Yabushige

to himself

Себе

himself

Ligma

Toranaga: You mean "OUR" troops....

Reminds me of the time when i used to play age of empires 2 and would use monks to convert enemy troops to mine 😂

WOLOLOOLO

@@dukeofkeredon3109 That's what I was going for :P

Loool

Rowan from VLDL would disagree 😉

A fellow man of culture! ​@@adorp

@@adorp love that reference

@@adorp helelelelelelelelelelelelelelelelele!!!

Like a boss.

Which he didn’t, he just won them over in the moment because he was a famous general.

Yoink mine now.

It was never Yabushige's army.

And doesn't even drink your goddam Saki

Agreed, you never know what's on his mind

​@@vasvas8914Actually we know what's on his mind: always thinking how a situation can benefit him in the long run.

Bro who asked 😊

I like the feathers on his uniform for some reason.

Agreed, He also has sarcasm to even laugh at himself. He can be ruthless and at the same time carried away, submissive when he wants to get something.

Mariko: 👀

@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 As I recall from the book, Mariko didn't actually understand English. I think she and Blackthorn communicated in Portuguese and Latin.

@@CaptainPositron that’s hilarious, so no one on the islands could speak English, he had his own language to use lol

@@CaptainPositron When we as the viewer hear them speak English, within the world of the show they are actually speaking Portuguese.

@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 Precisely 😉

how did he redirect it? That is yabushige's men. Should they not be always loyal to him? Toronaga promised them something for which the men just like him and would not kill him that easily. but should not be loyal to toronaga.

He promised them death!!

@@nashiffuadkhan9817because yabushige is loyal to Toranaga and that’s includes his army whenever he calls upon it. His speech about loyalty to the taiko legacy ensured they would fight for him in case yabushige turns against him

@@365fujiBut at that time he hadn’t committed to being his vassal.Ally yes, but not servant.

“The old woman” lol. That’s Kiri, the mother of Toranaga’s son. So many people watching this new version don’t understand the backstory at all

Arguably the best performance as of yet on the show for me

Really like this actor. I saw him for the first time in a fantastic film named Zatoichi.

He's great and makes the character fantastic. So many subtle cultural gestures. It does help that his character is written so well and in such a great plot position.

Well written analysis and I agree fully. Though this series is certainly excellent - it nevertheless would take many times the amount of episodes to convey all the subtle tensions from the book: the way Yabu-san tries to 'convince' Toranaga-sama that it is much 'safer' for him to stay there - only to be outmanoeuvred as Toranaga-sama picks up a pace in dialogue (and actions) that give absolutely no time for the plotters to keep track (the way he cleverly 'forces' Yabu-san to constantly follow him, thus depriving private conversation amongst the Kasigi), pulling in the final (brilliant) blow by gifting Yabu-san his famous sword - and escaping the trap by promptly leaving while the latter is still bemused by the unbelievable honour bestowed with this... Aahh, time to take that tome from the bookshelf and start reading it again! 😄

​@@melodies_are_alive oh wow that is so interesting. I didn't realize Toranaga is panicking here, no wonder he hightail it out of there. I am more surprised he went in afraid but came out galvanizing the troops more than Yabushige hahaha. The cheers were definitely louder for Toranaga. Brilliant cinematography and subtlety

Reading this convinces me all the more to read the book. Thank you for sharing!

@@stevenlevasee6742bro you’re missing out on a masterpiece. Go read it, you won’t regret it!

Appreciate the book context here: it makes the scene even more brilliant 😅

Which you'd know if you read the book or watched the first series. To my mind, if it's not an improvement on the first one, why bother?

@@user-nz6dx2fj6h Granted. They certainly did improve on the casting and shooting. I really like the Yabu character, though I'm not sure Clavell would have.

@@tnsampson2 Don’t agree. Watch the 80’s one then get back to me.

@@user-nz6dx2fj6h Matter of opinion. The first series I thought was too clumsy.

@@tnsampson2 Clumsy? Then what would you call this one that most of the time totally disregards the storyline? It’s a common thread when Americans are allowed to do the screen writing for an existing concept. Take a look at ROP or The Witcher and now even Halo! A bad scriptwriter can easily wreck a show and no amount of idiots out there who rave about this one makes not one bit of difference!

