Shōgun
Steffan Stringer Steffan Stringer

Shōgun

Shōgun is an American historical drama television series created by Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks. It is based on the 1975 novel by James Clavell, which was previously adapted into a 1980 miniseries. Its ensemble cast includes Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis, Anna Sawai, Tadanobu Asano, Takehiro Hira, Tommy Bastow, and Fumi Nikaido. Although it is an American series, the cast is mostly Japanese and the majority of the dialogue is in the Japanese language.

— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shōgun_(2024_TV_series)

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Blue Eye Samurai
Steffan Stringer Steffan Stringer

Blue Eye Samurai

During Japan's Edo period (17th century), half-white half-Japanese Onna-musha Mizu quests for vengeance against four white men, one of whom is her father, who illegally remained in Japan during the closing of its borders by the Tokugawa shogunate.

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The way of the warrior
Steffan Stringer Steffan Stringer

The way of the warrior

In this podcast there was a reminder of the wonderful 1983 BBC series - The Way of the Warrior - which has been uploaded to YouTube.

I watched this series with my father, but can’t say I remember the individual programmes. He bought the book that accompanied the series and I am currently looking for a copy.

The quality of the video compared to modern standards is shocking! Nevertheless, there is so much there worth learning, you just have to push through.

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