@@AmbiguousMan724 Bullshit. The new series is a wonderful version of the story and far better than the old series from 1980. FX Shogun is a true masterrpiece.
I watched the series in 1980 and it was very good during that time. Everybody loved it. But I rewatched the old series before FX Shogun and in comparision I personally prefer the new version.There is a reason why people compare FX Shogun with GoT, one of the most successful series in TV history.
Honestly one of the best written female characters of modern television. Strong-willed, skilled, but not a superhuman. Despite the fact she's clearly very skilled at fighting Mariko, like any normal human, cannot simply defeat 10+ opponents by herself. Bonus points that this show shows her enemies working together to fight her, not just engaging one by one like most modern films and television.
Part of this scene was in the trailer and I must confess, I was very much expecting to see her enter invincible female protagonist mode ("Girls can be samurai too!") and cut down dozens of opponents in this scene. Ultimately, it wouldn't even have changed the story, but I'm glad they didn't go that route. Given her social status, a woman like her would've received weapons training and so she's shown as a capable combatant, but against multiple opponents that very quickly doesn't matter all that much - and you see when she's starting to fight desperately (overcommitting her swings). Same with Blackthorne: In the scene with Yabushige, I was afraid he'd be getting the Tom-Cruise-Last-Samurai treatment and somehow become the best swordsmen in Japan within the space of a short montage. But they also didn't do that (luckily, because it's very unrealistic). Only small critique I have is that as a sailor engaging in piracy, the Navigator likely would've at least somewhat capable with a rapier or a cutlass and they could've shown that (and by doing that, acknowledged that European swordsmanship and martial arts of the time were also highly developed). Him relying on his pistols was fine though. Really well done scenes, overall.
@@smartstudyingdoggo9031 It counts, though a katana shouldn't be wielded like a cutlass. Different handling style required, as Yabushige tried to teach him.
Shōgun raise the bar with this episode in my opinion . Anna Sawai was amazing in this part , I hope she gets her Emmy nomination for that performances ⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️ .
@@РусЛоксли-ч2еhehehe 😂 The state of the awards now ! But seriously...Anna deserves this. But won't be surprised if a Black/Alphabet crowd/climate activist/virtue signaler etc etc wins this.
🌿THE GOSPEL OF THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD "the Salvation at the last age brought by Christ in the second and last incarnation in Hiscnew and holy name" (Recognizing God's work in these times, for the most part, is recognizing God incarnate in the last days, what His primary ministry is, and what His purpose is to do in the world. I have already mentioned in My words that God came to earth (in the last days) to set an example before leaving. By speaking, by doing and speaking throughout the land. In the last days, God incarnate came to earth primarily to share His words. When Jesus came He spread the gospel of the kingdom of heaven, and fulfilled the work of redemption by crucifixion. The coming of God incarnate in the last days brought an end to the Age of Grace. He came primarily to speak His words, to use words to perfect man, to enlighten and enlighten man, and to remove the place of the obscure God within the heart of man. Because when Jesus came, He did not remove the image of the vague God from the human heart; when he came, He was crucified, He healed and cast out demons, and He spread the gospel of the kingdom of heaven. Currently, God has come to bring the Age of Grace to an end and remove all the customs of the Age of Grace. The practical God came to show that He is real. When Jesus came, the work He did represented a part of God, but now God has come, to carry out the phase of the work that is due, because God does not repeat the same work; He is the God who is always new and never grows old, and therefore everythingwhat you see now are the words and actions of the practical God.) Almighty God said KNOWING GOD'S WORK in these TIMES, for the BIGGEST PART, is KNOWING GOD INCARNATED in the LAST DAYS, what His MAIN MINISTRY is, and what He PURPOSES to do ON EARTH. I have MENTIONED to My those who SAID that GOD has COME to EARTH (in the last days) to GIVE an EXAMPLE BEFORE LEAVING. ☀️ How does God show this example? THROUGH SPEECH, THROUGH DOING and SPEAKING THROUGHOUT the LAND. This is the WORK of GOD in the LAST DAYS; He ONLY SPEAKS so that the EARTH becomes a WORLD of WORDS, so that every PERSON can be PROVIDED and ILLUMINATED by His WORD, and so that the SPIRIT of man AWAKENS and he is CLEAR ABOUT the VISIONS. In the LAST DAYS, GOD INCARNATE CAME to EARTH mainly to share His WORDS. ☀️ When JESUS came He SPREADED THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, AND FULFILLED THE WORK OF REDEMPTION THROUGH CRUCIFIXION. He ENDED THE AGE OF THE LAW, and abolished ALL OLD THINGS. The COMING of JESUS ENDED the AGE of LAW and USED the AGE of GRACE. ☀️ The COMING of GOD INCARNATE in the LAST DAYS BRINGS the END to the AGE of GRACE. He CAME MAINLY to SPEAK His WORDS, to use WORDS to MAKE man PERFECT, to ILLUMINATE and ILLUMINATE man, and to REMOVE the PLACE of DARK GOD within the HEART of MAN. This was NOT the STAGE of WORK that JESUS did when He CAME. ☀️ When JESUS CAME, He PERFORMED many MIRACLES, He HEALED and CAST out DEMONS, and He FULFILLED the REDEEMING WORK of CRUCIFIXION. As a result, in His UNDERSTANDINGS, man BELIEVES that this is how GOD should be. Because when JESUS came, He did NOT REMOVE the IMAGE of the DARK GOD from the HEARTS of MAN; when He CAME, He was CRUCIFIED, He HEALED and CAST OUT DEMONS, and He SPREADED the GOSPEL of the KINGDOM of HEAVEN. ☀️ On the one hand, GOD'S INCARNATION in the TIME of the LAST DAYS REMOVED the PLACE of the OBSCURE GOD in human INTELLIGENCES, that is why the IMAGE of the OBSCURE GOD in the HEARTS of man is NO LONGER. THROUGH His ACTUAL WORDS and ACTUAL DEEDS, His ACTIONS throughout the EARTH, and the UNIQUE REAL and NORMAL WORKS He PERFORMS with man, He CAUSES MAN to COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND the REALITY of GOD, and REMOVES the LOCATION of GOD is FABRIC in the HEART of MAN. 🙏 On the other hand, GOD uses the WORDS SPOKE by His FLESH to MAKE man COMPLETE, and to FULFILL things this is GOD'S WORK that He will FULFILL in the LAST DAYS. 🙏 WHAT you should KNOW: 1. God's work is not supernatural, and you should not harbor preconceptions about it. 2. You must understand the main work that will be accomplished by the coming of God incarnate at this time. He did NOT COME to HEALING, or CAST out DEMONS, or to SHOW MIRACLES, and He did NOT COME to SPREAD the GOSPEL of REPENTANCE, or WILLING the person of REDEMPTION. That's because JESUS has FULFILLED that WORK, and GOD does NOT REPEAT the SAME WORK. ☀️ In the PRESENT, GOD has COME to BRING the AGE of GRACE to an END and REMOVE ALL the HABITS of the AGE of GRACE. PRACTICAL GOD CAME to SHOW that He is REAL. 🙏 When JESUS came, He SPOKE a FEW WORDS, FIRST of ALL, He SHOWED MIRACLES, SHOWED SIGNS and WONDERS, and HEALED AND CAST out DEMONS, if NOT, He SPOKE PROPHECIES to MAKE people BELIEVE , and to HELP people SEEvthat He is a TRUE GOD, and a gentle GOD who is not to be trifled with. FINALLY, He COMPLETED the WORK of CRUCIFIXION. ☀️ GOD CURRENTLY does NOT SHOW SIGNS and WONDERS, NOR does He HEAL and CAST out DEMONS. When JESUS CAME, the WORK He did REPRESENTED a PART of GOD, but in the PRESENT time GOD CAME to PERFORM the STAGE of WORK that was APPROPRIATE, because GOD does NOT repeat the SAME WORK; He is the GOD who is always NEW and NEVER OLD, and because of thisnALL you SEE NOW are the WORDS and ACTIONS of PRACTICAL GOD. 🙏 From "The WORD Appears in the Flesh". holy book Fulfilled in "In the beginning He was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1). and (Ezekiel 2:9-10). (Rev. 19:9,13). The kingdom He brought down and built in the highest in the sky so that it can occupy His creation within the universe and engrave on it the entirety of His Holy name "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐 fulfillment of (Mat. 16:18) "And I say as for you,you are Peter, upon this rock I will build my Church, that even the power of death will not prevail against it.". ... and in "The Letter to the Church in Philadelphia" (Rev. 3:7-13) 💫"The New Jerusalem" (Revelation 21:10) "The Spirit covered me, and the angel led me to the top of a very high mountain. He showed Me Jerusalem, the Holy City, coming down from heaven from God." (1 Peter 4:17) "For the time has come in the house of God for the beginning of judgment in the house of God." 📩God's sheep are called and led to His glorious Throne "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD"💐 to submit again to His authority so that He can continue to teach, guide and protect even in plague, famine and wild animals will not be moved by it andcompletely win this final battle with the big red dragon! "They say aloud, "Salvation comes from the Lamb, and from our God who sits on the Throne!" (Rev. 7:10). ... "They will walk in white with me, for they are worthy. " (Revelation 3:4). ... "I will sprinkle you with pure water to cleanse you. I will also REMOVE your sin because of your idols." (Ezekiel 36:25). ... and fulfillment that it will be built above the sky/RUclips in (Isaiah 2:2) "In the Last Day, the mountain on which Jehovah's temple stands will stand above all mountains. All nations will flock to it. " 🌺
Strong in both arm and mind, loyal to the core, willing to fight her way out for others, but also smart enough to stop herself knowing her limits, as her final act declaring that her life doesnt belong to anyone but hers to take. A bold testament of true nobility.