Bro think he Littlefinger just to get out-littlefingered by both Toranaga and his own nephew.

@@nont18411 never thought I'd see "littlefingered" to be used as a verb and adjective at the same time XD

Omi was the smart one, and I loved how they play that up and the fact that Toranaga recognizes this in this series (in the 80's series, that thread was pretty much ignored)

You do no service to the character and his place in the totem pole, to stay alive as long as he did with two giants leaning on him actually shows deftness creativity and raw survival instincts.

I would say Yabu was epitome of street-smart but not wise; the reason is his ambition / treachery was an open book to read by Toranaga and can be managed accordingly. By contrast, Toranaga's own naked ambition was fully buried within his heart and he would go to all lengths to protect that fascade (incl. even sacrifising his most loyal vassals to seppuku) He wasn't stupid, but Toranaga is on a whole another level

He basically has no shame lolll

HO!

That one guy in the back: "WHAT? WHAT'S HE SAYING!? SPEAK LOUDER!"

This gives me the same vibes as the people shouting "Lisan Al-Gaib" without the slightest bit of irony. The man whose name you're shouting is about to plunge the world into war.

What was the point of that post?

HOOOOO

I used to use you guys to pirates movies as a kid 😂 good times

bro you made it

This series is a masterpiece hulu ❤

Masterpiece!!

yes, the shot compositons are brilliant

Dude boiled a man alive

​@@nathanlatham5651thats a common practice in feudal Japan. A lot of famous samurai boiled alive when captured aswell. Nothing personal about that

Stuck between a pot and hot water...

@@hafor2846 A classic Izu Hotpot

@@phanhuyduc2395ya your comment has the exact same energy as “boys will be boys.” Okay enabler, glad I’m not under your roof.

And to add to that, Ishido's actor also played a samurai named Shima Sakon, a loyal vassal and friend of Ishida Mitsunari (Ishido's character model) in the movie "Sekigahara"

@@empoytekyo6981 On top of that, Toranaga's actor has played both Ishida Mitsunari AND Tokugawa Ieyasu (under his earlier name of Matsudaira Motoyasu).

😂😂😂

then he dips 😂😂

Well written? look, they took a novel's title then used some of it's characters, changed their names then procedded to rewrite the story. Why bother? What are you comparing it to, the original, or the original series, because on both counts it's awful.

If it was that accurate, all the English dialogues would be in Portuguese.

​​@@arsy9753 Blackthorne is English and based on the English explorer Willaim Adams. It makes perfect sense for them to speak English.

@@Slavesforsale1No, because the japanese only spoke Portuguese besides japanese, because the Portuguese were the only Europeans they knew until then. So everytime you hear English dialogs they are supposed to be speaking in Portuguese.

Barbarians started that trend I think - german and latin.

I also love how they use intrepreters to make suspense, most shows just cut this part because it makes no sense to say the same thing twice, but here they actually play with dialogues and how interpreters change meaning of words

_HO!!!!!_

HO!!!!

HUUH!

Didn't read the books -- are they becoming buddies in the end? Because in the 1980s miniseries they do after Anjin gifts him his Geisha girlfriend.

@yxx_chris_xxy never buddies. He gave him Kiku because He had no interest in her. He was still grieving Mariko. In addition, culturally, his gift constituted a "Jiri" a debt that is impossible to repay.

おーーーーーー！！！！

(again!)

i have not read the book so excuse my lack of knowledge, is the scene done differently because what i understood was that toronaga won the loyalty of yabu's army to a point that even yabu won't gamble on attacking toronaga. Was it different in the book? did he not win over the army and used his chance to escape in the books?

