Hi all, just wanted to explain that you may have seen this documentary pop up a couple of weeks ago. It was flagged for inappropriate verbal content - but we thought this doc was just too good to go, so we have removed the offending scene. Hope you enjoy!

The graves of the 47 ronin at Sengakuji are near my house, so every now and then we walk over and pay them a visit. The most surprising aspect is the wide range of ages of the men (which are written on their tombs). They are as young as 16 but also there are ones in their 70s.

When the bloke in the first minute said:'it almost feels it's alive...', I realized it's going to be a fanboy documentary.

I like how the first 20 seconds are filled with historical inaccuracies and lies. Doesn't bode well for the rest of the show.

The British way of pronouncing samurai always catches me off guard. It’s so funny to my ear

The depiction of the samurai here is insulting!

I’m kind of dissapointed with the way the samurai are described in this. They weren’t all obsessed with death, nor was killing their only skill. They were just as focused on life as they were anything else. The way of the warrior wasn’t created to end life, it was created to foster it. Peace through military rigidity. They spent just as much time on the esoteric and philosophical arts as they did combat. They weren’t just mere warriors created to kill. Other than that this is a really great vid. You definitely need to do a bit more research on who the samurai were, and look at someone like Tomoé Gozen for example. As accomplished as she was martially, she was just as focused on the spiritual side of things as well. Bushido should be shown more and credited more.

I never want to hear "Sam-YOUR-eye" again

Anybody here watching that new Shogun show? It's really really good! Highly recommend.

First few words in and already I can see doc based on more myth than fact.

It was a thrilled watching documentary about shogun rule and Semoray fighters clans... Thank you (Timeline) for sharing

The samurai were like the Spartans that valued art poems and war . 2 truly remarkable ways of life. There is a Japanese saying that you can spend a whole lifetime looking at a tree change through the seasons and if you only did that it wouldn’t be a wasted life Truly amazing

Thx for sharing this video 🤙🏽

I hope the creators of Shogun tv show give us a spin off show of the 47 ronin I think it'll be cool to see more about Japanese history

This is wrong at 40:09 they have shinsengumi in the video. They didnt exist in the 1700s.

Japan takes everything to another level. They really take "do everything to the best of your ability" seriously

Many Japanese historians disagree with much of this story told by british story tellers.

9:55 was a pretty interesting scene where dude gets down on one knee and chops his katana at the grass. Sent shivers down my spine.

I love this story: hardened warriors exact justice against a corrupt, useless, and petty bureaucrat.

Came to know the story through the movie but with this documentary could understand indeep more about 47 Ronin

Great story! Excellent stuff

@Metatron needs to see this one

This is one of the worst documentaries I've ever seen in regard to medieval Japan. It's full of errors and misunderstandings. Seppuku wasn't about dying in three days, an assistant cut your head after a few seconds. There are a lot of shortcuts on the story itself too.

"the deadliest blade ever made"😂😂😂

Excellent love the honour these guys showed

What a great class of warriors.. the world will never see again 🙏👹

The lengths they went to and the long time they left it before striking amazes me. Brilliant story of revenge for there master. 🙏

Awesome.

I so I've heard about how great the katana is...but japanese were impressed by European arms armor

Cant wait for some Crown mods 😂 Need to hear that v8

These experts never come from the country where they expert in. Always amazes me….

shogun brings me here

Wouldn't describe Samurai as 'black ops'

Fitting in: can you imagine

The movie is really good and captivating, please release new videos so we can continue watching.

This is as bad as Netflix 'Age of the Samurai: The Battle for Japan'. There are other channels that give a more simplified and accurate description of samurai. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to have read that samurai had ceased wearing the traditional armor almost 100 years prior. After Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated the last of the Toyotomi loyalists and was affirmed as 'shogun', the Sengoku Jidai had ended. Armor was thus, no longer necessary.

The Last Samire 🎬 ❤️ 💯

My Boerboel is named "Ronin Shenji". Weighs 58kg and does his work well...protecting us. After reading some of the comments and having some background I exited at 11 min.

Respectful ❤

There are parts of the Keanu Reeves movie in this story but part of it seems like what happened in the Last Knights with Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman.

Way to many Ads

The forms of Kanly have been obeyed!