I like the constant subversion of our expectations. Mariko here wages "war" by sacrificing herself and her men, tempting her enemies into dishonoring themselves. All along, the REAL war was for the heir's support.
I'm a fan of both Shogun miniseries. But Lady Mariko's fight here, plus her introduction speech with Ishido & final conversation with Lady Ochibano no Kata 100% sold me. For me Anna Sawai held the sagas outstanding performance.
There's so much going on politically here that a lot of shows would've had a load of exposition just to explain. Kiyama is honourable and in the same religious group, he sees dishonour by Ishido in front of him and sees someone of his own group driven to suicide, who then asks him personally to kill, so he knows Ishido made him choose between mortal sins. Ohno is a more ruthless powermonger, so being reminded and being made to say in public that he is powerless make him feel massively belittled in his current situation. He knows he is subjugated to Ishido. Lady Ochiba sees her friend / frenemy driven to death, realising her scheming brought it about and she too is subjugated to Ishido, crucially she understands the position the two regents are put in, she knows a revolt is inevitable and she must switch sides to stay on the winning team. So by this act, Mariko basically shatters the anti-Toranaga coalition by working on the motivations behind each camp.
I watched the original series on TV in 1980. A few years later I found a paperback of the book and read it many times over. I do not have a streaming account now, and I watch video clips of the new series on You Tube. Surprisingly, I can still remember every word, in every scene, and it brings back memories of the enjoyable hours I spent reading the book. The characters were brought back to life in my imagination. Ahh...sweet!
But these characters, especially Mariko is nothing like in the book. Mariko didn't fight Isidos people. She fought a different sort of mind game fight.
No! Save some for Fumi Nikaido! Also Moeka Hoshi really played the hell out of Fuji. In a very brief role, she really made you feel for her character. Fuji really got the short end of the Karma stick.
At least the show depicts the use of the Yari and Naginata.. really the main weapons of a samurai during the sengoku period.. the katana was the secondary weapon if the samurai was deprived of his main weapon.
The samurai mostly fought as mounted archers (yabusame) with the infantry being spearmen (ashigaru wielding yari). It is true that the katana was a secondary weapon for the samurai during the Sengoku Period. In addition, the wakizushi was an auxiliary sword. However, the yabusame were central and still played a huge role at the Battle of Sekigahara. High ranking samurai were primarily yabusame. Archers (kyushu) themselves as well as yabusume gave way to ashigaru using matchlocks (tanegashima). At the Battle of Nagashino in 1575 the tanegashima demonstrated its superiority to the bow and arrow (yumiya). At the Battle of Sekigahara tanegashima and the cannons from William Adams' ship The Fidele, were a huge advantage for Tokugawa Ieyasu. This was a further blow to kyushu and yabusume.
@@Rabbithole8 the mounted archer Samurai is an old archetype. During the 1500s when samurai warfare was at its peak, most samurai fought mounted with spears. And they also fought on foot with spears/polearms
I loved the historical context of having Mariko bust out her Naginata. Traditionally, women in many villages of feudal Japan WERE training to use it because they would be the only ones left to defend against an attack if all the men were away. And a Naginata vs a narrow spear like Ishido's men is no contest for a Naginata wielder....the only thing keeping Mariko from walking out right there and then were the numbers against her. 1 on 1....she owns them!
Naginata-jutsu was and is primarily a ladies' sport. I suppose being a polearm compensates for lower upper-body strength and reach. This scene also demonstrates that, for all fighters, ancient and modern, pay attention to your cardio.
I just wish they had at least 2 seasons, to do the book better service. Do not get me wrong, the show is phenomenal and the reason I even read the book, but the worthy detail that has been left out is sad to me. Still, in the limited series time they had available, they have knocked it out of the park.
Can you tell me what happened here? I just saw this video when I was scrolling up in my RUclips app and it really captivated me how beautiful, brave, elegant, courageous, and desperate she fights those group of men! 🤩😍❤️
Everyone is supposedly free to leave the city, but she is proving that the most powerful man in the city (Ishida) is actually keeping everyone prisoner that (including his co-leaders, who are supposed to be equal in rank to him… the leaders include the men on the wall she was talking to). She’s supposed to be able to return to her lord and is proving that Ishida is lying when he says that no one in the city is being held against their will. She is a noble-woman and her vow to commit seppukku afterward is supposed to shock the other nobles and leaders to turn against Ishida.
She could, is not unrealistic samurai women were trained from a small age in martial arts, to fight multiple opponents. If she she attacked at the same time as the other samurai she would of had a chance. one example is the Onna buegisha Nakano tekeko in 1863 in the battle of Aizu armed with a naginata (a Japanese bladed pole arm)took down 6 to 10 armed men with modern guns her and a group of young samurai women known as the Joshitai which translate into women army was a group of 20 samurai Aizu women which included her sister and her mother she perished in the battle at the age of 22. but this goes to show in the hands of trained samurai women the naginata was as deadly as the katana in fact in combat the naginata is more deadly than the katana. These men are armed with an Yari a type of Japanese spear so she can easily incage in hand to hand combat while Nakano tekeko had to fight men armed with rifles Nakano tekeko got lucky because the enemy underestimated the Aizu women and gave the order to capture them a life this allowed the Joshitai to attack and incage in hand to hand combat with the enemy before they resumed firing fighting she still took down 6 to 10 men before being shot in the chest. The case with mariko the men were order to not hurt her this puts them at a disadvantage. If she let them attack and took them one by one she could of won. Put this is to show the women of the samurai class were not afraid to throw down in fuedial Japan for example when their husband's were at war it was the wives who defended the home and of time of war women would also participate in battle in fact recent discovery discovered that 30% of battle Graves in Japan contain women is unspoken part of Japanese history over looked many people think women in ancient Japan was weak and docile while Japan at time was a patriarchal society it still gave women more rights then other places at the time like Europe. In fuedial Japan women could inherent, they could rule they have even been female emperor and USA never had a female president, women could fight in battle. Women could have money in fact it was women who took care of finance. Not to say it wasn't hard for them just saying they had a little more freedom for women at the time. They purposely made so Mariko couldn't win it wasn't because she couldn't win is just it wasn't part of the storyline her death was nessary for the storyline she died for her lord it wasn't just the men that were loyal to their lords it was also women were fericely loyal to their lords. They were prepared to they lords just like the men. Look up Akashi Mistude Daughter which is who Mariko is based on.
@@mariarahim651 Very nice and informative post. Thank you for educating us! I agree that she could have killed several more of them but she also knew the real impact of her actions was the symbolism of proving Ishido was keeping everyone there against their will. Deep down she knew her eventual death would be the thing that turned public opinion against Ishido and help Toronaga defeat him and save Japan from his tyranny. Because she wished to end the torment of her tragic life in as useful and meaningful a way as possible, she accepted death. She knew it was her destiny in some way. The tragedy is that Anjin's ultimate gesture of love and sacrifice was the thing that let her understand the profound bond they shared and she finally found a spark of beauty in her life, something to live for. For her to then still sacrifice her life for the greater good took on an even greater meaning. What a devastating ending.
