I'm limited by the amount of movies I have access to. So if you know any other relevant films that represent other parts of the world, leave a comment and let everyone know!
Watch 12th fail movie, very popular from last year, our pure Indian story, our people story. And the masterpiece Apu Trilogy by the Master Satyajit Ray , and other best parallel cinema. And movies of the first method actor in the history of world cinema: Dilip Kumar (yes its not brando, its just that the world dont know it). Also watch Raj Kapoor movies espeically my fav Mera Naam Joker.
If you are into Korean Drama, «Mr. Sunshine» is a good place to start. The story itself is somehow fictional, but it feature the period when Korea is influenced by Western culture as well Japanese. A very deep thought about how a country keeping her traditional at the same time moving forward to the modern era. You will probably see people in the street wearing Korean, Western clothing as well "Kimono" (That's how they said about Japanese attire), learning to drink coffee "soup" to show that one's modernized, as well how a country falling victim into colonialism, Japan in this case--Japan is part of the blame, by the way. The 24-episode series is available in Netflix (in fact, it is the first TV series backed by Netflix fund, thus the most expansive TV drama in South Korea at the time). It's a bit long, so take your time.
This reminds me of a DnD post where someone pointed out that the British Victorian era, American Old West, Japanese Meji Restoration, and French privateering all happened relatively close together. In other words, you could have a group composed of a British scoundrel, an American cowboy, a disgraced Japanese samurai, and an old French pirate and it would all be 100% historically accurate.
Honestly, you could probably have the grandchild of an Aztec or Incan nobleman from that era as well. In Mexico, Moctezuma's (the last Aztec emperor) descendants were given varying degrees of prestige following the Spanish conquests (to this day), and in Peru, the last great Incan Rebellion happened in the 1780s.
The Brit need not be a scoundrel, the trope of adventurer fits. You'll see that in Doyle's Sherlock Holmes as well as a couple of people from the American West. The American Western period actually goes into WWI - the first Western movies were actually made with extras and consultants from the era. Towards the end of the era some cowboys actually had semi-auto handguns. The Wild Bunch shows this and is accurate. The Maxim machine gun, which is still seeing action in the Ukraine War, was invented in 1884. The Samurai need not be disgraced, since on the smaller islands closer to China many were pirates. Japanese samurai were also known to be mercenaries on ths continent. Also the Napoleonic Wars - and therefore the French privateers were at the first half of the 1800s, so all this fits better early on.
I suspect the difference in visual style for medieval films between East & West is due to their popular cultural perceptions of the era - the west considers the middle ages to be their dark ages, while for the east, the middle ages are often considered the peak of their civilizations. So their movies would naturally trend towards more grimy or gilded based on popular perception, or the directors' own perception the era. edit: Before you go "UM ACKTUALLY the dark ages and peaks aren't real" - Yes. I agree. I'm saying that a lot of people have popular misconceptions of that era and hence it reflects in film.
I don't really thing peak is the word they would use. It has that feeling of "they peaked in high school". Probably more like the victorian era romanticism.
The thing about European "dark ages" is that it only makes sense from the perspective of the lands of former Roman Empire. In northern and eastern Europe there never was any civilisation collapse.
popular cultural perceptions are just that - perceptions. While it's true that some time periods had more suffering than others in certain regions, the reality is always much more of a mixed bag. dark ages aren't all dark, and golden ages are not all golden
The reason that the Middle Ages have garnered such an unfair, bad rep in the popular imagination is mainly due to the Enlightenments over emphasis on and idolisation of the classical age and it's dislike of organised religion. It's why there are so many myths about the Middle Ages, such as the idea that the monarchs back then had total tyrannical power and the Catholic Church was the unquestioned, unchallenged authority of Europe.
There are mutliple causes here: chiefly technology and trends of the time. Most of the western movie he mentioned here were released before the 2010s. When he showed eastern historical movie made during that time period, the set design and color pallete are mostly similar as well. Kurosawa's only color movie was about anything but a gilded, romanticised time period but it was very vibrant nonetheless. Which imo largely influence how historical epic would be directed by eastern industry since then.
History seems to be the most digestible when taught one nation at a time, but it's always more interesting when taught one year at a time. I wish history was taught more in this manner in school.
@@17-MASY I disagree with your disagreement. Understanding what surrounds and causes events is what leads to understanding history, and every event taking place on the planet Earth comes with crossover from different cultures outside of those 'directly' involved.
@@cam4636 2 Points of why I disagree 1- In many instances, what is happening on very far lands is not important for the subject. For example: If I'm learning about Chinese court power struggles, then what is happening in Sweden at the time is most probably not important and would just be distracting There are exceptions of course but they are special cases. 2- Learning the events year by year can be too slow in certain contexts, it is like watching trees grow.
It would also be confusing because in earlier era distant nations did not interact much. Knowing what was going on in Greece when Mencius was alive doesn't really improve your knowledge of Chinese history.
"Similarities come from shared human experiences" --- That reminds me of a line from a Maya Angelou poem: "we are more alike my friend than we are unalike" Showing the films of each era side-by-side was a great way to make this point clearly and viscerally.
Sorry Maya Angelou's perspective was merely drawn from her American black vs. white experience, nothing on the level of world-wide civilization history, and coincidentally, they matched. She didn't have that depth, but she served the need of the American society well.
1. Two battles that defined the history of both China and Rome happened in 202 BC. both battles are Gaixia and Zama. both battles involved envelopment tactics 2. Both Rome and China were split into Three Kingdoms around the same time (Rome's Crisis of 3rd Century 235-285 AD, China Three Kingdoms 220-280 AD). Rome was split into Gallic Empire, Roman Empire, and Palmyrene Empire. Gallic and Palmyrene could be roughly analogued to both Shu and Wu Kingdoms
The 3rd Century CE was a pretty tumultuous and pivotal time for the major Eurasian powers You had the crisis of the 3rd Century in Rome The Three Kingdoms era in China The transition from the Parthian to the Sassanian dynasty in Persia The waning of the Kushan Empire and waxing of the Gupta Empire in India
This is an anime/American video game comparison, but "Golden Kamuy" and "Red Dead Redemption" take place at the beginning of the 20th century, within just a few years of each other. Both deal with men approaching middle age who've lived violent lives that they want to forget, but both find themselves drawn into hyperviolent adventures taking place in last pockets of their nation's frontier territory as civilization closes in around them. The shadow of the soon-to-come First World War can also be seen lurking in the narrative "background" of both stories as critique of how peaceful "civilization" actually is- the wild frontier might be ruthlessly violent and chaotic on an individual level, but only civilized societies can send millions to their deaths in mud and barbed wire. Also, "Golden Kamuy" is totally a Spaghetti Western (Soba Western?) and I will not be convinced otherwise.
