Shogun 1x10 | A Dream of a Dream | Reaction 

Anjin never leaves Japan. When Toranaga finally realized he broke Anjin, he tells him to build him a fleet since he doesn't want to return to his home country anymore. He dropped Mariko's cross in the water so it's impossible for him to have it in the future. The visions he sees is his ideal future/ending (a dream of a dream) which he realizes he will never get to before trying to commit seppuku "fck it, we live and we die" After this Toranaga (Togukawa in real history) Shogunate rules Japan for the next 260 years, Christianity gets banned and the Portuguese get deported. So the real life Anjin succeeds in winning his war, he is one of Togukawa's most trusted vassals. This is all common knowledge for Japanese people, which blows my mind because their history is nothing short of amazing. For me, this was a 10/10 ending. Toranaga won the war without even drawing swords, confirmed to Yabushige that he always wanted to be the Shogun with that little smirk before seconding him. You can also find "Mariko's" death poem in real life. It's been 400 years since the haiku was written but it's still beautiful to this day. This is the best show I've watched in a long time and I predict that it will win a bunch of Emmy's

12:58 This show was shot in Vancouver, Canada. 22:24 They didn't go back to Old Blackthorn because John gave up on that dream when he chose to commit seppuku. He made the choice to end his life in Japan, so a future back in England was gone. This was later reinforced when he committed Mariko's rosary to the deep, making it clear that his visions of Old Blackthorn were never gonna come to pass.

THANKS for this, Real!!! Starting and ending with a dream (one not going to happen and one fulfilled) , the end of a great show (with a leader who had a master plan--Super Chess, indeed, Tasha!)....so onto the next one!!!!

1. Interesting fact, yes it was filmed near Vancouver BC, the lake they used for the bay scenes around Ajiro is where James Clavell's ashes are scattered, so Fuji's husband and child are with their author 2. Yabushige's death poem in the book shows he really was on his game What are Clouds But an excuse for the sky What is Life But an escape from death