Blackthorne's arrival in Osaka stirs up a hornet's nest of rivalries. Mariko is trapped between her cause and her faith when she must translate for the barbarian in Lord Toranaga's custody.Blackthorne's arrival in Osaka stirs up a hornet's nest of rivalries. Mariko is trapped between her cause and her faith when she must translate for the barbarian in Lord Toranaga's custody.Blackthorne's arrival in Osaka stirs up a hornet's nest of rivalries. Mariko is trapped between her cause and her faith when she must translate for the barbarian in Lord Toranaga's custody.
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- TriviaThe Treaty of Tordesillas was an agreement between Spain and Portugal that was signed in 1494, in the namesake town in Spain. In this treaty, Spain and Portugal agreed to divide the New World between themselves for colonization, conversion, and administration by setting a line of demarcation that had run from north to south at a meridian about 370 leagues (one league is equal to three miles) west of the Cape Verde islands. Spain would be granted everything to the west of this line, while Portugal would receive everything to the east. This corresponded roughly to most of eastern modern Brazil and Africa being conceded to Portugal, while Spain would take the rest of the New World. It would later be revised by the Treaty of Zaragoza (1529), which included Asia, since neither party had considered the world's spherical shape at the time of drawing the line of demarcation, and they quickly realized they would need a second line to divide the world into two hemispheres. The Portuguese hemisphere included Japan, as well as the rest of Asia to the west, leaving Spain with most of the Pacific Ocean but none of mainland Asia, with the exception of Spain given the right to trade in the Philippines. Though the treaty was largely ignored by other European powers, particularly when the Protestant Reformation took root, Spain and Portugal followed it fairly faithfully, though it did require some amendments as more of the world was charted.
- GoofsWhen the first program ends, Blackthorn is brought to his knees in front of Toranaga. He stays stays on his knees for 16, 17 seconds before bowing to Toranaga. The second program begins where the first ends with an overlap as Blackthorne is brought to his knees. This time, however, as soon as he is put on his knees, he immediately bows before Toranaga.
- Quotes
John Blackthorne: You're telling me the lords here don't know?
Father Domingo: It's too late for that now.
John Blackthorne: You don't understand. I must tell them. That's my way out.
Father Domingo: You can't play their game. Their rules are too opaque, their hearts too guarded.
John Blackthorne: You don't know me.
Father Domingo: I've known a thousand of you.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credit sequence is a modified version of a zen garden. This style of garden is often referred to as karesansui, which means "not using water."The two main elements of a Zen or karesansui (pronounced "kah-ray-sahn-soo-ee") garden are rocks to represent mountains (or islands) and sand to represent water. The sand used in Zen gardens is not beach sand; it is actually crushed or decomposed granite, small pebbles, or fine gravel. The particles of crushed granite are angular rather than round, so they can be more easily raked into patterns. Moreover, ripples in the sand or gravel represent flowing water or ripples in the ocean.
As for this TV series, it is perhaps the most anticipated series this year among with masters of air and boys s04. Does it live up to expectations? First of all, the Actors are well chosen, most of the rather unknown to me, but it (acting) is flawless across the line. Like directing, shooting, staging, costuming and its truly stunning visually: The series seems to do justice for its budget. The story begins quite faithful to the book(altough story seems built maybe too fast and it's hard to relate with characters but i believe we all love them when the story goes on. They also leave some important stuff out but i also believe artistic liberties if done right)and it's riveting from the beginning. The first two episodes set the stage on larger story lines and leave the viewer to want more.
The first episode was quite intense and, as I said, I already had a bit of a difficulty of relating, but on the other hand, building such a great story takes time: the second episode was more plot -driven and managed to create a little depth for the characters and presented a few more: hopefully future episodes do justice for these characters. The story is progressing and hopefully it will achieve its epic scale and its aspects such as vengeance, love, friendship: it's intriguing and riveting: plotting, amazing characters and stunning battles: all that is required for a great story. By the end of the week I have read the end of the book and then I know if it will reach my top 10 list, maybe even the top five. Together rating of two episodes: 8.5
Sorry for my english im non native speaker.
- matiasbockerman-03044
- Mar 1, 2024
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- Runtime58 minutes
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- 2.00 : 1