Oh, forgot one. The tale of Kusanagi and the story of King Arthur and Excalibur are nearly contemporary (first written down in the 6-700s AD, legend goes back further). They even likely looked pretty alike..
Fascinating again. I've often wondered what was happening elsewhere in the world when watching certain historical films. The history of Earth is millions of worlds rubbing shoulders together, until they are gone.
Kinda blatant, but Watanabe made a remake of Eastwood's "Unforgiven" set in Hokaido at just about exactly the same time. There aren't too many movies about it, but the depiction of the 30 years war in Europe and the Japanese Sengoku Jidai overlap in style (even though they are separated by about 20-30 years), both were noted for being the first wars dominated by firearms, and for wrecking the country. Too, the Battle of Bosworth (the end of the War of the Roses) bears a LOT of similarities to Sekigahara (the climatic battle of Sengoku Jidai). Both turned on a major player changing sides mid-battle (Kobayakawa and Stanley). Separated by about a century. The 1920s kinda overlapped in China and the USA (wild times with lots of gangsters). Which reminds me of a question that came up in a discussion. The Western group asked what the Chinese translation/equivalent of being "Shanghaied" (Drugged and/or slugged and put on a ship going a LONG way). The answer was apparently, more or less "Shanghaied" (sailors were grabbed going BOTH directions, but the Chinese equivalent included getting those grabbed for railroad work gangs). One last thing would be overlapping characters. "Gordon" (of Khartoum), was a fairly big player in the Taiping Rebellion 20 years before. The American Equivalent is seeing Lord Cornwallis putting down rebellions in Ireland and especially India after losing the battle of Yorktown.
As a Medievalist historian, it is honestly a shame that the West (or, more specifically, the US and Hollywood) sees the Middle Ages as a dark place with little of value rather than being like any other time period with its light and dark. And, more importantly, a time period that had a huge impact on how our society evolved. Far more than the Greco-Roman period.
The problem is that Hollywood is more focused in western Europe perspective, and didn't account much the east of it, where they didn't suffer as much hardships relatively to them. Maybe, it's just because a lot of them are descendants from that region, so they prioritize that region.
@@patrickbueno3279 This might sound ignorant but which area are you thinking about when you say "Eastern Europe"? When I think of that region in the middle ages, I think of various invasions by nomadic tribes and gradual conquests of non-christian peoples. Not exactly blooming civilizations. Are you thinking of the Byzantines instead or am I missing something?
😅 They didn't know during the middle age, Charlemagne Kingdom exist in West, but civil technology do go backwards or unbalance during that time compare to Rome.
I love the premise of this video, it’s often hard to see history in parallel and to show it visually through movies is all the more impactful. I think it would be even more awesome if you add the discovery of the Americas into the mix, such as Apocalypto (2006). Hope you could spoil us with a lengthier version of this❤
Ancient rome and china colors really weren’t quite so dramatically different.. the Gladiator film plays into ideas of ancience rome being pristine white but it was anything but.. simply the ruins and sculptures have lost their paint.
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey does an excellent job portraying the bright and colorful Greek world. It was refreshing to finally see all sorts of colored Greek cities in media.
The HBO series Rome was a much more accurate portray of how Ancient Rome looked, as much as I love Gladiator, it's not a great historical movie, kinda like Braveheart
I made a list a while back that's similar to what's talked about in this video but it specifically focuses on movies set around the Pacific War, focusing on Japan's rise and fall! It's a whacky list but it all ties together. You can even view it as interconnected even though the movies don't actually have any official relation with each other but due to them all being history based, you could. Here's the list: 1. Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins - 1868 2. Assassination - 1933 3. Ip Man - 1935 4. Pearl Habour - 1941 5. Oppenheimer - 1938-1945 6. Godzilla Minus One 7. Ip Man 4: The Finale - 1964 8. The Karate Kid - 1984 What does Rurouni Kenshin have to do with any of them? It is the very beginning of when Japan started to heavily industrialise and give absolute power to the Emperor which created the Empire of Japan. It goes over the rapid shift Japan underwent. Assassination takes place in Korea, when Japan was occupying it, Ip Man is a similar case but for China. Pearl Habour is pretty self explanatory but it is when America finally got involved in WW2. Oppenheimer is when the nuclear bomb is finally created and ends Japan's reign over the pacific. The aftermath and devesation the bomb caused created gives Japan a new perspective and leads to them created Godzilla as a metaphor to express their feelings, Godzilla attacks Japan (This isn't real of course but it's a period piece!). Ip Man 4, goes to America and experiences racism and finds that Japanese Karate has been incorporated into American culture, it links back to Ip Man. The Karate Kid also shows how Karate has become deeply rooted in American culture and even has a WW2 Vet, Miyagi who experiences racism despite fighting for America.
As a history enthusiast and film buff interested in war movies set in ancient times, I'm consistently intrigued by the parallels in weapons technology across different cultures and periods. It's fascinating to observe how humanity, despite geographical separation, cultural differences, and varying levels of technological advancement, often developed similar military innovations. This convergence is especially striking considering that human populations diverged after the great migration out of Africa.
One of the interesting parallels between the east and west is that the Three Kingdoms period was roughly concurrent with the Crisis of the Third Century in Rome. Don't think there are any movies about that though.
@@onemoreminute0543 Gallienus isn't talked about enough in my opinion. One of my absolute favourite emperors, who somehow managed to have a 15-year reign when the average reign for roman emperors was 3 years
@@game_boyd1644 Absolutely. Imo he was a better emperor than Aurelian as he laid the groundwork for his success in reuniting the empire and pulling Rome through the worst decade of the 3rd century crisis (the 260's) Poor old Gallienus had to deal with his father being captured, his son being murdered, a plague, Gothic pirates, and a near endless amount of usurpers that sprung up. The situation was nothing short of apocalyptic and imo the worst time to be an emperor in Roman history. The fact that he not only lasted the longest out of any other barracks emperor (15 years) but also set up the Comitatenses, Odenathus as protector of the east, tolerated the Christians, and sparked an artistic renaissance is nothing short of remarkable. It's also significant how he was effectively the last Italian born emperor of the state.
@@onemoreminute0543 while I wouldn't exactly say he was better than Aurelian, the rest is definitely true. Aurelian and Diocletian would undoubtedly not have been as successful without the groundwork he laid
@@game_boyd1644 Yeah, he allowed them to rise the ranks through his reforms. I think Aurelian is pretty good, but the only reason I put him below Gallienus is because he effectively caused the monetary system to collapse through his economic policy, which ruined the coin based economy for about 200 years.
