As an American, I’ve loved Shogun but I did wonder how people in Japan and Portugal felt about the show.

Sanada prevented Shogun to become netflix. He saved us to get a good show 🙇‍♂️

So, it seems many Japanese loved how will researched and authentic this was compared to the historical dramas made in Japan itself. So maybe the solution for European historical dramas is the inverse... Have Japanese direct and produce them, because holy shit, the level of historical inaccuracy in western historical dramas taking place in ancient or medieval Europe is mind boggling

If anyone missed Mr Sanada’s talent in The Last Samurai, they might be blind

I loved the fact that the show was mostly in Japanese, it adds another layer of authenticity to it which you don't get in shows where everyone is speaking English and the viewer is left to imagine the actors are speaking German or Spanish or Japanese etc etc.

Westerners are interested in the Japan Samurai era because it closely mirrors European knights. They each had their own code and honour to live by. So its relatable to Europeans because its similar to European middle ages but evolved totally detached from Europe on the other side of the world.

Clavell loved Japan quite a bit but was fond of pointing out that, not being part of the culture, he could never truly understand the Japanese perspective. Most likely Clavell changed the name of the Shogun and other characters simply because he didn't want to offend the Japanese with inaccuracies on his character. I've read all of Clavell's books and one of the chief characteristics is that he doesn't flinch from portraying both the good and the bad.

As a big fan of the Sengoku period I was quite hopeful from seeing the trailers. Thank you for providing the Japanese perspective on this.

I feel like the Japanese simply cut off the clavellian anti Western stuff and instead of it it is now concentrating on Japanese culture. This is why it is so good.

According to William Adams' own records, the ship he was on was the Liefde. The crew reached Oita, Kyushu, where they were rescued, kindly treated, and cared for. By local Japanese people. The crew of the Liefde was never mistreated. They had never boiled in a large pot. They had never been urinated on. They were referred to Nagasaki police. Nagasaki police asked Osaka Castle for instructions. During this time, Jesuit missionaries arrived and demanded that the Dutch and English be killed as pirates. However, the Japanese only captured the crew, but did not kill them. As a Japanese , I don't care. Because it's a drama.

Greetings from Chicago! This production is phenomenal! I feel it would be very cool if it would be somehow slightly edited and offered on the big screen for a limited run. I would definitely love to see it on the big screen at a theatre.

I remember these names in Rurouni Kenshin (Anime). That time, watching Kenshin made me do some research on the Japanese era, specially the tokugawa, or edo and meiji periods. This current Shogun awaken my interest again to research the Japanese history and the culture during that periods. The culture is really interesting. The way Shogun was made really brings me back to that era. It seems to be imbedded in my subconscious because I even dream about going to that Japanese period. They really did a great job with this series!

Join the club, Britain used to have a fantastic film industry, now however, because of funding, most British actors move to Hollywood after their trained.

The only thing I wanted to see more was the use of the Yari. The spear was the primary weapon of war, with the swords being more of a side arm. I did like seeing the Naginata though.

There is a tendency to oversimplify the Protestant and Catholic conflict. The oldest alliance between nations is that of England and Portugal (1386-present) and continued when England became Protestant and Portugal remained Catholic. Protestant England fought Protestant Holland in four wars from the mid 17C to the late 18C. There is a focus on the Anglo-Spanish as a religious war but its motivations were equally commercial in nature.

I totally agree with you on the point of using the real names of all the characters. It would have given the series much more depth and meaning. I love this period of Japan 🇯🇵 history.