@@vetabeta9890 And the point is?. I dont care how long the weapon og well designed it is, No way a Man or Woman can take down 12 trained Guards. Just not gonna happen. Pretty easy to overcome 12 vs 1 :). Its not an Automatic weapon she has in her hands :)
@@mariarahim651 Choosing Onna Buegisha to illustrate a point about the skill of onna-musha is not a good choice. Onna Buegisha was not an onna-musha of old. The Late Edo period and the Sengoku Period were very different, and you can't conflate the two. Women's status changed due to Edo Confucianism and they became solely dependent upon men and it became extremely rare for women to train in weapons. The number is 5 to 6 and they were not ashigaru with yari but troops armed with firearms, as you pointed out, and that is in important fact that does the opposite of what you think it does. Onna Buegisha took advantage of the shock of the troops at seeing "onna-musha" at a time where that was a strange site. She was shot in the chest as soon as the soldiers came to their senses. Rather than Onna Buegisha, Hangaku Gozen of the Genpei War (1180-1185) is a better example of a skilled onna-musha. If in Shogun they depicted a male with a naginata defeating that many ashigaru with yari, it would still be unrealistic despite the man having superior skills. In a real battle, the enemy attacking you one by one is silly. If they wanted to kill her they simply would have surround her. The fact that they were refraining from attacking her meant her survival not the other way around. In a one to one battle would a highly skilled onna-musha beat a lesser male opponent? Yes, most likely, but surround by trained and yet lesser skilled opponents with yari, male or female intent on killing, the answer is no. In addition to all of this you are elevating onna-musha as if they had training that was superior to male counterparts. There is absolutely no need to do this. The scene with Mariko is wonderful because it is both realistic and for what it meant to the people in universe as well as the symbolism for us the viewers.
🌿THE GOSPEL OF THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD "the Salvation at the last age brought by Christ in the second and last incarnation in Hiscnew and holy name" (Recognizing God's work in these times, for the most part, is recognizing God incarnate in the last days, what His primary ministry is, and what His purpose is to do in the world. I have already mentioned in My words that God came to earth (in the last days) to set an example before leaving. By speaking, by doing and speaking throughout the land. In the last days, God incarnate came to earth primarily to share His words. When Jesus came He spread the gospel of the kingdom of heaven, and fulfilled the work of redemption by crucifixion. The coming of God incarnate in the last days brought an end to the Age of Grace. He came primarily to speak His words, to use words to perfect man, to enlighten and enlighten man, and to remove the place of the obscure God within the heart of man. Because when Jesus came, He did not remove the image of the vague God from the human heart; when he came, He was crucified, He healed and cast out demons, and He spread the gospel of the kingdom of heaven. Currently, God has come to bring the Age of Grace to an end and remove all the customs of the Age of Grace. The practical God came to show that He is real. When Jesus came, the work He did represented a part of God, but now God has come, to carry out the phase of the work that is due, because God does not repeat the same work; He is the God who is always new and never grows old, and therefore everythingwhat you see now are the words and actions of the practical God.) Almighty God said KNOWING GOD'S WORK in these TIMES, for the BIGGEST PART, is KNOWING GOD INCARNATED in the LAST DAYS, what His MAIN MINISTRY is, and what He PURPOSES to do ON EARTH. I have MENTIONED to My those who SAID that GOD has COME to EARTH (in the last days) to GIVE an EXAMPLE BEFORE LEAVING. ☀️ How does God show this example? THROUGH SPEECH, THROUGH DOING and SPEAKING THROUGHOUT the LAND. This is the WORK of GOD in the LAST DAYS; He ONLY SPEAKS so that the EARTH becomes a WORLD of WORDS, so that every PERSON can be PROVIDED and ILLUMINATED by His WORD, and so that the SPIRIT of man AWAKENS and he is CLEAR ABOUT the VISIONS. In the LAST DAYS, GOD INCARNATE CAME to EARTH mainly to share His WORDS. ☀️ When JESUS came He SPREADED THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, AND FULFILLED THE WORK OF REDEMPTION THROUGH CRUCIFIXION. He ENDED THE AGE OF THE LAW, and abolished ALL OLD THINGS. The COMING of JESUS ENDED the AGE of LAW and USED the AGE of GRACE. ☀️ The COMING of GOD INCARNATE in the LAST DAYS BRINGS the END to the AGE of GRACE. He CAME MAINLY to SPEAK His WORDS, to use WORDS to MAKE man PERFECT, to ILLUMINATE and ILLUMINATE man, and to REMOVE the PLACE of DARK GOD within the HEART of MAN. This was NOT the STAGE of WORK that JESUS did when He CAME. ☀️ When JESUS CAME, He PERFORMED many MIRACLES, He HEALED and CAST out DEMONS, and He FULFILLED the REDEEMING WORK of CRUCIFIXION. As a result, in His UNDERSTANDINGS, man BELIEVES that this is how GOD should be. Because when JESUS came, He did NOT REMOVE the IMAGE of the DARK GOD from the HEARTS of MAN; when He CAME, He was CRUCIFIED, He HEALED and CAST OUT DEMONS, and He SPREADED the GOSPEL of the KINGDOM of HEAVEN. ☀️ On the one hand, GOD'S INCARNATION in the TIME of the LAST DAYS REMOVED the PLACE of the OBSCURE GOD in human INTELLIGENCES, that is why the IMAGE of the OBSCURE GOD in the HEARTS of man is NO LONGER. THROUGH His ACTUAL WORDS and ACTUAL DEEDS, His ACTIONS throughout the EARTH, and the UNIQUE REAL and NORMAL WORKS He PERFORMS with man, He CAUSES MAN to COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND the REALITY of GOD, and REMOVES the LOCATION of GOD is FABRIC in the HEART of MAN. 🙏 On the other hand, GOD uses the WORDS SPOKE by His FLESH to MAKE man COMPLETE, and to FULFILL things this is GOD'S WORK that He will FULFILL in the LAST DAYS. 🙏 WHAT you should KNOW: 1. God's work is not supernatural, and you should not harbor preconceptions about it. 2. You must understand the main work that will be accomplished by the coming of God incarnate at this time. He did NOT COME to HEALING, or CAST out DEMONS, or to SHOW MIRACLES, and He did NOT COME to SPREAD the GOSPEL of REPENTANCE, or WILLING the person of REDEMPTION. That's because JESUS has FULFILLED that WORK, and GOD does NOT REPEAT the SAME WORK. ☀️ In the PRESENT, GOD has COME to BRING the AGE of GRACE to an END and REMOVE ALL the HABITS of the AGE of GRACE. PRACTICAL GOD CAME to SHOW that He is REAL. 🙏 When JESUS came, He SPOKE a FEW WORDS, FIRST of ALL, He SHOWED MIRACLES, SHOWED SIGNS and WONDERS, and HEALED AND CAST out DEMONS, if NOT, He SPOKE PROPHECIES to MAKE people BELIEVE , and to HELP people SEEvthat He is a TRUE GOD, and a gentle GOD who is not to be trifled with. FINALLY, He COMPLETED the WORK of CRUCIFIXION. ☀️ GOD CURRENTLY does NOT SHOW SIGNS and WONDERS, NOR does He HEAL and CAST out DEMONS. When JESUS CAME, the WORK He did REPRESENTED a PART of GOD, but in the PRESENT time GOD CAME to PERFORM the STAGE of WORK that was APPROPRIATE, because GOD does NOT repeat the SAME WORK; He is the GOD who is always NEW and NEVER OLD, and because of thisnALL you SEE NOW are the WORDS and ACTIONS of PRACTICAL GOD. 🙏 From "The WORD Appears in the Flesh". holy book Fulfilled in "In the beginning He was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1). and (Ezekiel 2:9-10). (Rev. 19:9,13). The kingdom He brought down and built in the highest in the sky so that it can occupy His creation within the universe and engrave on it the entirety of His Holy name "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐 fulfillment of (Mat. 16:18) "And I say as for you,you are Peter, upon this rock I will build my Church, that even the power of death will not prevail against it.". ... and in "The Letter to the Church in Philadelphia" (Rev. 3:7-13) 💫"The New Jerusalem" (Revelation 21:10) "The Spirit covered me, and the angel led me to the top of a very high mountain. He showed Me Jerusalem, the Holy City, coming down from heaven from God." (1 Peter 4:17) "For the time has come in the house of God for the beginning of judgment in the house of God." 📩God's sheep are called and led to His glorious Throne "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD"💐 to submit again to His authority so that He can continue to teach, guide and protect even in plague, famine and wild animals will not be moved by it andcompletely win this final battle with the big red dragon! "They say aloud, "Salvation comes from the Lamb, and from our God who sits on the Throne!" (Rev. 7:10). ... "They will walk in white with me, for they are worthy. " (Revelation 3:4). ... "I will sprinkle you with pure water to cleanse you. I will also REMOVE your sin because of your idols." (Ezekiel 36:25). ... and fulfillment that it will be built above the sky/RUclips in (Isaiah 2:2) "In the Last Day, the mountain on which Jehovah's temple stands will stand above all mountains. All nations will flock to it. " 🌺
IMO this was the scene that really earned Anna Sawai her Emmy....badass but vulnerable at the same time. Not some Marvel-DC superhufeperson that could wipe out an entire battalion of badmalepersons with a wave of a hand-digit.
