😀

This guy sounds a lot like Scorpion from Mortal Kombat. Both were called a Demon (Scorpion was truly a demon), called Hanzo, were ninjas, and were leaders of clans.

Ninja are still taught to this day

So glad I clicked this ... I learned something bad ass 👍

My introduction to Hanzo Hattori was with Hanzo from World Heroes. But then I learned that there was more to it than just a video game. And I must admit, Hanzo Hattori is one of Japan's most amazing and most fascinating stories.

Could be possible that Sekiro himself was based off hanzo since the purification ending has kusabimaru at his grave

You should do Hide Yoshi.

Haven't watched video yet but when an individual is highly skilled and I mean highly skilled their skills and feats in battle can be perceived as supernatural

🍀Sir-I admire you as a Person+ respect your work.😁 It's evident that you put extensive research into this channel.💚And it shows! I have to give you Credit for tackling these long Names of various cultures! Great job Man! I can't pronounce many of them when i try.🙄🙄Thank you. Brightest blessings 🍀🐉

A badass

"Shinobi no mono" or "shinobi" was the term used at that time not "ninja" The word "ninja" came later

Ninja Hattori, I used to watch as a child who was from Iga clan.The story pretty much adds up I just didn’t know my childhood cartoon hero existed in real life.

He was a cold peice of work. And he absolutely had supernatural abilities through open pineal gland and secret Shinobi teachings.