@@dorime3031 It's the gift of Toronaga's swords that prevents Yabu from doing anything to Toronaga. The honor bestowed far outweighed the value of whatever treachery Yabu had in his mind at that moment and basically nullified the threat. The book explains it better: I recommend it but it is a long read. However, if you don't want to read the book, you might try to find a copy of the original mini-series starring Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune as it keeps the part where Toronago gifts his own swords to Yabu in the screenplay. The importance of the scene is Toronaga had no idea Yabu arranged to have his entire army meet Toronaga's galley in Izu, despite the fact he had an extensive spy network there. With Toronaga only protected by a few guards and surrounded by an army that is both friend and foe, he is trapped by protocol and extremely vulnerable, but rather than run away or bargain with Yabu, he takes the initiative and inspects the troops, moving quickly to keep his untrustworthy ally off balance, recognizing, praising and speaking with many of the samurai in their ranks like they were his own warriors and winning them over in the process. Toronaga then gives his speech, bows to the assembled troops and publicly honors Yabu by giving him his own swords which stays his ally's (more accurately, vassal's) hand and distracts him long enough for Toronaga to get back aboard the galley and away with his honor and dignity intact and Yabu's own army completely won over. The importance of the scene is it demonstrates that Toronaga is powerful, not because of his wealth or the size of his army, but by his fearlessness, sharp mind and strength of character. It is the moment in the story where one man managed to defeat an entire army on strength of will alone.

because that would never happen , why would a lord gift his sword to his enforrcer . this sly way of winiing over the men makes much more sense culturally

@@oldone1234 It did happen. Read the book. Yabu was never considered to be Toronaga's Enforcer. That position belonged to Toronaga's general, Lord Hiromatsu (aka "Iron Fist") and to a lesser extent, Hiromatsu's son, Lord Buntaro, who utterly loathed Yabu. Yabu was a minor Daimyo who happened to get lucky when the Erasmus landed inside his territory. If not for that, Yabu would have played no role in the conflict between Lord Toronaga and Lord Ishido. Culturally speaking, Toronaga winning over the common soldiers meant nothing, other than building on his prestige and popularity, which can mean a lot in a battle, but not so much in a social confrontation between leaders. Feudal Japan was not a Democracy. If Yabu ordered his men to kill Toronaga, they would be duty bound to do it, no matter how much they might have admired him. Winning over Yabu's warriors was Toronaga's way and putting Yabu in his place, but it had no impact on the situation at hand. Toronaga gifting his swords to Yabu was the key, like a lizard shedding its' own tail to escape from a predator. Bound by honor and protocol to go ashore despite being surrounded by Yabu's samurai, Toronaga neatly turned the tables on his opponent by one-upping Yabu with an even greater honor when he gave him his own swords which instantly bound Yabu to the same protocol he tried to use against Toronaga, and froze whatever plans had to kill or capture him in its' tracks. It was a great sequence in the book, and I'm sorry the director chose to leave that key part with the swords out of it.

@@MarchHare59 mm smart ,killing presitge and ego for survival, thanks for the explanantion.

It’s got more detail in the book. Toranaga immediately rushes to inspect the army while healing praise on Yabu, who is frantically trying to keep up with Toranaga. At the end, they’re back at the beach, and Toranag gifts his own blade to Yabu as thanks for his loyalty. Yabu is so dumbstruck by the gift that he barely notices Toranaga being towed back to the ship.

It also has the highest suicide rate, alongside south korea, from all first world nations and the second lowest birth rate. Depression is rampant and ignorance towards alot of things has never left there. There are alot of things wrong in this culture...movies, animes and mangas made some people naive without ever experiencing the actual life there.

no sht sherlock

Well it's fair they call him "barbarian".

Do you mean C'est fini? Because whatever you're trying to say, this is just a really weird pig version of French and German. Maybe stick to English next time...

Even though he is no longer part of the council he is still his liege lord.

He’s still his liege lord, the council role had nothing to do with that.

Toranaga is a major Noble, imagine he rules over a state like Texas while Yabushige rules a town inside Texas. The council role had nothing to do with the lands Toranaga owns and rules over.

Thanks a lot guys,can’t wait for Tuesday

Because toranaga is daimyo. So yabushige's lands belong to the daimyo, even if he is the one who manages them

そう、野蛮人という事、南蛮人＝南の方から来た野蛮人😅😅😅🙏🙏🙏

戦国時代の言葉遣いや雰囲気を英語に訳すの難しいでしょうね。シェークスピアのような言い回しをしたところで、字幕としては不適格でしょうし…

The trees may not be a match, but much of Japan is temperate rainforest. Do an internet search for Taiheiyo evergreen forests, if you wish to know more.