I am so glad they mentioned samurais used spears, blows and arrows, clubs, axes and other types of weapons after overpraising the katana. The primary weapons of the samurais in combat was not the katana but most often the bow and arrow and the spear, and later on, primitives black powder rifles. In fact, during combat if a samurai has to resort to using the katana, it is usually because he/she (and yes there were female samurais) screwed up badly somewhere during the fight.

The deadliest blade ever made? If you mean how many people have died to it, then maybe. But if you’re talking the most efficient at killing…. Nah.

Good one!

only in giving yourself to something bigger than yourself do you become more than what you are.

It's surprising to hear that revenge is still heralded as a virtue in Japan, or at least that is the impression given by the end of this short documentary. In Edo Japan, the 47's actions are a consequence of desperation, and it seems like given the facts as recorded by historians, they took liberty with how they interpreted their master's death. If vengeance in and of itself is a virtue, regardless of context or circumstance in Edo Japan, that's an interesting insight.

Domo. From everyone who just had a Tishiro moment.

Stop watchng at 0.53 Deadliest blade ever made.

It wouldn't be like drawing a gun in Buckingham Palace because the punishment wouldn't be 100% definite for anything done in Britain. And it had absolutely happened before during the same shoguns reign! Those are two facts. What isn't a fact at all is what happened after the affair at the palace, because there was nobody left to tell the tale.

Who’s the narrator

Who on earth made those supposed single-layer kimono and hakama? Clearly, they’re from some British thrift shop, likely imported from Vietnam, if not simply made by a British or Chinese seamstress from embarrassingly gaudy rayon. Likewise, the parchment paper is of ridiculously poor quality, and the text clearly was printed out with a printer rather than written cursively with a brush. I love Timeline, but the production value of this video was so embarrassing that I eventually had to just listen without watching.

Hatfield and the McCoys

I see Samurai I watch

What is the movie about the 47 Ronan.

Impeccable story telling!! Happy new sub here ↖️

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This is shortly after the real guy from "Shogun" show real guy...the anjin...he was there in the mid 1600s and his real lord was from Edo

Sounds like the movie.

6:58

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It's bothering me so much on how me pronounces Samurai.

I'm just here because of Ubisoft's new Assassin's Creed.

So many errors in this documentary. But, they emphasize what the public has been groomed to believe. Myth sells. That is not to take ANYTHING from the 47. Loyalty like that is very rare.

House of the rising Sun 🇬🇧 🌎 🗽 🙏

Couldn't make it past a minute. "Deadliest" swords ever ?? lol? Someone has been playing too many video games

Samureye

These 'so-called experts' are a joke

The obsession with death is not factual.The obsession is to one self and one’s pride and dignity.Death before dishonor.They just so happen to be excellent mercenaries.but to be a samurai is MUCH more than just killing and being obsessed with killing.

"In Tagalog. "Napaka-Bangis!!!"😮😮

Is this speaking of a dependent of who Torinagwa was based on?

Killing me with sooo many ads! Trying to get some work done and the skip distraction is not helping. One more AI narrated ad for a widget that is “taking the world by storm” and I’m going to lose bowel control.

Samiuray

Sorry, but as an anthropologist working at a university in Nagoya, Japan I will say thay this documentary is not very good. From bold statements with no factual basis, to showing images of random castles and temples while talking about a place completely different. Even the opening introduction is a strange statement. And it is crazy how British people struggle with Japanese pronunciation. My coworker who is from England, is amazing at Japanese. However his pronunciation of japanese vocabulary make me cringe.

Why don't we have a Japanese person to tell us this story that happened in Japan ?

More likely obsessed with honor!

Where r my asian historians??

Sah-myou-reye

Best metal work ever? Relax, it was not. Stop perpetrating this myth. Katanas were not superior swords you weebs

I am American and I have never heard Samurai pronounced like this. Also, the wigs used for the men are so glaringly party wigs from the lical party favor store that it is almost insulting.

Japanese do not walk on tatami mats in bare feet

Sam-yur-ai

I was looking forward to this, but couldn't get past the (mis) pronunciation "sam-you-rai." Stopped at that point.

the women they got did not understand the assignment. Smiling and giggling is not how japanese women would have been back then. No shogun didn't teach me. I knew that before the show.

They are NOT special forces, they are SOLDIER. Special forces is those SHINOBI.