Thank you for saying "honestly." Otherwise, I would have been concerned that some internet rando was being dishonest about his choice of all-time favorite characters.
It's one of my favorite scenes from the show. I could feel Marikos frustration during the scene as she fights and gives it her all. I feel she let's out her frustration not just from having to fight these men, but the frustration that has surrounded her life. From being 'forced' to marry a man and serve him. I could feel her pain, she carries the pain and frustration of having to mold ourselves to men that have their thumb over us. Clearly, there's no way she was going to win against all these men, but that did not stop her. I love her so much, and yes I cried when she fell to her knees.
I was initially taken back by this because I thought it was inappropriate. The older version refers to her as Mariko-san (and ajin-san) Sama is reserved for lords. But then I saw the behind the scenes clips and I gotta say I'm impressed by the detailed research they did here.
also a double bird for her as she won't technically commit suicide. The final blow was decapitation from someone else, so she won't fall into eternal damnation as a Christian.
@@GabrielMacDougall I mean she could've taken them out but in not doing that she turned the tide of an active civil war with the threat of seppiku. All women during this time were proficient with those spears that are better then the men's spears but instead she proved a point that their not free to leave and halted a civil war with seppiku.
It's a beautiful scene, but there's something I don't understand: Kiyama and Ohno tell Mariko they can't command the samurai at the gate since they're Ishido's men, but after Kiyama shouts to the samurai not to harm Mariko, they obey his command and don't attempt to stab her with their spears but simply deflect her attacks.
Most likely they got the same instruction from Ishido. The show makes it pretty clear later on when she is actually killed by the shinobi working on Ishido's behalf that her death was not the desired outcome.
Those men are confused how to deal with this highborn lady. If they make it the wrong action to deal with this situation, they and their family will get executed. So Kiyama reminds them how to deal with it.
Am I the only one who thinks that this was a ploy by Mariko and that she could have beaten all those men easily. She just wanted to lure Ishido to allow her to go.
I don't know about the book, but in history yes. Woman know the basic stuff to defend the village while their husband was in war. Listen to podcast it's very good.
Yes she's a samurai and learned how to fight and was able to hold her own for a bit! This scene in the book was slightly different in that Mariko only went up against one guard instead of all of them ganging up on her. But if I recall correctly, Yabushige even commented on how if the guard was a lesser man Mariko would've beaten him
Google "Onna-musha". The historical far-east was surprisingly open to the idea of women warriors. Even China had female generals and famous martial-artists.
@@carljhirst Pilot Major John Blackthorne actually. Not quite the same as a Major, as he was in charge of navigating his ship, which in case you'd forgotten or not read the book, is the Erasmus. In fact, the Japanese name for him, anjin-san literally means Mr Pilot!!
Mariko did not fight men with a naginata seriously. After all, she was wearing five layers of kimono, high-soled sandals, and her legs were not open. Probably because Toranaga's plan required her death. If she gets serious, she'll probably wear straw sandals, It should be a costume that allows for more movement.😁
The 1980 miniseries omitted this fight completely. Of course, not everything is right. Like the unemotional way Jarvis just watches the deadly skirmish. just disappointing, his hands held over the wall like he's watching a sports event. The only thing missing was the popcorn... ⚠️Spoilers ahead, people⚠️ Wrong weapon for Mariko. It's not Lord Kiyama who's chosen to be her second. And sccording to the book's plotline neither he nor Lord Onoshi (the leper) should even be there at this particular place and time. The series is really enjoyable, thou. Great imagery. And Sanada is really good, but without Toshiro Mifune's gravitas as Toronaga. Great imagery, worthy of Clavell's novel. Pity TPTB altered so many things...
The only thing I didn't like about right before this scene is the samurai in full armor were finished too easily and quickly, especially considering they were facing unarmored opponents.
They were taken out by the archers I’m pretty sure We don’t see it happen to all of them but the only two we actually see go down were taken out by arrows
Again, I have to say about this show, the scene is so good, so very well acted, staged and shot, but they missed a massive opportunity not doing it exactly like in the book. This scene was so gripping in the book, I read afterwards well after my bedtime and felt it at work the next day. You readers out there, give this one a turn.
The scene where she realizes she can no longer fight and declares her intention to die by her own hand evokes a sense of "transience" among Japanese viewers, but would people from other cultures understand this significance?
Good video but absolutely nothing like the book Shogun which I read 3 times over the years at 1152 pages. The original Shogun movie was just like the book. I like the stars in this especially Hiroyuki Sanada. Also great in the Last Samurai and one of the John Wick movies. I will probably not watch this movie as the original can't be beat.
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Oh, Lady Mariko. 🥺
will this be on dvd,,,,,,,
You destroyed Clavell's novel.
@@AmbiguousMan724 Bullshit. The new series is a wonderful version of the story and far better than the old series from 1980. FX Shogun is a true masterrpiece.
@@TwoForTwentyFilms Have you read the book or watched the 1980 series?
I watched the series in 1980 and it was very good during that time. Everybody loved it. But I rewatched the old series before FX Shogun and in comparision I personally prefer the new version.There is a reason why people compare FX Shogun with GoT, one of the most successful series in TV history.
Honestly one of the best written female characters of modern television. Strong-willed, skilled, but not a superhuman. Despite the fact she's clearly very skilled at fighting Mariko, like any normal human, cannot simply defeat 10+ opponents by herself. Bonus points that this show shows her enemies working together to fight her, not just engaging one by one like most modern films and television.
Part of this scene was in the trailer and I must confess, I was very much expecting to see her enter invincible female protagonist mode ("Girls can be samurai too!") and cut down dozens of opponents in this scene. Ultimately, it wouldn't even have changed the story, but I'm glad they didn't go that route. Given her social status, a woman like her would've received weapons training and so she's shown as a capable combatant, but against multiple opponents that very quickly doesn't matter all that much - and you see when she's starting to fight desperately (overcommitting her swings).
Same with Blackthorne: In the scene with Yabushige, I was afraid he'd be getting the Tom-Cruise-Last-Samurai treatment and somehow become the best swordsmen in Japan within the space of a short montage. But they also didn't do that (luckily, because it's very unrealistic). Only small critique I have is that as a sailor engaging in piracy, the Navigator likely would've at least somewhat capable with a rapier or a cutlass and they could've shown that (and by doing that, acknowledged that European swordsmanship and martial arts of the time were also highly developed). Him relying on his pistols was fine though.
Really well done scenes, overall.
日本人ですがこの映画を観ていませんがこのシーンを観て思ったのは加勢しない人がいない、彼女を愛しているアンジンも助けようとしないのが分からないからどうコメントして良いか分かりません。
彼女の演技がどうのこうのはともかく見ていて多勢に無勢だしこの女性に罪は無いと思います。現代では考えられない光景です。これは時代劇ですから。海外の皆さんはこれを見て日本の男がみんなこんなのばかりと勘違いしないで欲しいです。
@@KawanakajimaI mean he holds a Katana in a hanging guard the first time he uses it iirc, so I guess that counts?
@@smartstudyingdoggo9031 It counts, though a katana shouldn't be wielded like a cutlass. Different handling style required, as Yabushige tried to teach him.
@@Remitonov They’re similar enough in balancing that I can see why Blackthorne would use it like that, but yeah ofc the cut and handle are different.
Shōgun raise the bar with this episode in my opinion . Anna Sawai was amazing in this part , I hope she gets her Emmy nomination for that performances ⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️ .
Just engrave her name on the award now, why waste any time - amazing performance 😍
why is that ?she wasnt black or gay?
@@РусЛоксли-ч2еhehehe 😂
The state of the awards now !
But seriously...Anna deserves this. But won't be surprised if a Black/Alphabet crowd/climate activist/virtue signaler etc etc wins this.
🌿THE GOSPEL OF THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD "the Salvation at the last age brought by Christ in the second and last incarnation in Hiscnew and holy name"
(Recognizing God's work in these times, for the most part, is recognizing God incarnate in the last days, what His primary ministry is, and what His purpose is to do in the world. I have already mentioned in My words that God came to earth (in the last days) to set an example before leaving. By speaking, by doing and speaking throughout the land. In the last days, God incarnate came to earth primarily to share His words. When Jesus came He spread the gospel of the kingdom of heaven, and fulfilled the work of redemption by crucifixion. The coming of God incarnate in the last days brought an end to the Age of Grace. He came primarily to speak His words, to use words to perfect man, to enlighten and enlighten man, and to remove the place of the obscure God within the heart of man. Because when Jesus came, He did not remove the image of the vague God from the human heart; when he came, He was crucified, He healed and cast out demons, and He spread the gospel of the kingdom of heaven. Currently, God has come to bring the Age of Grace to an end and remove all the customs of the Age of Grace. The practical God came to show that He is real. When Jesus came, the work He did represented a part of God, but now God has come, to carry out the phase of the work that is due, because God does not repeat the same work; He is the God who is always new and never grows old, and therefore everythingwhat you see now are the words and actions of the practical God.)