This channel brings the country's history together instead of seperating them. This is wonderful. Love this channel. I'm a french bron chinese, I have been followi'g your channel since a year. My family lives in hong kong, your chanel brought me peace
Studying East Asian Languages and Cultures, I am very often fascinated by how much we tend to not notice just *when* ancient events occurred, especially when we they don't concern Europe. By the time the Roman Empire was founded, China had already existed for over two thousand years, and was well into the Han dynasty. Japan's Shogunate ended in the middle of the XIX Century, meaning that what we call "feudal Japan" existed until the early Victorian Era. Korean unification occurred in the VII Century, which means that the (Western) Roman Empire never coexisted with a unified Korea. These are just three examples, but it's still fascinating
There's a thing called "Eurocentrism" and it really affects negatively how History is being told. World History that most people study is often centered in European History, with Asian History being decisively brushed off as if it was not a more important part of the story. World Historians tend to simplify Asian History, while broadening, elaborating European history. So the result is you get these nuanced European historical figures and events, then there's Asian history deduced in "hard-to-pronounce" names, and half-baked retelling of Asian historical events. It's racist, to be honest.
"By the time the Roman Empire was founded, China had already existed for over two thousand years" More like - countries that will be foundational for Chinese culture already existed, but it wasn't strong centralised state before Qin Shi Huangdi.His conquests happened after Alexander and Chandragupta though, as he was contemporary to the Ashoka the great. It wasn't really "China" as a nation-state before it. This is purely nationalist narrative.
@@vladprus4019 so many dare I say ignorant "bots" in these comments. Lmao. “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” - George Carlin.
Wow - one of the best UA-cam videos I have watched in a long while! Love the concept and presentation of movies from different countries, cultures and continents in the same era. Uplifting message about our similarities too.
Iron Monkey reminded me of Zorro. They’re really not too similar but the image of a dark cloaked figure fighting off bandits and the rich elites are in both
@AccentedCinema talk about how the story of Sun Wukong and how he may have influenced Shonen manga in Japan, and you could take the opportunity to talk about Black Myth: Wukong
I would be interested to hear the parallel time for Tripitaka (the Tang Monk) around the time he retrieved scriptures from India... And then WunZetian's rise as "emperor". What was happening elsewhere at that time? Monkey is set in that timeline, but the Journey to the West stories probably kept changing for centuries.
@@DragonDreamVNY Yes, Sun Wukong definitely has inspired lots of Shonen Mangas. However, what remains less talked about outside of both Japan and France is also the impact of both Rudyard Kipling’s Mowgli stories and various Tarzan books on many kinds of both Shonen and Seinen mangas. You have wild heroes raised by animals (like Mowgli) and/or foundlings raised by locals in another land (such as Sheena).
Amazing video, as usual. I salute you, sir! You are not just a film critic, you are actually a scholar and an intellectual. Every video you make, it could be the topic of a PhD dissertation. (I am a college professor, by the way.)
I love this topic! It's one of my favorite things about the world, that history is not limited to what we're taught in school. This was a great look at that. My follow up thought to this is: multiple takes on the same topic/moment in history, like something done 50 years ago vs done today or from many different cultures.
Fantastic video, I wish I could give it a thousand likes - it reminds me of when I read 'A Study in Scarlet' when I was younger and learned that Sherlock Holmes' Victorian England was concurrent with America's old west cowboys and it blew my mind
If you'd like to see a film set in medieval Europe that doesn't revolve around warfare and courtly politics, check out "The Name of the Rose" starring Sean Connery. It's a murder mystery set in a monastery. The story leverage's its setting by giving the killer a motivation couched in the ideology of the church at the time, and the investigator can't rely on modern forensics to collect his evidence.
This is such a great idea for a video! I know that history is often best taught as a narrative, hence why we tend to learn about different regions’ histories separately, but it’s also valuable to look at the same years across the globe to get a fuller picture of our history.
One thing most Americans do not think of is how the Spanish Missions build along the pacific coast, were being made at the same time as the American Revolution
00:35 ... for me that was the connection of iirc France funding the American revolution (iirc to harm the UK), and then that in turn contributing to the bankruptcy involved in kicking off the French revolution not much later! Was one of me early moments of this sort of thing, of parallel strands of history linking up
I'd love for you to do this as a series--like you did with the Dynasties and Three Kingdoms Series. Focus on three periods maybe--medieval; colonial/forced opening period; BCE settings?
a great example of movies taking place in different places at the same time: while Luca, Alberto and Giulia were trying to win the Portorosso Cup in Liguria, Italy. Gordie, Chris, Verne and Teddy were looking for the body of Ray Brower in Castle Rock, Oregon. both these films take place at the tail end of the Summer of 1959.
Hi! 🇮🇹 thanks to your videos on the history of the Chinese Empire in cinema, I tried to collect many titles of films, TV series and novels that deal with the Roman Empire, from its foundation to its fall. In the end, I must admit that despite the historical blunders, it is interesting to understand how the imagination of this imposing civilization has changed over time.
MASTERFUL👌. I can't imagine how much work and research went into this. Should be used in high school History classes. Now that you've gifted us a summary, what about a video per time period. It's so good to show against the main (Western) reference point what else was happening in the world.
16:20 It's funny because in Java there was also a legendary robber in the 12th century nicknamed the "setan' alas karautan" which mean devil of the karautan forest, his real name was Ken Arok and he eventually became a great king in Java.
@@SlapstickGenius23 Nope, Ken Arok was not a Robin Hood from Java, he was indeed a robber. He was legendary because a few years later he became a king whose descendants were great kings in Java. For
@@SlapstickGenius23 Actually Java has a Robin Hood figure, but it was in the 15th century, his name was Raden Mas Syahid, His nickname is the thug from Lokajaya. Like Robin Hood, he also robbed the rich to give to the poor.He did this until finally a Mooslem scholars reprimanded him, then made him a student after going through a difficult test and finally he was known as Sunan Kalijaga.(Kalijaga = guarding the river, because the test from the teacher was to meditate on the riverbank until the teacher came to pick him up).He was a member of the Walisanga, namely 9 Muslim scholars who spread Islam to Java, he was also a teacher of the kings of the Javanese sultanate.
Just to note that while the story of the Monkey king came about around 17th century, the fantasy world that Wukong is in is depicting the Tang dynasty, around 7th century.
Actually, while prototypes of Sun Wukong debuted through various centuries, albeit merely as folktale characters, it’s just that the monkey king’s appearance in Journey to the west still makes him famous even a few centuries later.
Awesome topic that could be an entire series on its own, with each episode covering a specific era or century. I was always fascinated by the fact that the Qin Empire happened pretty much around the same time than Rome was at its peak, and often wondered what would have happened in a world where the 2 were in direct communication with each other (there are historical evidences that point out the fact that they were both at least aware of each other's grandeur, at each continent's ends) and how all the other kingdoms inbetween would have reacted to their correspondance.