このドラマ内で描かれる日本人の”残忍性”が気に入っています。 今は亡き著名な作家である三島由紀夫は日本人の精神性について、優雅さとこの残忍性は神経質なほどの審美眼と女性的な情緒からきていて、密接に繋がっていると評しました。

Con) cutting Anjin San's seppuku scene, it's not only a change in him, it's a change how Toranaga's court SEES HIM, as reborn, a samurai willing to die with honor so not to have to be dishonored by the deaths of so many. Even Fuji(ko) starts so some around and honors him as a Samuel and master of the house. Con) the walk to Yedo where Mariko & Blackthorne really get down to living each other. It was never a hook up, it was a deep love that he carried with him even after her death

I'm a Brazilian who has lived in the US for five years now, and a fan of Japanese history since I was a teenager in the 90s. When I saw Sanada Hiroyuki-san was involved, my hopes got sky high. I'm a long, long time fan of his. He didn't disappoint at all, but I was really curious about what did the Japanese think of it; it being good and being accurate, for a westerner - it doesn't matter how much you love the content - could mean different things. In this case, they are one and the same, it seems. Thank you for this video! With Ghost of Tsushima and now Shogun, we Japan lovers are on a really good roll. Doumo arigatou gosaimasu!

This is not from Disney. This is FX. Disney would never be able to pull something like this off. They are utterly incompetent.

The movie makes me study Japan history deeper.

Hey there! Wondering about the 'General' drama? Well, in this video, I've gathered both pros and cons. Feel free to share if you've noticed anything interesting about the series. Looking forward to your thoughts!😉🏯👘

I loved the book and the old TV mini-series, but always knew that it may not be a perfectly fair representation - but probably was very ahead of it's time. The book and the mini-series had a tremendous affect on American culture - after the bitterness of WW2, it started an interest in Japan. That's when sushi restaurants started showing up everywhere. I haven't seen the new series yet, but I really enjoyed hearing the perspective of a Japanese person.

The costumes and also props are detailed and looks very authentic. Peasants looks authentic with drab color clothing with the vivid contrast of colorful atire woren by the top boss samurais.

I've always thought "Well Put Together" TV series or Movies are the best way to bridge differences in Cultures. I started to realize this at an early age (8 years old or so) because I was and still am an Avid Video Game player and most Video Games in the 1980s and 1990s (being of Eastern Origins) had a lot of Japanese/Eastern Cultural "differences" I observed in Said Video Games. This definitely gave me More Insight into other Cultures, and to this day certain TV shows, Movies and Video games still do the same thing.

「shogun」のシリーズは本当に好きです。今日本語を学んでいるけど、彼らが日本語で話す時、すべてを理解していません。古語が使われるかね。

I was curious what Japanese audiences thought about the quality of the Japanese dialogue in this series? Historical language features aside, it sounded to me a little like someone wrote the dialogue in English and then translated those English lines into Japanese very literally, rather than conceiving of the lines from a Japanese perspective. Am I just ruined by anime tropes about how people communicate in Japanese? Thanks in advance! 🙏

I think there is a difference when we watch the way western culture interprets the samurai as a whole. They view it thru their own experience and culture, not thru the Japanese point of view. That is why there is breath of fresh air when we watch a film about that era from Japanese point of view (at least that's what I think this show portrays).

A Series Worthy of the Japanese Consciousness. "The Ghost of Tsushima" should be next in the pipeline.

The show is amazing, it is currently my favorite show

They should react like everyone else, Its brilliant. Hiroyuki is a great actor and producer. I like all his movies! They did a great job on Shogun!

It's crazy how cultural exchange and globalization goes today in art and entertainment, we have this American series that are set in sengoku period, and then there is manga and anime like Vinland Saga set in European middle ages or Attack or Titan, besides Attack on Titan is set in a fantastic world it has mostly main characters of western characteristics, of course there are Asian and African people but that world is mostly westernish dominated. I like all these productions btw.