Almighty God said
KNOWING GOD'S WORK in these TIMES, for the BIGGEST PART, is KNOWING GOD INCARNATED in the LAST DAYS, what His MAIN MINISTRY is, and what He PURPOSES to do ON EARTH. I have MENTIONED to My those who SAID that GOD has COME to EARTH (in the last days) to GIVE an EXAMPLE BEFORE LEAVING. ☀️
How does God show this example? THROUGH SPEECH, THROUGH DOING and SPEAKING THROUGHOUT the LAND.
This is the WORK of GOD in the LAST DAYS; He ONLY SPEAKS so that the EARTH becomes a WORLD of WORDS, so that every PERSON can be PROVIDED and ILLUMINATED by His WORD, and so that the SPIRIT of man AWAKENS and he is CLEAR ABOUT the VISIONS. In the LAST DAYS, GOD INCARNATE CAME to EARTH mainly to share His WORDS. ☀️
When JESUS came He SPREADED THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, AND FULFILLED THE WORK OF REDEMPTION THROUGH CRUCIFIXION. He ENDED THE AGE OF THE LAW, and abolished ALL OLD THINGS.
The COMING of JESUS ENDED the AGE of LAW and USED the AGE of GRACE. ☀️
The COMING of GOD INCARNATE in the LAST DAYS BRINGS the END to the AGE of GRACE. He CAME MAINLY to SPEAK His WORDS, to use WORDS to MAKE man PERFECT, to ILLUMINATE and ILLUMINATE man, and to REMOVE the PLACE of DARK GOD within the HEART of MAN. This was NOT the STAGE of WORK that JESUS did when He CAME. ☀️
When JESUS CAME, He PERFORMED many MIRACLES, He HEALED and CAST out DEMONS, and He FULFILLED the REDEEMING WORK of CRUCIFIXION. As a result, in His UNDERSTANDINGS, man BELIEVES that this is how GOD should be. Because when JESUS came, He did NOT REMOVE the IMAGE of the DARK GOD from the HEARTS of MAN; when He CAME, He was CRUCIFIED, He HEALED and CAST OUT DEMONS, and He SPREADED the GOSPEL of the KINGDOM of HEAVEN. ☀️
On the one hand, GOD'S INCARNATION in the TIME of the LAST DAYS REMOVED the PLACE of the OBSCURE GOD in human INTELLIGENCES, that is why the IMAGE of the OBSCURE GOD in the HEARTS of man is NO LONGER. THROUGH His ACTUAL WORDS and ACTUAL DEEDS, His ACTIONS throughout the EARTH, and the UNIQUE REAL and NORMAL WORKS He PERFORMS with man, He CAUSES MAN to COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND the REALITY of GOD, and REMOVES the LOCATION of GOD is FABRIC in the HEART of MAN. 🙏
On the other hand, GOD uses the WORDS SPOKE by His FLESH to MAKE man COMPLETE, and to FULFILL things this is GOD'S WORK that He will FULFILL in the LAST DAYS. 🙏
WHAT you should KNOW: 1. God's work is not supernatural, and you should not harbor preconceptions about it.
2. You must understand the main work that will be accomplished by the coming of God incarnate at this time.
He did NOT COME to HEALING, or CAST out DEMONS, or to SHOW MIRACLES, and He did NOT COME to SPREAD the GOSPEL of REPENTANCE, or WILLING the person of REDEMPTION. That's because JESUS has FULFILLED that WORK, and GOD does NOT REPEAT the SAME WORK. ☀️
In the PRESENT, GOD has COME to BRING the AGE of GRACE to an END and REMOVE ALL the HABITS of the AGE of GRACE.
PRACTICAL GOD CAME to SHOW that He is REAL. 🙏
When JESUS came, He SPOKE a FEW WORDS, FIRST of ALL, He SHOWED MIRACLES, SHOWED SIGNS and WONDERS, and HEALED AND CAST out DEMONS, if NOT, He SPOKE PROPHECIES to MAKE people BELIEVE , and to HELP people SEEvthat He is a TRUE GOD, and a gentle GOD who is not to be trifled with. FINALLY, He COMPLETED the WORK of CRUCIFIXION. ☀️
GOD CURRENTLY does NOT SHOW SIGNS and WONDERS, NOR does He HEAL and CAST out DEMONS. When JESUS CAME, the WORK He did REPRESENTED a PART of GOD, but in the PRESENT time GOD CAME to PERFORM the STAGE of WORK that was APPROPRIATE, because GOD does NOT repeat the SAME WORK; He is the GOD who is always NEW and NEVER OLD, and because of thisnALL you SEE NOW are the WORDS and ACTIONS of PRACTICAL GOD. 🙏
From "The WORD Appears in the Flesh". holy book
Fulfilled in "In the beginning He was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1). and (Ezekiel 2:9-10). (Rev. 19:9,13).
The kingdom He brought down and built in the highest in the sky so that it can occupy His creation within the universe and engrave on it the entirety of His Holy name "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐 fulfillment of (Mat. 16:18) "And I say as for you,you are Peter, upon this rock I will build my Church, that even the power of death will not prevail against it.". ... and in "The Letter to the Church in Philadelphia" (Rev. 3:7-13) 💫"The New Jerusalem" (Revelation 21:10) "The Spirit covered me, and the angel led me to the top of a very high mountain. He showed Me Jerusalem, the Holy City, coming down from heaven from God."
(1 Peter 4:17) "For the time has come in the house of God for the beginning of judgment in the house of God."
📩God's sheep are called and led to His glorious Throne "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD"💐 to submit again to His authority so that He can continue to teach, guide and protect even in plague, famine and wild animals will not be moved by it andcompletely win this final battle with the big red dragon!
"They say aloud, "Salvation comes from the Lamb, and from our God who sits on the Throne!" (Rev. 7:10). ... "They will walk in white with me, for they are worthy. " (Revelation 3:4). ... "I will sprinkle you with pure water to cleanse you. I will also REMOVE your sin because of your idols." (Ezekiel 36:25).
... and fulfillment that it will be built above the sky/RUclips in (Isaiah 2:2) "In the Last Day, the mountain on which Jehovah's temple stands will stand above all mountains. All nations will flock to it. " 🌺
not just nomination. she won :)
Strong in both arm and mind, loyal to the core, willing to fight her way out for others, but also smart enough to stop herself knowing her limits, as her final act declaring that her life doesnt belong to anyone but hers to take. A bold testament of true nobility.
as she said, her line is a thousand years' samurai and implies she has more honour in her pinky than Ishido lol
The Anna Sawai sweep is gonna be so beautiful once it's awards season
Hear hear!
So she’s Anna Sweep then
she did. they all did
This show is phenomenal.
Beautiful
Elegant
Refined
Haunting
nonsense of getting killed
I like the constant subversion of our expectations. Mariko here wages "war" by sacrificing herself and her men, tempting her enemies into dishonoring themselves. All along, the REAL war was for the heir's support.
Brutal
Unforgiving
Majestic
@@SuperRobertoClemente Crimson Sky indeed...
I'm a fan of both Shogun miniseries. But Lady Mariko's fight here, plus her introduction speech with Ishido & final conversation with Lady Ochibano no Kata 100% sold me. For me Anna Sawai held the sagas outstanding performance.
Anna Sawai deserves to get couple of award for her role as Mariko.
There's so much going on politically here that a lot of shows would've had a load of exposition just to explain.
Kiyama is honourable and in the same religious group, he sees dishonour by Ishido in front of him and sees someone of his own group driven to suicide, who then asks him personally to kill, so he knows Ishido made him choose between mortal sins.
Ohno is a more ruthless powermonger, so being reminded and being made to say in public that he is powerless make him feel massively belittled in his current situation. He knows he is subjugated to Ishido.
Lady Ochiba sees her friend / frenemy driven to death, realising her scheming brought it about and she too is subjugated to Ishido, crucially she understands the position the two regents are put in, she knows a revolt is inevitable and she must switch sides to stay on the winning team.
So by this act, Mariko basically shatters the anti-Toranaga coalition by working on the motivations behind each camp.