I had an uncle who worked in education and sent a proposal to the Mexican Secretariat of Public Education detailing how teaching concurrent historical events would be beneficial over the chronological/separate cultures model we've always used, and how it could be done efficiently. It got rejected. I'm still angry over this and it happened 20-30 years ago.
Watch 12th fail movie, very popular from last year, our pure Indian story, our people story. And the masterpiece Apu Trilogy by the Master Satyajit Ray , and other best parallel cinema. And movies of the first method actor in the history of world cinema: Dilip Kumar (yes its not brando, its just that the world dont know it). Also watch Raj Kapoor movies espeically my fav Mera Naam Joker.
Hey with all the discussion around Black Myth Wukong right now, can you do a video about Journey to The West like the one you did with Romance of the Three Kingdoms? I'm sure that video would perform well.
_Gone with the Wind_ in the background of "Hopefully we learn our lessons from these stories before they fade into legends" is an absolute cinematic coup de grâce
This channel has been one of the best parts of film UA-cam and I love every single video! Thanks for introducing me to so many different kinds of films!
I love that Heneral Luna was mentioned…. honestly probably the best gateway film to historical Philippine cinema. Other acclaimed movies set around that century is Gomburza (2023) set in late 1860s/early 1870s and Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral (2018) set in late 1890s.
Love this video. Reminds me of the only piece of media i've seen that even attempts to utilise the fact that global history happens parallel to each other is '1899' (still so sad its cancelled)
What a great idea! Been wanting how both East and West tackle their respective histories within the same period. Hope to see a followup where both cultures view the same great events in history, like WW2 or the British Empire, from different perspectives in their respective movies.
It's perhaps a minor example, but I really enjoyed watching The General (1926) and The Great Locomotive Chase (1951) back-to-back, as they show the same US Civil War battle from opposite perspectives.
Just recently I search for this very thing I ponder the concept of what was happening in the West versus the east in the same time. A concept not very many people usually think about, could you make another video essay about history that happened co-currently? Thank you
There are many inaccuracies with Historical Indian Movies as no cares about the historical stuff to do reserch when making the films. The major inaccuracies in the movies mentioned in this video are - 1. Ashok - You can watch this video ua-cam.com/video/XrtprAa3T44/v-deo.html . The major inaccuracies are Firstly about him becoming Buddhist, In reality he became Buddhist almost 6 Years before the Invasion of Kalinga, whereas in the movies it is shown that he became Buddhist after seeing the bloodshed in the war. Secondly him being a good person, In reality he was cruel conqueror who killed all his sibilings to ascend including killing the crown prince Susim. Thirdly the depiction of Buddha in the movie is inaccurate. Also his grandfather Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of the Mauryan Empire & was a Contemporary of Alexander. 2. Padmaavat - Padmaavat is the name of ballard that the movie is based on so it's written with the Queen Padmaavati/Padmini as the central character when in reality it is Indians defending their culture & religion against invading Turks. This is the problem with most historical Indian Movies is that they take way too much liberty with rewriting history to fit their story instead of the other way round & movies will have no resemblence to the actual historical event or story. That said, the sets of Padmaavat are very grand & it is indeed a visually striking film despite it's inaccuracies. Other Historical Movies that you can watch are Bajirao Mastaani ( Same director as Padmaavat), Tanhaaji, Sardaar Udham, Kesari, Mughal-E-Azam
I’ve been saying this for years. I wish that history was taught in chunks of time instead of places or movements. If it was taught in chunks of time, we would be able to see what was happening at the same time in different places and see how connected the world really is. It would also make it easier for people to make connections between places, people, time periods, and movements in a more efficient way.
I'm limited by the amount of movies I have access to. So if you know any other relevant films that represent other parts of the world, leave a comment and let everyone know!
watch Indian movies Axone and Kabir Singh
Watch 12th fail movie, very popular from last year, our pure Indian story, our people story. And the masterpiece Apu Trilogy by the Master Satyajit Ray , and other best parallel cinema. And movies of the first method actor in the history of world cinema: Dilip Kumar (yes its not brando, its just that the world dont know it). Also watch Raj Kapoor movies espeically my fav Mera Naam Joker.
watch old comedy movies Padosan (1968) , Bawarchi (1972) and Maya Bazar (1957 telugu film) , Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi (1988) , Gol Maal (79)
watch Pyaasa 1957 movie, and Mother India (1957) (my fav old movie other than mera naam joker)
If you are into Korean Drama, «Mr. Sunshine» is a good place to start. The story itself is somehow fictional, but it feature the period when Korea is influenced by Western culture as well Japanese. A very deep thought about how a country keeping her traditional at the same time moving forward to the modern era. You will probably see people in the street wearing Korean, Western clothing as well "Kimono" (That's how they said about Japanese attire), learning to drink coffee "soup" to show that one's modernized, as well how a country falling victim into colonialism, Japan in this case--Japan is part of the blame, by the way.
The 24-episode series is available in Netflix (in fact, it is the first TV series backed by Netflix fund, thus the most expansive TV drama in South Korea at the time). It's a bit long, so take your time.
This reminds me of a DnD post where someone pointed out that the British Victorian era, American Old West, Japanese Meji Restoration, and French privateering all happened relatively close together.
In other words, you could have a group composed of a British scoundrel, an American cowboy, a disgraced Japanese samurai, and an old French pirate and it would all be 100% historically accurate.
You might like Red Sun - Charles Brosnan/Toshiro Mifune spaghetti western from 1971. Combines cowboys and samurai in a fun way
-My story is about Sherlock Holmes, Kenshin Himura, Clint Eastwood Blondie and Karl Marx who are in Paris during the Paris Commune's events.
-WTF?
Honestly, you could probably have the grandchild of an Aztec or Incan nobleman from that era as well.
In Mexico, Moctezuma's (the last Aztec emperor) descendants were given varying degrees of prestige following the Spanish conquests (to this day), and in Peru, the last great Incan Rebellion happened in the 1780s.
The Brit need not be a scoundrel, the trope of adventurer fits. You'll see that in Doyle's Sherlock Holmes as well as a couple of people from the American West.
The American Western period actually goes into WWI - the first Western movies were actually made with extras and consultants from the era. Towards the end of the era some cowboys actually had semi-auto handguns. The Wild Bunch shows this and is accurate. The Maxim machine gun, which is still seeing action in the Ukraine War, was invented in 1884.
The Samurai need not be disgraced, since on the smaller islands closer to China many were pirates. Japanese samurai were also known to be mercenaries on ths continent.
Also the Napoleonic Wars - and therefore the French privateers were at the first half of the 1800s, so all this fits better early on.
@@adrianopandolfoDon't forget about the samurai who stabbed someone in Mexico
I would watch 60 minutes of this as an in-depth video essay.
His essays always leave me wanting more!
Would watch anything this man puts together as well lol
This could be a thesis if someone were willing to write it.