I would like to see more reaction videos of Japanese and Chinese to west historical dramas. Ancient Rome, ancient Greece, et

Again, loved the video. Another thing I thought I would point out is what the book did amazingly that I think the first miniseries did, but not nearly as well (but still haven't seen the new one.) The book was an amazing exploration of cultural relativism. Of course, most of the readers were going to be from a European background. Clavell does a masterful job showing that things that we (medieval Europeans, and by extension their cultural descendants) might consider bizarre or barbaric, from the perspective of them (late medieval Japanese) would seem normal and even honorable. Things that we think of as normal, to them might seem odd, disgusting, or dishonorable. He looked at Japanese culture from the era with a sympathetic and even reverential eye. (This is especially remarkable when you consider that he was a prisoner in the notorious Changi POW camp and was almost starved to death - read his short, first book in the series, King Rat.) All of his books in the Asian Saga do this to a great extent, but Shogun does it best. Keep in mind, a large chunk of his audience (Australians and Americans, over the age of 45 in 1975), probably still had some bitter memories and resentments, and probably knew little nothing about Japanese history. I'm sure there were authors before him that did this relative perspectives, but I don't know of a book before it, with such a broad reach that did this. The idea of "cultural relativism" I think was still a rather new thing. Sure, people may have given it lip service, but I don't think people really believed it, on that level. They (and most people still) think, "Yeah, sure, blah, blah blah - but we're right and they're wrong.") But Clavell opened my eyes and vividly showed me that two cultures could look at an issue and come to completely opposite conclusions, and they can both be equally right from the perspective of their culture and have no idea why the other thought that way. I may still disagree with them, but there is a logic and history of why they feel that way, even our enemies. Sure, Clavell gets some aspects of Japanese history and culture wrong - historical fiction authors make these mistakes all the time, even about their own culture. But the point of fiction is not getting all the facts right but to get to a deeper truth. And I don't understand the logic behind the name changes when it is soooo clear to whom he is referring - if you're familiar with that time period, I can see how that might be a little jarring. But it is still an amazing book that changed how many of us look at cultures different than our own. It is also massively entertaining listening to the inner monologues of all the different people and their motives and objectives and plans - something that doesn't come across as well on TV. I highly recommend the book. The whole series is interesting, but the crown jewel is Shogun. I think it is perhaps the most important book ever written analyzing what happens when two cultures that don't understand each other collide. That is really what his book was about - the political intrigue, historical tidbits, and romance were just there to serve that purpose. Unfortunately, the mini-series (at least the first one) turned that around and focused on those other aspects. I still loved the first mini-series (though I know it had flaws), but having read the book, I certainly missed the deepest, most timeless, and most important point that Clavell was trying to make.

It's a very good, and well done show.

most of hollywood movies about Japan japansene: nah this isn't japan, they misundestang us.🤣 Shogun japanese: omg they made a better samurai movie than we making 😱

I have to respond to the person worried that this production will make foreigners think the Japanese are overly brutal and leave a negative impression. Three words, “Game of Thrones.” 😂 The west loves gritty and brutal period dramas, and shows like this only make us want to learn more about Japanese history and culture. I hope we keep partnering with Japanese film makers and actors. I’d love to see more well-written, high budget, culturally accurate movies and television.

Wasn't slavery wide-spread in Japan, until the Taikō abolished it? Would the Portugese buying Japanese slaves be special, because they took them abroad? Seems like kind of a double standard to bring that up, as if it highlights the especially heinous nature of the foreigners. They couldn't have been bought, if they weren't being sold. Both are saddening, but such was history, worldwide. I think the show demonstrates why it was justified to cut off foreign influence from Japan perfectly well, even without that. It's also important to take note, that, while it's a subsediary of Disney, this was produced by FX. They deserve all the praise. Walt Disney Studios didn't make it, The Walt Disney Company just owns it. I'm happy to see Japanese people mostly enjoying the series, even if it's not perfect. I hope this brings more international collaboration on more culture-specific stories, instead of people saying only that one culture is allowed to tell its own stories, as that leads to complacency, and often propaganda. We need both sides to tell a whole story. Thank you for the video, it was very interesting, and you put a lot of effort into it!

I paused on the Grave Stone Memorial. So did most Japanese People not know this "specific part of their history" until the British put the Memorial there in 1948? or was Adams well known before?

I watch and record this on FX. I still think Disney sucks.