Sam Your Eye Smh

The story of the 47 Ronins is an interesting story but unfortunately it is an embellished or fictionalized version of a real event known as Ako Incident in the official records of Japan. The fictionalized version is known as the Chūshingura. The historical Asano Naganori is not the honorable gentleman as portrayed in the story but a person with a rash hot-headed personality. The Shogunate has compiles records on the characters and personality of the feudal lords and Asano's records only yield negative traits. The administration of his domain of Ako is not done by him but by his chief retainer, Ōishi Yoshio, as Asano lacks the interest of doing so and instead spends most of his time indulging in pleasure. He and another feudal lord are chosen by the Shogun to host a visiting envoy from Kyoto and a court official by the name of Kira Yoshinaka is assigned to teach them court etiquettes and protocols. Kira is potrayed in the story as a greedy and corrupt court official who demands brides for teaching them. However there are no evidence that he is as he is portrayed in the story. According to official records, Kira has the reputation of a fair and honorable person and is well respected by many peers which includes the Shogun. Kira holds the position of Koke (Master of Ceremony) which is a highly prestigious but unfortunately a low-income position. His annual income is barely 10% of Asano's annual income. He may have expect some rich gifts as tokens of appreciation as well as a supplement to his low-income position. Kira is said to have insulted Asano but there are no evidence and it most likely never happen in the first place. Being a Koke, Kira sets a very high standard and demands perfection. Asano lacks patient and discipline to learn court etiquettes and protocols and got frequent reprimanded by Kira. Due to his hot-headed personality, Asano perhaps see the reprimands as insult and in a reckless move, strikes at Kira with his sword while within the Shogun's Castle. Drawing a sword while within the Shogun's Castle without the Shogun's permission is against the law and is punishable by death. Asano is punished by the way of seppuku as a result. Ako Domain is confiscated by the Shogunate and its samurais become ronins. Only 47 out of hundreds of ronins choose to avenge their feudal lord. The act of the 47 ronins is condemned and criticized by some renown samurai. The author of the Hagakure, Yamamoto Tsunetomo asks a well-known question of what happen if Kira has died from natural causes instead. Kira is already at the advanced age of sixty where the average lifespan is between 40 to 60 years. The ronins have spent a year or 2 planning their attack on Kira. If Kira did die from natural causes, the ronins will lose their only chance of vengeance and be forever branded as cowards and thus bringing further shame to Asano Clan. Asano did break the law and are dealt with accordingly. The ronins fail in their duty is guiding their feudal lord to be a better and instead blame their misfortunate and the misfortunate of the Asano Clan on an elderly court official instead of their own incompetent feudal lord. The attack on Kira is one sided. Kira is not a wealthy man as portrayed in the story where he hires a thousand guards for protection. Due to his low-income position, ha can only to afford a handful of guards. According to official records, the ronins are heavily armed with various type of weapons which includes gunpowder weapons. As result, Kira's men are outnumbered and out fought. The ronins may have a selfish agenda in reporting their action to the Shogunate. Perhaps they expect to be pardoned by the Shogunate on grounds of Bushido and allows them to find employment elsewhere. In the end, the story of the 47 Ronin is about vengeance carried out based on misguided honor loyalty and sacrifice. They justify their action by accusing Kira as a greedy and corrupt court official. A feudal lord with rash, reckless and hot head personality is posthumously romanticized as an honorable gentlemen worthy of being a samurai while an elderly court official with decades of good service record to the Shogunate is posthumously vilified as a greedy and corrupt person.

It feels wrong listening about samurai from British people.😂😂😂😂

There is so much wrong with this and so much exaggeration. No it was not the best sword, no it didn't take 3 days to bleed to death. You were decapitated in a very specific way by one of your closest friends or relatives seconds after you made the cut. Kind of disappointing to be honest, you could have been just historically accurate but you wanted to make an action move instead - at least by plot.

Samurai, weren't a military elite, they were the royalty who were trained in military excellence. the ignorance of this video is insane

The CODE of Bushido explained by Westerners.😂😂

Ronin were dishonored men who refused to commit seppuku after their daimyo was defeated.

so the movie 47 ronin is not even close to what really happen

Sam you ri?

Why are the historians calling simple people "country bumpkins "?

"The Awesome Samurai"

Why did you delete my comment?

ただの逆賊です

Algorithem at it again!

The best documentary I have seen in quite some time!