Sign of a good writer lol
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The comparison I always make is "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" is set around the same time as Jane Austen's novels.
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Okay this one did blow my mind
So now we need a "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Oh Shit Zombies!" movie.
@@tenzhitihsien888 You should check out a Korean series called Kingdom. It's not quite Crouching Tiger but you get zombies and martial arts 🤘
Crouching Pride Hidden Prejudice
I suspect the difference in visual style for medieval films between East & West is due to their popular cultural perceptions of the era - the west considers the middle ages to be their dark ages, while for the east, the middle ages are often considered the peak of their civilizations. So their movies would naturally trend towards more grimy or gilded based on popular perception, or the directors' own perception the era.
edit: Before you go "UM ACKTUALLY the dark ages and peaks aren't real" - Yes. I agree. I'm saying that a lot of people have popular misconceptions of that era and hence it reflects in film.
I don't really thing peak is the word they would use. It has that feeling of "they peaked in high school". Probably more like the victorian era romanticism.
The thing about European "dark ages" is that it only makes sense from the perspective of the lands of former Roman Empire. In northern and eastern Europe there never was any civilisation collapse.
popular cultural perceptions are just that - perceptions. While it's true that some time periods had more suffering than others in certain regions, the reality is always much more of a mixed bag. dark ages aren't all dark, and golden ages are not all golden
The reason that the Middle Ages have garnered such an unfair, bad rep in the popular imagination is mainly due to the Enlightenments over emphasis on and idolisation of the classical age and it's dislike of organised religion.
It's why there are so many myths about the Middle Ages, such as the idea that the monarchs back then had total tyrannical power and the Catholic Church was the unquestioned, unchallenged authority of Europe.
There are mutliple causes here: chiefly technology and trends of the time. Most of the western movie he mentioned here were released before the 2010s. When he showed eastern historical movie made during that time period, the set design and color pallete are mostly similar as well.
Kurosawa's only color movie was about anything but a gilded, romanticised time period but it was very vibrant nonetheless. Which imo largely influence how historical epic would be directed by eastern industry since then.
"Confucious, how do we spread the knowledge of your teachings?"
"Use squarespace, bro!"
Best fucking ad ever XD
Yup, it reminded me to check updates on Vtuber Confucius.^^
Well Confucious, Scorates and even Jesus would be "influencers" in our modern times.
History seems to be the most digestible when taught one nation at a time, but it's always more interesting when taught one year at a time. I wish history was taught more in this manner in school.
I disagree.
Maybe not one year at a time, but time periods.
@@17-MASY I disagree with your disagreement. Understanding what surrounds and causes events is what leads to understanding history, and every event taking place on the planet Earth comes with crossover from different cultures outside of those 'directly' involved.
@@cam4636 2 Points of why I disagree
1- In many instances, what is happening on very far lands is not important for the subject.
For example: If I'm learning about Chinese court power struggles, then what is happening in Sweden at the time is most probably not important and would just be distracting
There are exceptions of course but they are special cases.
2- Learning the events year by year can be too slow in certain contexts, it is like watching trees grow.
It would also be confusing because in earlier era distant nations did not interact much. Knowing what was going on in Greece when Mencius was alive doesn't really improve your knowledge of Chinese history.
"Similarities come from shared human experiences" --- That reminds me of a line from a Maya Angelou poem: "we are more alike my friend than we are unalike" Showing the films of each era side-by-side was a great way to make this point clearly and viscerally.
Sorry Maya Angelou's perspective was merely drawn from her American black vs. white experience, nothing on the level of world-wide civilization history, and coincidentally, they matched. She didn't have that depth, but she served the need of the American society well.
This is the type of west vs east comparison and analysis I find immensely fascinating
1. Two battles that defined the history of both China and Rome happened in 202 BC. both battles are Gaixia and Zama. both battles involved envelopment tactics
2. Both Rome and China were split into Three Kingdoms around the same time (Rome's Crisis of 3rd Century 235-285 AD, China Three Kingdoms 220-280 AD). Rome was split into Gallic Empire, Roman Empire, and Palmyrene Empire. Gallic and Palmyrene could be roughly analogued to both Shu and Wu Kingdoms
There werent 3 kingdoms for even 15 years of the 50 yr long 3rd century crisis however so this analogy is streching the truth to say the least
The 3rd Century CE was a pretty tumultuous and pivotal time for the major Eurasian powers
You had the crisis of the 3rd Century in Rome
The Three Kingdoms era in China
The transition from the Parthian to the Sassanian dynasty in Persia
The waning of the Kushan Empire and waxing of the Gupta Empire in India
@@JeevesAnthrozaurUS There was no dynasty called Parthian.
@@iamaheretic7829 still a nice coincidence
As the Portuguese were leaving Macau, they built a great museum that shows the history of the Mediterranean and of East Asia in parallel.
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Just a couple of days ago I was watching a korean drama and realized it was set around the same time that the independence of my country. Great video!
What's your country
According to their page, Argentina.
Hello to Argentina from the USA.
@@VarangianGuard13 Then let's imagine this: "Hwarangs & Gauchos"
God, I love how despite the dissimilarities, cultures can always end up being more similar than anyone would've ever thought.
Because still operating by same species and human always interacted through trade
Human behaviors and thought processes transcend racial barriers.
This is an anime/American video game comparison, but "Golden Kamuy" and "Red Dead Redemption" take place at the beginning of the 20th century, within just a few years of each other. Both deal with men approaching middle age who've lived violent lives that they want to forget, but both find themselves drawn into hyperviolent adventures taking place in last pockets of their nation's frontier territory as civilization closes in around them. The shadow of the soon-to-come First World War can also be seen lurking in the narrative "background" of both stories as critique of how peaceful "civilization" actually is- the wild frontier might be ruthlessly violent and chaotic on an individual level, but only civilized societies can send millions to their deaths in mud and barbed wire.
Also, "Golden Kamuy" is totally a Spaghetti Western (Soba Western?) and I will not be convinced otherwise.
Its chitatap eastern
@@Sandal-z5b You have to say it when you make it. Citatap, citatap, citatap....
Oh, forgot one. The tale of Kusanagi and the story of King Arthur and Excalibur are nearly contemporary (first written down in the 6-700s AD, legend goes back further). They even likely looked pretty alike..
This video is too short. The topic is so interesting that I can watch a 1-hour video. Seriously hoping for a part two.
if Confucius used Squarespace, I'm more than certain Sun Tzu would have used Nord VPN
That's the basis of a cartoon if ever I heard it, and that cartoon is called Clone High.
Fascinating again. I've often wondered what was happening elsewhere in the world when watching certain historical films. The history of Earth is millions of worlds rubbing shoulders together, until they are gone.
Thank you for using Heneral Luna on the topic of West-East cultural and colonial struggle. That's the best introduction to Filipino Historical Film
Please don't stop making videos. This was fantastic.