And I thought Sengoku Basara was the most accurate depiction of Japanese history 🤔

The period being depicted was hard as it was rough; it should not be shown any differently. As it is, Disney is being criticized for not having any black characters. Imagine casting a black shogun?

Sanada Hiroyuki is a very good actor, and I've enjoyed many of his films, especially Tasogare Seibei and Ring, for example. However, personally I find Yakusho Koji's performance as Ieyasu in "Sekigahara" to be the best I've seen regarding that historical figure. Harada Masato's period films are exceptionally good in general, especially Sekigahara. Japan has many talented actors, directors and producers etc. You don't need Hollywood to be successful. Be yourselves.

いっぱい変なところが目に付くからあんまり楽しめないけど真田広之さんが売れるのは嬉しいね。

Haha even the "negative" comments are mostly complaining about OTHER productions and expressing a wish that Japanese companies could have produced something of the same standard. It really seems like they nailed it, and I'm glad because I'm really enjoying it and I'd hate to discover they'd been grossly misrepresenting the period.

EVERYONE's history is brutal. I wasn't at all bothered by the brutality.

What would Mishima think?

Shogun is a great serie

I do not believe I have ever seen a film with Sanada-san where I did not enjoy his performance. I enjoy historical accuracy more than many, as I have had massive interest in world socioeconomic/cultural history since I was young. I enjoy seeing the dedication given by all of the actors of Shogun.

このドラマに関し、わずかですが批判される方もいます。 しかし、歴史や文化は近年の歴史研究により日々アップデートされてます。 つまり、100%正解な文化や歴史を求めることは不可能ですね。 関ヶ原の戦いですら、私らが学んだ内容とは違う東軍の配置などが研究により、変わりつつあります。 このドラマは、限りある予算と時間の中、正しい日本の文化や歴史を表現する作品として、ターニングポイントになると思ってます。 ラストサムライなど、過去に面白い作品もありました。 しかし、トムクルーズと天皇陛下の謁見シーンなどは、小さな寺で撮影されてました。 当時、明治時代初期は、江戸城をそのまま皇居として使用してましたから、人類史上　世界二位の広さと規模の居城です。 ハリウッドとして、再現するには予算的にも不可能ですし、正しい日本の文化や歴史を伝える必要性もない為　簡素な寺での撮影だったと理解してます。 今回、ハリウッドが前向きに作品の中に正しい日本の文化や歴史を取り入れようと努力したことは、 リスペクトに値すると思ってます。 現在で可能な限り正しく日本の文化を伝えてるドラマを見て、海外の方が　日本に関心を持ってくれることを期待しています。 長文になりすみません🙏

「曳々応」 Leader:曳Ei (Ready to Fight ?) Soldiers: 曳 Ei (Fight!) 応Ohu(YES!)

shogun was a great adaptation. was the source any good?... was well written.... but basically just retold historical facts with a white boy thrown in the mix. which was necessary for their intended audience... is it accurate? no. was the culture represented well? exploited for sure but it feels like it was made out of love. This adaptation takes the homage of the story further. it is a good starting point for people interested in Japan... like memories of the geisha. objectively ridiculous stereotype of Japan, BUT it was to bring that magic and wonder of that era of Japan. ま〜ま〜でしたね。。。　 its not the best representation of Japan but it doesn't mean it should've have been made,. we just need more Japanese Stories like this. I recommend watching any jidaigeki (period drama) for fans of this show

I believe Disney had no direct hand in Shogun. Disney simply lucked out when their subsidiary (FX) hit a massive home run. Anyone know the answer?

Honestly, I have mixed feelings about the show. Anjin is a somewhat treacherous moron and Mariko is moody and angsty.