I watched the original series on TV in 1980. A few years later I found a paperback of the book and read it many times over. I do not have a streaming account now, and I watch video clips of the new series on You Tube. Surprisingly, I can still remember every word, in every scene, and it brings back memories of the enjoyable hours I spent reading the book. The characters were brought back to life in my imagination. Ahh...sweet!
But these characters, especially Mariko is nothing like in the book. Mariko didn't fight Isidos people. She fought a different sort of mind game fight.
Iam just reading the book after watching the show
Give Anna Sawai all the awards! 🏆👏
No! Save some for Fumi Nikaido! Also Moeka Hoshi really played the hell out of Fuji. In a very brief role, she really made you feel for her character. Fuji really got the short end of the Karma stick.
Her Kimono in this scene is so beautiful
She's quite literally Crimson Sky.
@@SplendidFactor That's the point !
The whole cast was awesome, Anna Sawai is gorgeous.
Oh, Mariko-sama, we are all in awe.
At least the show depicts the use of the Yari and Naginata.. really the main weapons of a samurai during the sengoku period.. the katana was the secondary weapon if the samurai was deprived of his main weapon.
It was also the weapon of choice use by samurai women aka onna musha and onna buegisha.
The samurai mostly fought as mounted archers (yabusame) with the infantry being spearmen (ashigaru wielding yari). It is true that the katana was a secondary weapon for the samurai during the Sengoku Period. In addition, the wakizushi was an auxiliary sword. However, the yabusame were central and still played a huge role at the Battle of Sekigahara. High ranking samurai were primarily yabusame. Archers (kyushu) themselves as well as yabusume gave way to ashigaru using matchlocks (tanegashima). At the Battle of Nagashino in 1575 the tanegashima demonstrated its superiority to the bow and arrow (yumiya). At the Battle of Sekigahara tanegashima and the cannons from William Adams' ship The Fidele, were a huge advantage for Tokugawa Ieyasu. This was a further blow to kyushu and yabusume.
I think that goes for any type of warrior in history. Spears were like rifles, and swords were sidearms, like pistols.
@@Rabbithole8 Thank you for that.
@@Rabbithole8 the mounted archer Samurai is an old archetype. During the 1500s when samurai warfare was at its peak, most samurai fought mounted with spears. And they also fought on foot with spears/polearms
Mariko, the crimson sky. It's beautiful how she wore a red dress at the Emmy's
she was a great lady and she knew how to fight
Mariko was SAMURAI! A spirit of steel, wrapped up in a sweet lady's body.
I loved the historical context of having Mariko bust out her Naginata. Traditionally, women in many villages of feudal Japan WERE training to use it because they would be the only ones left to defend against an attack if all the men were away. And a Naginata vs a narrow spear like Ishido's men is no contest for a Naginata wielder....the only thing keeping Mariko from walking out right there and then were the numbers against her. 1 on 1....she owns them!
This is a master piece, the creators should be proud
This whole episode is just devastating.
Why?
Naginata-jutsu was and is primarily a ladies' sport. I suppose being a polearm compensates for lower upper-body strength and reach. This scene also demonstrates that, for all fighters, ancient and modern, pay attention to your cardio.
She is a warrior goddess
A scene like this could still be shot... in 2024? Ooooh snap! xD That was lovely!
This show is a real masterpiece ❤❤❤
One of the greatest OTT series .
She lost pretty hard ... she had no chance from the beginning after her Bodyguard died! At least died with Honor at the end
But she understood the assignment so still completed her duties. Mariko was the trump card, the crimson sky.
She KNEW she would lose, dude. It was a confrontation designed to in the end force the hand of the Council.
I want the actor behind lord hiromatsu to be given all award there is.
The flower has bloomed!
I can only dream, but I hope they make a prequel of Akeci Jinsai story. 😍
I just wish they had at least 2 seasons, to do the book better service. Do not get me wrong, the show is phenomenal and the reason I even read the book, but the worthy detail that has been left out is sad to me. Still, in the limited series time they had available, they have knocked it out of the park.
Can you tell me what happened here? I just saw this video when I was scrolling up in my RUclips app and it really captivated me how beautiful, brave, elegant, courageous, and desperate she fights those group of men! 🤩😍❤️
Everyone is supposedly free to leave the city, but she is proving that the most powerful man in the city (Ishida) is actually keeping everyone prisoner that (including his co-leaders, who are supposed to be equal in rank to him… the leaders include the men on the wall she was talking to).
She’s supposed to be able to return to her lord and is proving that Ishida is lying when he says that no one in the city is being held against their will.
She is a noble-woman and her vow to commit seppukku afterward is supposed to shock the other nobles and leaders to turn against Ishida.
@@VanLe-fn9rf thank you for the explanation! 🤩😊
Mariko: AM I BEING DETAINED?
It's a Criminal Offense to drive thru these gates without a valid ID.
Mariko: I'm not driving, I'm traveling.
MARIKO!!!!! (Ned Stark Death Vibe) How will, I watch this series, without her?
Just dont
So cool we love her
0:20 "They are not ours to order."
1:33 "Lady Mariko must not be harmed!"
Guardsmen. 😕
Akechi mariko ❤️ Anna sawai ❤️
isn't it maria as in akechi gracia?
Before she was married.
Im so glad they dident go the Mary Sue road and let her take down like 12 guards.
She could, is not unrealistic samurai women were trained from a small age in martial arts, to fight multiple opponents. If she she attacked at the same time as the other samurai she would of had a chance. one example is the Onna buegisha Nakano tekeko in 1863 in the battle of Aizu armed with a naginata (a Japanese bladed pole arm)took down 6 to 10 armed men with modern guns her and a group of young samurai women known as the Joshitai which translate into women army was a group of 20 samurai Aizu women which included her sister and her mother she perished in the battle at the age of 22. but this goes to show in the hands of trained samurai women the naginata was as deadly as the katana in fact in combat the naginata is more deadly than the katana. These men are armed with an Yari a type of Japanese spear so she can easily incage in hand to hand combat while Nakano tekeko had to fight men armed with rifles Nakano tekeko got lucky because the enemy underestimated the Aizu women and gave the order to capture them a life this allowed the Joshitai to attack and incage in hand to hand combat with the enemy before they resumed firing fighting she still took down 6 to 10 men before being shot in the chest. The case with mariko the men were order to not hurt her this puts them at a disadvantage. If she let them attack and took them one by one she could of won. Put this is to show the women of the samurai class were not afraid to throw down in fuedial Japan for example when their husband's were at war it was the wives who defended the home and of time of war women would also participate in battle in fact recent discovery discovered that 30% of battle Graves in Japan contain women is unspoken part of Japanese history over looked many people think women in ancient Japan was weak and docile while Japan at time was a patriarchal society it still gave women more rights then other places at the time like Europe. In fuedial Japan women could inherent, they could rule they have even been female emperor and USA never had a female president, women could fight in battle. Women could have money in fact it was women who took care of finance. Not to say it wasn't hard for them just saying they had a little more freedom for women at the time. They purposely made so Mariko couldn't win it wasn't because she couldn't win is just it wasn't part of the storyline her death was nessary for the storyline she died for her lord it wasn't just the men that were loyal to their lords it was also women were fericely loyal to their lords. They were prepared to they lords just like the men. Look up Akashi Mistude Daughter which is who Mariko is based on.
@@mariarahim651 Very nice and informative post. Thank you for educating us! I agree that she could have killed several more of them but she also knew the real impact of her actions was the symbolism of proving Ishido was keeping everyone there against their will. Deep down she knew her eventual death would be the thing that turned public opinion against Ishido and help Toronaga defeat him and save Japan from his tyranny. Because she wished to end the torment of her tragic life in as useful and meaningful a way as possible, she accepted death. She knew it was her destiny in some way. The tragedy is that Anjin's ultimate gesture of love and sacrifice was the thing that let her understand the profound bond they shared and she finally found a spark of beauty in her life, something to live for. For her to then still sacrifice her life for the greater good took on an even greater meaning. What a devastating ending.
Her weapon was literally designed to be lightweight and have a fightign style capable of fighting multiple opponents
@@vetabeta9890 And the point is?. I dont care how long the weapon og well designed it is, No way a Man or Woman can take down 12 trained Guards. Just not gonna happen. Pretty easy to overcome 12 vs 1 :). Its not an Automatic weapon she has in her hands :)
@@mariarahim651 Choosing Onna Buegisha to illustrate a point about the skill of onna-musha is not a good choice. Onna Buegisha was not an onna-musha of old. The Late Edo period and the Sengoku Period were very different, and you can't conflate the two. Women's status changed due to Edo Confucianism and they became solely dependent upon men and it became extremely rare for women to train in weapons. The number is 5 to 6 and they were not ashigaru with yari but troops armed with firearms, as you pointed out, and that is in important fact that does the opposite of what you think it does. Onna Buegisha took advantage of the shock of the troops at seeing "onna-musha" at a time where that was a strange site. She was shot in the chest as soon as the soldiers came to their senses. Rather than Onna Buegisha, Hangaku Gozen of the Genpei War (1180-1185) is a better example of a skilled onna-musha.