Thanks!
Kinda blatant, but Watanabe made a remake of Eastwood's "Unforgiven" set in Hokaido at just about exactly the same time.
There aren't too many movies about it, but the depiction of the 30 years war in Europe and the Japanese Sengoku Jidai overlap in style (even though they are separated by about 20-30 years), both were noted for being the first wars dominated by firearms, and for wrecking the country.
Too, the Battle of Bosworth (the end of the War of the Roses) bears a LOT of similarities to Sekigahara (the climatic battle of Sengoku Jidai). Both turned on a major player changing sides mid-battle (Kobayakawa and Stanley). Separated by about a century.
The 1920s kinda overlapped in China and the USA (wild times with lots of gangsters). Which reminds me of a question that came up in a discussion. The Western group asked what the Chinese translation/equivalent of being "Shanghaied" (Drugged and/or slugged and put on a ship going a LONG way). The answer was apparently, more or less "Shanghaied" (sailors were grabbed going BOTH directions, but the Chinese equivalent included getting those grabbed for railroad work gangs).
One last thing would be overlapping characters. "Gordon" (of Khartoum), was a fairly big player in the Taiping Rebellion 20 years before. The American Equivalent is seeing Lord Cornwallis putting down rebellions in Ireland and especially India after losing the battle of Yorktown.
Ayooo?!
That clip of Heneral Luna is something I didn't expect, many thanks!
As a Medievalist historian, it is honestly a shame that the West (or, more specifically, the US and Hollywood) sees the Middle Ages as a dark place with little of value rather than being like any other time period with its light and dark. And, more importantly, a time period that had a huge impact on how our society evolved. Far more than the Greco-Roman period.
The problem is that Hollywood is more focused in western Europe perspective, and didn't account much the east of it, where they didn't suffer as much hardships relatively to them. Maybe, it's just because a lot of them are descendants from that region, so they prioritize that region.
@@patrickbueno3279 plus, there was also that rivalry brought on by the Cold War that didn’t help things
@@patrickbueno3279 This might sound ignorant but which area are you thinking about when you say "Eastern Europe"? When I think of that region in the middle ages, I think of various invasions by nomadic tribes and gradual conquests of non-christian peoples. Not exactly blooming civilizations. Are you thinking of the Byzantines instead or am I missing something?
@@patrickbueno3279 well medieval mostly refer Europe
😅 They didn't know during the middle age, Charlemagne Kingdom exist in West, but civil technology do go backwards or unbalance during that time compare to Rome.
I love the premise of this video, it’s often hard to see history in parallel and to show it visually through movies is all the more impactful.
I think it would be even more awesome if you add the discovery of the Americas into the mix, such as Apocalypto (2006). Hope you could spoil us with a lengthier version of this❤
I see a few comments that voice the same thoughts: this general overview just created a desire for many many deep dives. Please dive deeper!
It would be a great if you can make a longer video on this topic or maybe make a series. Would love to see it ❤
Ancient rome and china colors really weren’t quite so dramatically different.. the Gladiator film plays into ideas of ancience rome being pristine white but it was anything but.. simply the ruins and sculptures have lost their paint.
Gladiator is Roman
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey does an excellent job portraying the bright and colorful Greek world. It was refreshing to finally see all sorts of colored Greek cities in media.
@@eugeneng7064True! But Rome was, if anything, even gaudier than ancient Greece.
The HBO series Rome was a much more accurate portray of how Ancient Rome looked, as much as I love Gladiator, it's not a great historical movie, kinda like Braveheart
Who said it wasn’t @@eugeneng7064
I made a list a while back that's similar to what's talked about in this video but it specifically focuses on movies set around the Pacific War, focusing on Japan's rise and fall! It's a whacky list but it all ties together. You can even view it as interconnected even though the movies don't actually have any official relation with each other but due to them all being history based, you could. Here's the list:
1. Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins - 1868
2. Assassination - 1933
3. Ip Man - 1935
4. Pearl Habour - 1941
5. Oppenheimer - 1938-1945
6. Godzilla Minus One
7. Ip Man 4: The Finale - 1964
8. The Karate Kid - 1984
What does Rurouni Kenshin have to do with any of them? It is the very beginning of when Japan started to heavily industrialise and give absolute power to the Emperor which created the Empire of Japan. It goes over the rapid shift Japan underwent. Assassination takes place in Korea, when Japan was occupying it, Ip Man is a similar case but for China. Pearl Habour is pretty self explanatory but it is when America finally got involved in WW2. Oppenheimer is when the nuclear bomb is finally created and ends Japan's reign over the pacific. The aftermath and devesation the bomb caused created gives Japan a new perspective and leads to them created Godzilla as a metaphor to express their feelings, Godzilla attacks Japan (This isn't real of course but it's a period piece!). Ip Man 4, goes to America and experiences racism and finds that Japanese Karate has been incorporated into American culture, it links back to Ip Man. The Karate Kid also shows how Karate has become deeply rooted in American culture and even has a WW2 Vet, Miyagi who experiences racism despite fighting for America.
As a history enthusiast and film buff interested in war movies set in ancient times, I'm consistently intrigued by the parallels in weapons technology across different cultures and periods. It's fascinating to observe how humanity, despite geographical separation, cultural differences, and varying levels of technological advancement, often developed similar military innovations. This convergence is especially striking considering that human populations diverged after the great migration out of Africa.
One of the interesting parallels between the east and west is that the Three Kingdoms period was roughly concurrent with the Crisis of the Third Century in Rome. Don't think there are any movies about that though.
Hopefully there will be one day. The tumultuous reigns of the tragic Gallienus and Aurelian would make for great cinema.
@@onemoreminute0543 Gallienus isn't talked about enough in my opinion. One of my absolute favourite emperors, who somehow managed to have a 15-year reign when the average reign for roman emperors was 3 years
@@game_boyd1644 Absolutely. Imo he was a better emperor than Aurelian as he laid the groundwork for his success in reuniting the empire and pulling Rome through the worst decade of the 3rd century crisis (the 260's)
Poor old Gallienus had to deal with his father being captured, his son being murdered, a plague, Gothic pirates, and a near endless amount of usurpers that sprung up. The situation was nothing short of apocalyptic and imo the worst time to be an emperor in Roman history.
The fact that he not only lasted the longest out of any other barracks emperor (15 years) but also set up the Comitatenses, Odenathus as protector of the east, tolerated the Christians, and sparked an artistic renaissance is nothing short of remarkable.
It's also significant how he was effectively the last Italian born emperor of the state.
@@onemoreminute0543 while I wouldn't exactly say he was better than Aurelian, the rest is definitely true. Aurelian and Diocletian would undoubtedly not have been as successful without the groundwork he laid
@@game_boyd1644 Yeah, he allowed them to rise the ranks through his reforms.
