They fell in love in a hopeless situation. Wrong time, wrong place... everything was against them. A really well-written love story that makes you suffer with them. Well done, Anna and Cosmo, for the portrayal that was absolutely fantastic and worthy of these characters. It's unforgettable.

Broke my heart when she died

The affection was subtle but so powerful

She is the most powerful, compelling Actor I've experienced in years. Please, give her a Grammy, give her an Oscar, give her the world! Just get her back in front of us again, in a similar role, we crave more!

I want 1,000 more episodes all about Mariko. 💔💔💔

Mariko Sama: "If I could use words / Like scattering flowers and falling leaves / What a bonfire my poems would make..." Me and Blackthorne: "Ashes left behind / Memories are all that's left" 😭😭😭😭😭

Fabulous series. Hope it will be remembered at Emmy Awards season. Most especially Anna and the rest of the cast. Truly a wonderful and touching story

If you think long and hard about Mariko’s journey, you will realize that, by being a pawn for Toranaga, she came out as the author of her fate and won in the end. Before the current time period of the show, thanks to her father’s actions, Mariko lost her honor and her identity as a samurai. She couldn’t even restore her honor by suicide because she was not permitted to die. She was reduced to Buntaro’s property. The abuse she faced from Buntaro and society may have compelled her to become a Christian, an identity to fill in for her robbed identity. When Toranaga put his plan into motion, it gave Mariko an opportunity to get back what she lost. From some viewers’ point of view, Toranaga used Mariko to achieve his victory over Ishida by sending her to Osaka. I like to think that by serving Toranaga, Mariko used her service to regain her honor and her identity as a samurai, even it meant death by her hand or someone else’s hand. When she attempted seppuku, Blackthorne volunteered to be her “second.” Perhaps, that is when Mariko truly fell in love with Blackthorne because the latter respected the former’s choice to die with honor as a samurai. Her affection for Blackthorne was much more than when he asked her to live for him. Unlike Buntaro, Blackthorne saw Mariko as a person whose choices should be respected as well as anyone else’s choices. During her last stand, Mariko gained back what she lost. She regained her honor and her identity. She may not have defeated a 100 enemies with a katana like what people see in Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, or Kill Bill but Mariko was a sobering and refreshing look at what it means to be a samurai.

I remember the heartbreaking love story of Anjin and Mariko that was torn apart by the times.

read the book so long ago....and watched the series with Richard Chamberlain..so happy to see this

I really admire your work and I really enjoy watching videos with this style. I would like you to make a romantic music video with several scenes of the couple Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip from the series The Crown with the song "A Thousand Years" by singer Christina Perri and if possible, preferably try to leave the song subtitled with the translation into Brazilian Portuguese. But if you can't subtitle it in Portuguese, you can make the video clip without subtitles. What matters is the intention. I will be very happy if you can respond to my comment and also fulfill my request.

That was a beautiful work of edit. Thank you

Love Anna. Such a wonderful and talented actor. Her death saddened me.

Brilliant editing and music!

@SeebStudio I really admire your work and I really enjoy watching videos with this style. I would like you to make a romantic music video with several scenes of the couple Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip from the series The Crown with the song "A Thousand Years" by singer Christina Perri and if possible, preferably try to leave the song subtitled with the translation into Brazilian Portuguese. But if you can't subtitle it in Portuguese, you can make the video clip without subtitles. What matters is the intention. I will be very happy if you can respond to my comment and also fulfill my request.

The actors did a great job in this series, but i loved and appreciated the Love story in the 1980's version of the series so much more!

Enjoyed the show but as someone who read the book years ago and has re-read it again recently it’s shame how much of Mariko & Blackthorne relationship is left out.

Wonderful job!

I think she liked him from the first time she saw him ijs.....

I feel so bad for John's wife and kids back at John home country of England John cheated on his wife without a second thought.

I'm going to Wiki to find out what really happened.

They barely even touched on their relationship in this version, go watch the 80's version for the Love Story.......

I hated this guy. Why did they cast him

Im a bit surprised he wasnt more aggressive in that episode 9 and literally pulled her away from the door or take her place or join her.