If in Shogun they depicted a male with a naginata defeating that many ashigaru with yari, it would still be unrealistic despite the man having superior skills. In a real battle, the enemy attacking you one by one is silly. If they wanted to kill her they simply would have surround her. The fact that they were refraining from attacking her meant her survival not the other way around. In a one to one battle would a highly skilled onna-musha beat a lesser male opponent? Yes, most likely, but surround by trained and yet lesser skilled opponents with yari, male or female intent on killing, the answer is no. In addition to all of this you are elevating onna-musha as if they had training that was superior to male counterparts. There is absolutely no need to do this. The scene with Mariko is wonderful because it is both realistic and for what it meant to the people in universe as well as the symbolism for us the viewers.
I believe the most intense scene in whole series before ending of episode.
🌿THE GOSPEL OF THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD "the Salvation at the last age brought by Christ in the second and last incarnation in Hiscnew and holy name"
(Recognizing God's work in these times, for the most part, is recognizing God incarnate in the last days, what His primary ministry is, and what His purpose is to do in the world. I have already mentioned in My words that God came to earth (in the last days) to set an example before leaving. By speaking, by doing and speaking throughout the land. In the last days, God incarnate came to earth primarily to share His words. When Jesus came He spread the gospel of the kingdom of heaven, and fulfilled the work of redemption by crucifixion. The coming of God incarnate in the last days brought an end to the Age of Grace. He came primarily to speak His words, to use words to perfect man, to enlighten and enlighten man, and to remove the place of the obscure God within the heart of man. Because when Jesus came, He did not remove the image of the vague God from the human heart; when he came, He was crucified, He healed and cast out demons, and He spread the gospel of the kingdom of heaven. Currently, God has come to bring the Age of Grace to an end and remove all the customs of the Age of Grace. The practical God came to show that He is real. When Jesus came, the work He did represented a part of God, but now God has come, to carry out the phase of the work that is due, because God does not repeat the same work; He is the God who is always new and never grows old, and therefore everythingwhat you see now are the words and actions of the practical God.)
Almighty God said
KNOWING GOD'S WORK in these TIMES, for the BIGGEST PART, is KNOWING GOD INCARNATED in the LAST DAYS, what His MAIN MINISTRY is, and what He PURPOSES to do ON EARTH. I have MENTIONED to My those who SAID that GOD has COME to EARTH (in the last days) to GIVE an EXAMPLE BEFORE LEAVING. ☀️
How does God show this example? THROUGH SPEECH, THROUGH DOING and SPEAKING THROUGHOUT the LAND.
This is the WORK of GOD in the LAST DAYS; He ONLY SPEAKS so that the EARTH becomes a WORLD of WORDS, so that every PERSON can be PROVIDED and ILLUMINATED by His WORD, and so that the SPIRIT of man AWAKENS and he is CLEAR ABOUT the VISIONS. In the LAST DAYS, GOD INCARNATE CAME to EARTH mainly to share His WORDS. ☀️
When JESUS came He SPREADED THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, AND FULFILLED THE WORK OF REDEMPTION THROUGH CRUCIFIXION. He ENDED THE AGE OF THE LAW, and abolished ALL OLD THINGS.
The COMING of JESUS ENDED the AGE of LAW and USED the AGE of GRACE. ☀️
The COMING of GOD INCARNATE in the LAST DAYS BRINGS the END to the AGE of GRACE. He CAME MAINLY to SPEAK His WORDS, to use WORDS to MAKE man PERFECT, to ILLUMINATE and ILLUMINATE man, and to REMOVE the PLACE of DARK GOD within the HEART of MAN. This was NOT the STAGE of WORK that JESUS did when He CAME. ☀️
When JESUS CAME, He PERFORMED many MIRACLES, He HEALED and CAST out DEMONS, and He FULFILLED the REDEEMING WORK of CRUCIFIXION. As a result, in His UNDERSTANDINGS, man BELIEVES that this is how GOD should be. Because when JESUS came, He did NOT REMOVE the IMAGE of the DARK GOD from the HEARTS of MAN; when He CAME, He was CRUCIFIED, He HEALED and CAST OUT DEMONS, and He SPREADED the GOSPEL of the KINGDOM of HEAVEN. ☀️
On the one hand, GOD'S INCARNATION in the TIME of the LAST DAYS REMOVED the PLACE of the OBSCURE GOD in human INTELLIGENCES, that is why the IMAGE of the OBSCURE GOD in the HEARTS of man is NO LONGER. THROUGH His ACTUAL WORDS and ACTUAL DEEDS, His ACTIONS throughout the EARTH, and the UNIQUE REAL and NORMAL WORKS He PERFORMS with man, He CAUSES MAN to COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND the REALITY of GOD, and REMOVES the LOCATION of GOD is FABRIC in the HEART of MAN. 🙏
On the other hand, GOD uses the WORDS SPOKE by His FLESH to MAKE man COMPLETE, and to FULFILL things this is GOD'S WORK that He will FULFILL in the LAST DAYS. 🙏
WHAT you should KNOW: 1. God's work is not supernatural, and you should not harbor preconceptions about it.
2. You must understand the main work that will be accomplished by the coming of God incarnate at this time.
He did NOT COME to HEALING, or CAST out DEMONS, or to SHOW MIRACLES, and He did NOT COME to SPREAD the GOSPEL of REPENTANCE, or WILLING the person of REDEMPTION. That's because JESUS has FULFILLED that WORK, and GOD does NOT REPEAT the SAME WORK. ☀️
In the PRESENT, GOD has COME to BRING the AGE of GRACE to an END and REMOVE ALL the HABITS of the AGE of GRACE.
PRACTICAL GOD CAME to SHOW that He is REAL. 🙏
When JESUS came, He SPOKE a FEW WORDS, FIRST of ALL, He SHOWED MIRACLES, SHOWED SIGNS and WONDERS, and HEALED AND CAST out DEMONS, if NOT, He SPOKE PROPHECIES to MAKE people BELIEVE , and to HELP people SEEvthat He is a TRUE GOD, and a gentle GOD who is not to be trifled with. FINALLY, He COMPLETED the WORK of CRUCIFIXION. ☀️
GOD CURRENTLY does NOT SHOW SIGNS and WONDERS, NOR does He HEAL and CAST out DEMONS. When JESUS CAME, the WORK He did REPRESENTED a PART of GOD, but in the PRESENT time GOD CAME to PERFORM the STAGE of WORK that was APPROPRIATE, because GOD does NOT repeat the SAME WORK; He is the GOD who is always NEW and NEVER OLD, and because of thisnALL you SEE NOW are the WORDS and ACTIONS of PRACTICAL GOD. 🙏
From "The WORD Appears in the Flesh". holy book
Fulfilled in "In the beginning He was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1). and (Ezekiel 2:9-10). (Rev. 19:9,13).
The kingdom He brought down and built in the highest in the sky so that it can occupy His creation within the universe and engrave on it the entirety of His Holy name "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐 fulfillment of (Mat. 16:18) "And I say as for you,you are Peter, upon this rock I will build my Church, that even the power of death will not prevail against it.". ... and in "The Letter to the Church in Philadelphia" (Rev. 3:7-13) 💫"The New Jerusalem" (Revelation 21:10) "The Spirit covered me, and the angel led me to the top of a very high mountain. He showed Me Jerusalem, the Holy City, coming down from heaven from God."
(1 Peter 4:17) "For the time has come in the house of God for the beginning of judgment in the house of God."
📩God's sheep are called and led to His glorious Throne "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD"💐 to submit again to His authority so that He can continue to teach, guide and protect even in plague, famine and wild animals will not be moved by it andcompletely win this final battle with the big red dragon!
"They say aloud, "Salvation comes from the Lamb, and from our God who sits on the Throne!" (Rev. 7:10). ... "They will walk in white with me, for they are worthy. " (Revelation 3:4). ... "I will sprinkle you with pure water to cleanse you. I will also REMOVE your sin because of your idols." (Ezekiel 36:25).
... and fulfillment that it will be built above the sky/RUclips in (Isaiah 2:2) "In the Last Day, the mountain on which Jehovah's temple stands will stand above all mountains. All nations will flock to it. " 🌺
With one scene, she changed to course of history of Japan
No way they can make another season without its best character.