I think Aurelian is pretty good, but the only reason I put him below Gallienus is because he effectively caused the monetary system to collapse through his economic policy, which ruined the coin based economy for about 200 years.
This channel brings the country's history together instead of seperating them. This is wonderful. Love this channel. I'm a french bron chinese, I have been followi'g your channel since a year. My family lives in hong kong, your chanel brought me peace
Studying East Asian Languages and Cultures, I am very often fascinated by how much we tend to not notice just *when* ancient events occurred, especially when we they don't concern Europe.
By the time the Roman Empire was founded, China had already existed for over two thousand years, and was well into the Han dynasty.
Japan's Shogunate ended in the middle of the XIX Century, meaning that what we call "feudal Japan" existed until the early Victorian Era.
Korean unification occurred in the VII Century, which means that the (Western) Roman Empire never coexisted with a unified Korea.
These are just three examples, but it's still fascinating
There's a thing called "Eurocentrism" and it really affects negatively how History is being told. World History that most people study is often centered in European History, with Asian History being decisively brushed off as if it was not a more important part of the story. World Historians tend to simplify Asian History, while broadening, elaborating European history. So the result is you get these nuanced European historical figures and events, then there's Asian history deduced in "hard-to-pronounce" names, and half-baked retelling of Asian historical events. It's racist, to be honest.
"By the time the Roman Empire was founded, China had already existed for over two thousand years"
More like - countries that will be foundational for Chinese culture already existed, but it wasn't strong centralised state before Qin Shi Huangdi.His conquests happened after Alexander and Chandragupta though, as he was contemporary to the Ashoka the great.
It wasn't really "China" as a nation-state before it. This is purely nationalist narrative.
@@vladprus4019 so many dare I say ignorant "bots" in these comments. Lmao. “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” - George Carlin.
Wow - one of the best UA-cam videos I have watched in a long while! Love the concept and presentation of movies from different countries, cultures and continents in the same era. Uplifting message about our similarities too.
My guy, you continuously stun me with your perspective on film and your respect for the cultures from where they arise. It’s incredible content.
Iron Monkey reminded me of Zorro. They’re really not too similar but the image of a dark cloaked figure fighting off bandits and the rich elites are in both
Also awesome martial art fight scenes.
@AccentedCinema talk about how the story of Sun Wukong and how he may have influenced Shonen manga in Japan, and you could take the opportunity to talk about Black Myth: Wukong
I would be interested to hear the parallel time for Tripitaka (the Tang Monk) around the time he retrieved scriptures from India... And then WunZetian's rise as "emperor".
What was happening elsewhere at that time?
Monkey is set in that timeline, but the Journey to the West stories probably kept changing for centuries.
@@DragonDreamVNY Yes, Sun Wukong definitely has inspired lots of Shonen Mangas.
However, what remains less talked about outside of both Japan and France is also the impact of both Rudyard Kipling’s Mowgli stories and various Tarzan books on many kinds of both Shonen and Seinen mangas. You have wild heroes raised by animals (like Mowgli) and/or foundlings raised by locals in another land (such as Sheena).
Amazing video, as usual. I salute you, sir! You are not just a film critic, you are actually a scholar and an intellectual. Every video you make, it could be the topic of a PhD dissertation. (I am a college professor, by the way.)
Reminds me how while Ancient China and Rome were at their height, Japan was still inhabited by neolithic tribes.
I love this topic! It's one of my favorite things about the world, that history is not limited to what we're taught in school. This was a great look at that. My follow up thought to this is: multiple takes on the same topic/moment in history, like something done 50 years ago vs done today or from many different cultures.
Fantastic video, I wish I could give it a thousand likes - it reminds me of when I read 'A Study in Scarlet' when I was younger and learned that Sherlock Holmes' Victorian England was concurrent with America's old west cowboys and it blew my mind
If you'd like to see a film set in medieval Europe that doesn't revolve around warfare and courtly politics, check out "The Name of the Rose" starring Sean Connery. It's a murder mystery set in a monastery. The story leverage's its setting by giving the killer a motivation couched in the ideology of the church at the time, and the investigator can't rely on modern forensics to collect his evidence.
this needs to be expanded. One of your best ideas and videos so far.
This is such a great idea for a video! I know that history is often best taught as a narrative, hence why we tend to learn about different regions’ histories separately, but it’s also valuable to look at the same years across the globe to get a fuller picture of our history.
Wonderfully intriguing and analytical videos as always
this is such a fun concept. loved it!!
using footage from Bill and Ted for Socrates is totally awesome dude!
New accented cinema video. So happy :)
Such a great video. Really enjoyed watching this 😊 Cant stop binging your video essays. More power to you sir/yall
One thing most Americans do not think of is how the Spanish Missions build along the pacific coast, were being made at the same time as the American Revolution
That is your best plug for SquareSpace, ever!
This was what I have been trying to figure out and you came out with this
00:35 ... for me that was the connection of iirc France funding the American revolution (iirc to harm the UK), and then that in turn contributing to the bankruptcy involved in kicking off the French revolution not much later! Was one of me early moments of this sort of thing, of parallel strands of history linking up
What a fascinating perspective on history.
The new ways to introduce Squarespace is all I look forward in your videos 😂😂
What a fantastic and simple idea for a video
I'd love for you to do this as a series--like you did with the Dynasties and Three Kingdoms Series. Focus on three periods maybe--medieval; colonial/forced opening period; BCE settings?
a great example of movies taking place in different places at the same time: while Luca, Alberto and Giulia were trying to win the Portorosso Cup in Liguria, Italy. Gordie, Chris, Verne and Teddy were looking for the body of Ray Brower in Castle Rock, Oregon.
both these films take place at the tail end of the Summer of 1959.
Hi! 🇮🇹 thanks to your videos on the history of the Chinese Empire in cinema, I tried to collect many titles of films, TV series and novels that deal with the Roman Empire, from its foundation to its fall. In the end, I must admit that despite the historical blunders, it is interesting to understand how the imagination of this imposing civilization has changed over time.
MASTERFUL👌. I can't imagine how much work and research went into this.
Should be used in high school History classes.
Now that you've gifted us a summary, what about a video per time period. It's so good to show against the main (Western) reference point what else was happening in the world.
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It's funny because in Java there was also a legendary robber in the 12th century nicknamed the "setan' alas karautan" which mean devil of the karautan forest, his real name was Ken Arok and he eventually became a great king in Java.
I haven’t heard of him before. Isn’t he mainly known in Indonesia? He’s not a Robin Hood kind of guy though.