Pros just seeing everything in HD the costumes and make up so perfect & pristine. Pro beautifully produced and historically matches the era. Pro: the actors are just Brilliant Pro:when on book the story is beautifully adapted... But I'm sorry some of the changes are far too big - it's not just for time - like Naga's death... For what? Also making him an inexperienced brat... Ok Naga was a bit "jump the gun" but Lord T actually got a kick out of him, loved him, and enjoyed his co.mpany - much more than his eldest son who had the sense of humor of a stick. He talks about it to himself how his elder son loves nothing but his wife and children, has not humor , "he's like me" he says to himself.. "no " he corrects himself" I like to hunt& laugh & pillow & drink saki, he cares for some people & they make him laugh like Kiri & Naga & the Anjin San - who he treats with great honor & respect he sees an equal. Also musing he absolutely knew that Mariko & Blackthorne pillowed, was not upset about it, Buntaro was thought dead... He even considered taking out Buntaro to he Blackthorne safe...

A huge con is the character "assassination" of Toda Mariko San. (SPOILERS) 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Of course her story is tragic - but also she was never suicidal - I don't mean seppuku either. I mean Mariko in the book -even in the first movie though she felt she carried family shame - she also had joy. I feel like THIS Mariko started out this but all she does is beg for death and is really depressing, granted 8 fold fence & all, but she still had a zest for life & compartmentalized the extremely painful moments - and shared them with Blackthorne whom she learned to love and trust. It was Fuji(ko) in the books who started out constantly asking for death but even she (though still connected deeply to her husband and son) found some peace and even happiness duty with and to Blackthorne. Giving herself wholly to that duty and learning that though different he was a good, fair and kind man who never pushed her - I think the real caring between them started when she was so badly injured in the earthquake. He only made a few gestures - staying with her, making sure her comforts were met, helping her drink the tea (all book) it was kind of recent that they had become friends but now I think they both realized after such a terrible accident that they cared about each other deeply once again I've said not as a husband and wife but definitely like family. He talked about the women in his life to himself once & said something along the lines of, I love Mariko holy and totally and like Fuji(ko) completely.. Anyway I'm going on a fujiko rampage what I wanted to say was that Mariko was never a depressing character never even a depressed character, her story is tragic, but also triumphant, when she died she died with honor, not only stopped herself from being captured but got tornadoes hostages released. No I think she would have been happy to live cuz I think if she had left she in blackboard would have got off and got married but it wasn't in the cards for them.

恐れています。このまま10話まで、Sanadaの武道の技を見せないまま終わってしまうのか？ Sanadaは日本の歴史上最高の格闘技アクターなのに。

Whatever the historical discrepancies at least the actor's are Japanese and they speak Japanese. Historical Drama's in the Uk recently have been including ethnic minorities who did not exist in the UK at the time. I would love to have just quibbles about the wrong armour.

I felt no frustration watching SHOGUN series which was surprisingly rare experience as a true blue Japanese. Japanese can immediately tell by the actor's accent whether he or she is a real Japanese actor or mostly Korean or Chinese actors pretending to be J apanese. I always stop watching that cheap show, right away because it reminds me of their politically twisted history education with no proof and their low level civility, just disgusting. SHOGUN's authenticity level is 💯👍✨🌸🎌🎊🎆🥰

日本人の英語

Disney???

全体的に画面が暗いのが気になった。 日本の空はもっと青いよ。 大阪の町については、CGを馴染ませるために色調落としてるのかな？ 最近のファンタジーやSFは、みんな画面が暗くて、つまらない。 伊豆の風景も植生や山の高さが日本に見えない。 ロケ地がカナダだって聞いてから、カナダにしか見えなくなった。

えいえいおーありましたよ。NHK大河よりずっとおもしろいが窯茹ではやりすぎ。あれは五右衛門。残虐性を誇張しすぎ。でも、現代の中韓系スタッフが作る日本の時代劇よりよほどいい。真田さんのおかげです。

Your voice over gave me a headache. I reaaly tried to endure it but your voice made me dizzy. I had to stop halfway.

Stop referring to Disney. They just bought Fox which produced this series, Disney has no hands in the production. If this is a Disney production, you will see black people in the casts. LGBTQ will be heavily represented. The protagonist is a boss woman. Straight white men will be emasculated.

lol! soooo disneyplus is taking it in for fx and hulu? disney rules the world..