12:58 This show was shot in Vancouver, Canada. 22:24 They didn't go back to Old Blackthorn because John gave up on that dream when he chose to commit seppuku. He made the choice to end his life in Japan, so a future back in England was gone. This was later reinforced when he committed Mariko's rosary to the deep, making it clear that his visions of Old Blackthorn were never gonna come to pass.
Anjin never leaves Japan. When Toranaga finally realized he broke Anjin, he tells him to build him a fleet since he doesn't want to return to his home country anymore. He dropped Mariko's cross in the water so it's impossible for him to have it in the future. The visions he sees is his ideal future/ending (a dream of a dream) which he realizes he will never get to before trying to commit seppuku "fck it, we live and we die" After this Toranaga (Togukawa in real history) Shogunate rules Japan for the next 260 years, Christianity gets banned and the Portuguese get deported. So the real life Anjin succeeds in winning his war, he is one of Togukawa's most trusted vassals. This is all common knowledge for Japanese people, which blows my mind because their history is nothing short of amazing. For me, this was a 10/10 ending. Toranaga won the war without even drawing swords, confirmed to Yabushige that he always wanted to be the Shogun with that little smirk before seconding him. You can also find "Mariko's" death poem in real life. It's been 400 years since the haiku was written but it's still beautiful to this day. This is the best show I've watched in a long time and I predict that it will win a bunch of Emmy's
@@Jay-zx5hx We literally see the scene where he gives up on going back home. He stays in Japan until his death, you can find this out by a quick google search. He stays with Togukawa (Toranaga in show) and serves as one of his most loyal vassals. He remarries in Japan and his relatives are alive in Japan to this day. One of the main points of the finale was that he never leaves
@@Jay-zx5hx You mean the daughter he left behind before she was born? He's not rushing back home to her. William Adams, who John Blackthorne is based on, spent the rest of his life in Japan. He married, had two kids, and died at the age of 54
@GangTaylorWiz The show was inspired by real people but their stories still differ. There is nothing about his character that would make believe he wouldn't go back to his daughter.
THANKS for this, Real!!! Starting and ending with a dream (one not going to happen and one fulfilled) , the end of a great show (with a leader who had a master plan--Super Chess, indeed, Tasha!)....so onto the next one!!!!
1. Interesting fact, yes it was filmed near Vancouver BC, the lake they used for the bay scenes around Ajiro is where James Clavell's ashes are scattered, so Fuji's husband and child are with their author 2. Yabushige's death poem in the book shows he really was on his game What are Clouds But an excuse for the sky What is Life But an escape from death
12:58 This show was shot in Vancouver, Canada.
22:24 They didn't go back to Old Blackthorn because John gave up on that dream when he chose to commit seppuku. He made the choice to end his life in Japan, so a future back in England was gone. This was later reinforced when he committed Mariko's rosary to the deep, making it clear that his visions of Old Blackthorn were never gonna come to pass.
Anjin never leaves Japan. When Toranaga finally realized he broke Anjin, he tells him to build him a fleet since he doesn't want to return to his home country anymore. He dropped Mariko's cross in the water so it's impossible for him to have it in the future. The visions he sees is his ideal future/ending (a dream of a dream) which he realizes he will never get to before trying to commit seppuku "fck it, we live and we die" After this Toranaga (Togukawa in real history) Shogunate rules Japan for the next 260 years, Christianity gets banned and the Portuguese get deported. So the real life Anjin succeeds in winning his war, he is one of Togukawa's most trusted vassals. This is all common knowledge for Japanese people, which blows my mind because their history is nothing short of amazing.
For me, this was a 10/10 ending. Toranaga won the war without even drawing swords, confirmed to Yabushige that he always wanted to be the Shogun with that little smirk before seconding him.
You can also find "Mariko's" death poem in real life. It's been 400 years since the haiku was written but it's still beautiful to this day.
This is the best show I've watched in a long time and I predict that it will win a bunch of Emmy's
I believe He does leave Japan. He has a daughter, I don't see him not trying to get back to her.
@@Jay-zx5hx We literally see the scene where he gives up on going back home. He stays in Japan until his death, you can find this out by a quick google search. He stays with Togukawa (Toranaga in show) and serves as one of his most loyal vassals. He remarries in Japan and his relatives are alive in Japan to this day. One of the main points of the finale was that he never leaves
@@Jay-zx5hx You mean the daughter he left behind before she was born? He's not rushing back home to her. William Adams, who John Blackthorne is based on, spent the rest of his life in Japan. He married, had two kids, and died at the age of 54
@mervynlarrier9424 He left her to get rich. He wasn't abandoning her.
@GangTaylorWiz The show was inspired by real people but their stories still differ. There is nothing about his character that would make believe he wouldn't go back to his daughter.
THANKS for this, Real!!! Starting and ending with a dream (one not going to happen and one fulfilled) , the end of a great show (with a leader who had a master plan--Super Chess, indeed, Tasha!)....so onto the next one!!!!
1. Interesting fact, yes it was filmed near Vancouver BC, the lake they used for the bay scenes around Ajiro is where James Clavell's ashes are scattered, so Fuji's husband and child are with their author
2. Yabushige's death poem in the book shows he really was on his game
What are Clouds
But an excuse for the sky
What is Life
But an escape from death