Lady Mariko the new skin for Nobushi 😊
What a powerful scene! Good job!
IMO this was the scene that really earned Anna Sawai her Emmy....badass but vulnerable at the same time. Not some Marvel-DC superhufeperson that could wipe out an entire battalion of badmalepersons with a wave of a hand-digit.
Homestly one of my fave characters of all time.
Thank you for saying "honestly." Otherwise, I would have been concerned that some internet rando was being dishonest about his choice of all-time favorite characters.
The best spirit in whole series.
Waiting Hollywood - Mariko deals with all the guards with a few blows.
Reality - Mariko retreated
It's one of my favorite scenes from the show. I could feel Marikos frustration during the scene as she fights and gives it her all. I feel she let's out her frustration not just from having to fight these men, but the frustration that has surrounded her life. From being 'forced' to marry a man and serve him. I could feel her pain, she carries the pain and frustration of having to mold ourselves to men that have their thumb over us. Clearly, there's no way she was going to win against all these men, but that did not stop her. I love her so much, and yes I cried when she fell to her knees.
She's such a formidable force. She fears nothing, she welcomes death.
MARIKO SAMA...the way ajin doesnt forget the sama
I was initially taken back by this because I thought it was inappropriate. The older version refers to her as Mariko-san (and ajin-san) Sama is reserved for lords. But then I saw the behind the scenes clips and I gotta say I'm impressed by the detailed research they did here.
I’m definitely watching this.
Bring on series 2 now!!
1:00 These Archers must have attended the Cobra school of archery. LOL
Anna Sawai’s performance as Mariko is totally superior to Yoko Shimada’s performance.
Beautiful 😍
4:02 This meaning is to cut off the head with a sword so that the person can die without suffering for a long time.
also a double bird for her as she won't technically commit suicide. The final blow was decapitation from someone else, so she won't fall into eternal damnation as a Christian.
What a woman!
where to watch?
If this was made by disney Mariko would have probably beaten every men while glowing or something
This was made by Disney, but it’s probably the overwhelming Japanese input/control that prevented a typical Disney product.
@@pamelahermano9298 you're right! I forgot 😅
@@pamelahermano9298 Quite hard to say it was made by Disney, only because Disney acquired 21st Fox which owns FX, which is the production company.
@@GabrielMacDougall I mean she could've taken them out but in not doing that she turned the tide of an active civil war with the threat of seppiku. All women during this time were proficient with those spears that are better then the men's spears but instead she proved a point that their not free to leave and halted a civil war with seppiku.
Anna Sawai's singing career 7 years ago
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It's a beautiful scene, but there's something I don't understand: Kiyama and Ohno tell Mariko they can't command the samurai at the gate since they're Ishido's men, but after Kiyama shouts to the samurai not to harm Mariko, they obey his command and don't attempt to stab her with their spears but simply deflect her attacks.
They are not ordering them, just reminding them Mariko is highborn who is not to be killed like this
Most likely they got the same instruction from Ishido. The show makes it pretty clear later on when she is actually killed by the shinobi working on Ishido's behalf that her death was not the desired outcome.
Those men are confused how to deal with this highborn lady. If they make it the wrong action to deal with this situation, they and their family will get executed. So Kiyama reminds them how to deal with it.
She is simply amazing💖❕😀
she just want to go out shopping...
Cette série est vraiment super bien faite et Hyroyuky Sanada est époustouflant (pardon pour l’orthographe).
Am I the only one who thinks that this was a ploy by Mariko and that she could have beaten all those men easily.
She just wanted to lure Ishido to allow her to go.
She did ask them to please get out of her way before it got real lol
Eu li!Queria tanto ver o filme!!eu tinha 18 anos quando li!! não lembro tudo!!mas amei quando li!!❤
I'm glad they are keeping to the book. It is such a great read even though its over 1000 pages
They are not keeping to the book. Mariko never took up arms against Ishidos men. She fought with her mind not with weapons.
This daughter of a Samurai has more courage than all of them put together.
誠の忠義と不惜身命を貫く武人の"女性"。
その"凛"とした佇まい。
"女性"と言えども、何か穏やかさの中に秘めたる勇ましさと不撓不屈の強さ。
今の日本人が置き去りにして忘れた感性だと思う。
prettiest woman i have ever seen!! i LOVE HER!!
FX MAKE ANOTHER 10 EPISODES PLEASE
"A cutting blow!"
I hope nothing bad happen to her 😔
At least she went out with a bang.
R.I.P.
Somebody read the book pleaseeee...
What they failed to mention is that that staff has a blade on the end that is the equal of a katana.
Is there an english version of this show?
No the actor who is her lord was very specific In signing on that aside from the couple Cristian actor's and blackthorn it had to be all Japanese
nice movie
Before the fight she was looking like a lioness and after fighting a cute kitty 😂
Which episode is this?
Beautiful kimono
Was mariko a fighter in the book?
I don't know about the book, but in history yes. Woman know the basic stuff to defend the village while their husband was in war. Listen to podcast it's very good.
Yes she's a samurai and learned how to fight and was able to hold her own for a bit! This scene in the book was slightly different in that Mariko only went up against one guard instead of all of them ganging up on her. But if I recall correctly, Yabushige even commented on how if the guard was a lesser man Mariko would've beaten him
@Magnonx wife of a samurai in Japan.
Someone who read the book said she did fight. I think twice or so.
Google "Onna-musha". The historical far-east was surprisingly open to the idea of women warriors. Even China had female generals and famous martial-artists.
when you realize she's angry because no one will kill her
Blackstone should have bought some popcorn with him.
Blackthorn
@@carljhirst Blackthorne actually
@@bishbashbosh-j6z
Major John Blackthorne Acktuuwwallee!
@@carljhirst Pilot Major John Blackthorne actually. Not quite the same as a Major, as he was in charge of navigating his ship, which in case you'd forgotten or not read the book, is the Erasmus. In fact, the Japanese name for him, anjin-san literally means Mr Pilot!!
@@bishbashbosh-j6z Anjin San!
Что за фильм?
RiP i just came back from the ep. 🙏🏽🙏🏽⚰️🕊️
Mariko did not fight men with a naginata seriously.
After all, she was wearing five layers of kimono, high-soled sandals, and her legs were not open.
Probably because Toranaga's plan required her death.
If she gets serious, she'll probably wear straw sandals,
It should be a costume that allows for more movement.😁
I mean women were trained to in kimono. Put they made it so she couldn't win as part of the storyline. I agree.
The 1980 miniseries omitted this fight completely. Of course, not everything is right. Like the unemotional way Jarvis just watches the deadly skirmish. just disappointing, his hands held over the wall like he's watching a sports event. The only thing missing was the popcorn...
⚠️Spoilers ahead, people⚠️
Wrong weapon for Mariko. It's not Lord Kiyama who's chosen to be her second. And sccording to the book's plotline neither he nor Lord Onoshi (the leper) should even be there at this particular place and time.
The series is really enjoyable, thou. Great imagery. And Sanada is really good, but without Toshiro Mifune's gravitas as Toronaga.
Great imagery, worthy of Clavell's novel. Pity TPTB altered so many things...
God she is gorgeous.
They are so polite right before they kill you .
Mariko'suz dizinin tadı kalmadı.
better mariko than in 1980
Not a patch on the original
The only thing I didn't like about right before this scene is the samurai in full armor were finished too easily and quickly, especially considering they were facing unarmored opponents.
Agreed. Not to mention, no large scale battles, no fights!
They were taken out by the archers I’m pretty sure
We don’t see it happen to all of them but the only two we actually see go down were taken out by arrows
Seiza training ⚔️ 🇯🇵
Again, I have to say about this show, the scene is so good, so very well acted, staged and shot, but they missed a massive opportunity not doing it exactly like in the book. This scene was so gripping in the book, I read afterwards well after my bedtime and felt it at work the next day. You readers out there, give this one a turn.
Beautiful woman love you ❤ Mariko woriors ❤👍🙏🇬🇷💋♥️💕❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
The guards with spears all have Unagi (alert at all times - Ross)
It's like a chess and Mariko is the queen
Gonna miss you masuru
The scene where she realizes she can no longer fight and declares her intention to die by her own hand evokes a sense of "transience" among Japanese viewers, but would people from other cultures understand this significance?
Yes we do - but according to many comments - not
Good video but absolutely nothing like the book Shogun which I read 3 times over the years at 1152 pages. The original Shogun movie was just like the book. I like the stars in this especially Hiroyuki Sanada. Also great in the Last Samurai and one of the John Wick movies. I will probably not watch this movie as the original can't be beat.