@@SlapstickGenius23 Nope, Ken Arok was not a Robin Hood from Java, he was indeed a robber. He was legendary because a few years later he became a king whose descendants were great kings in Java. For
@@SlapstickGenius23 Actually Java has a Robin Hood figure, but it was in the 15th century, his name was Raden Mas Syahid, His nickname is the thug from Lokajaya. Like Robin Hood, he also robbed the rich to give to the poor.He did this until finally a Mooslem scholars reprimanded him, then made him a student after going through a difficult test and finally he was known as Sunan Kalijaga.(Kalijaga = guarding the river, because the test from the teacher was to meditate on the riverbank until the teacher came to pick him up).He was a member of the Walisanga, namely 9 Muslim scholars who spread Islam to Java, he was also a teacher of the kings of the Javanese sultanate.
This is fascinating! Good stuff!
Need more of this. Extended version hype is real
Just to note that while the story of the Monkey king came about around 17th century, the fantasy world that Wukong is in is depicting the Tang dynasty, around 7th century.
Actually, while prototypes of Sun Wukong debuted through various centuries, albeit merely as folktale characters, it’s just that the monkey king’s appearance in Journey to the west still makes him famous even a few centuries later.
thank you so much for making this, it really is putting things int o perspective
That’s a great resource to share with my students!
Fascinating
Awesome topic that could be an entire series on its own, with each episode covering a specific era or century.
I was always fascinated by the fact that the Qin Empire happened pretty much around the same time than Rome was at its peak, and often wondered what would have happened in a world where the 2 were in direct communication with each other (there are historical evidences that point out the fact that they were both at least aware of each other's grandeur, at each continent's ends) and how all the other kingdoms inbetween would have reacted to their correspondance.
Insightful! The development of civilization across major countries was very similar.
Great video as always
I love this channel so much
Your videos are so good they make me cry.
A well researched and a very insightful video
essay. The only other parallel (like this) that I've observed is in war movies. Particularly WW2 movies.
I had an uncle who worked in education and sent a proposal to the Mexican Secretariat of Public Education detailing how teaching concurrent historical events would be beneficial over the chronological/separate cultures model we've always used, and how it could be done efficiently. It got rejected. I'm still angry over this and it happened 20-30 years ago.
wow.. what another banger. thank you
This was so cool! Thank you!
Watch 12th fail movie, very popular from last year, our pure Indian story, our people story. And the masterpiece Apu Trilogy by the Master Satyajit Ray , and other best parallel cinema. And movies of the first method actor in the history of world cinema: Dilip Kumar (yes its not brando, its just that the world dont know it). Also watch Raj Kapoor movies espeically my fav Mera Naam Joker.
Guys we don't need to dump a list of suggestions on every video 😭. He'll get around to it eventually!
@@joshuanishanthchristian5217 apna kaam kar na
@@user-hq8wm8giyujcg crouching dragon vs lagaan konsa better h
I really need 2 hours long version of this video.
Hey with all the discussion around Black Myth Wukong right now, can you do a video about Journey to The West like the one you did with Romance of the Three Kingdoms? I'm sure that video would perform well.
I like your channel. Always so interesting. Nice of you to include India in the overviews, I know close to zero about their storytelling.
_Gone with the Wind_ in the background of "Hopefully we learn our lessons from these stories before they fade into legends" is an absolute cinematic coup de grâce
This channel has been one of the best parts of film UA-cam and I love every single video! Thanks for introducing me to so many different kinds of films!
This video named several movies that I've never heard of before, and I'll definitely be checking them out.
An inspiring message at the end of this video, and one I dearly hope you're right about.
6:44- Yeah, this is confusing since it is set in twilight of Emishi in 9th century CE BUT also handcannons and arquebus being used as well.
I wouldn’t mind a three hour long compilation of this ❤
I think you could teach an entire semester of film and history using this as a basis.
I did not expect to see a Filipino movie in this honestly
I love that Heneral Luna was mentioned…. honestly probably the best gateway film to historical Philippine cinema. Other acclaimed movies set around that century is Gomburza (2023) set in late 1860s/early 1870s and Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral (2018) set in late 1890s.
im pissed and thankful cus you just gave me a ton of movie backlogs. appreciate ya Accented cinema! always.
Love this video. Reminds me of the only piece of media i've seen that even attempts to utilise the fact that global history happens parallel to each other is '1899' (still so sad its cancelled)
oh,my god that is totally true！
Man you just gave a ton of movies to watch thanks 😂😂❤
Please make a mode extensive version of this video.
What a great idea! Been wanting how both East and West tackle their respective histories within the same period.
Hope to see a followup where both cultures view the same great events in history, like WW2 or the British Empire, from different perspectives in their respective movies.
That would be incredibly interesting!
It's perhaps a minor example, but I really enjoyed watching The General (1926) and The Great Locomotive Chase (1951) back-to-back, as they show the same US Civil War battle from opposite perspectives.
mann.. i really though its gonna be a 1hr ride. I could watch this all day.
This topic speaks to me. I collect historical/period films and I file them by the chronology of the story
It’s cool to see the wider world during the same time period.
Just recently I search for this very thing I ponder the concept of what was happening in the West versus the east in the same time. A concept not very many people usually think about, could you make another video essay about history that happened co-currently? Thank you
Have you considered making a video about the two versions of Red Cliff and your thoughts on both?
There are many inaccuracies with Historical Indian Movies as no cares about the historical stuff to do reserch when making the films. The major inaccuracies in the movies mentioned in this video are -
1. Ashok - You can watch this video ua-cam.com/video/XrtprAa3T44/v-deo.html . The major inaccuracies are Firstly about him becoming Buddhist, In reality he became Buddhist almost 6 Years before the Invasion of Kalinga, whereas in the movies it is shown that he became Buddhist after seeing the bloodshed in the war. Secondly him being a good person, In reality he was cruel conqueror who killed all his sibilings to ascend including killing the crown prince Susim. Thirdly the depiction of Buddha in the movie is inaccurate.
Also his grandfather Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of the Mauryan Empire & was a Contemporary of Alexander.
2. Padmaavat - Padmaavat is the name of ballard that the movie is based on so it's written with the Queen Padmaavati/Padmini as the central character when in reality it is Indians defending their culture & religion against invading Turks.
This is the problem with most historical Indian Movies is that they take way too much liberty with rewriting history to fit their story instead of the other way round & movies will have no resemblence to the actual historical event or story. That said, the sets of Padmaavat are very grand & it is indeed a visually striking film despite it's inaccuracies.
Other Historical Movies that you can watch are Bajirao Mastaani ( Same director as Padmaavat), Tanhaaji, Sardaar Udham, Kesari, Mughal-E-Azam
Inaccuracies reflect the culture's perception of those time periods and it's interesting to analyze the reasons behind them.
Don't forget indian put too much romanticism in their historical film make their classical movies ni more than nationalism circlejerk
Do you think foreign war movies are accurate? 🤔
@@raja-jl9os Well, they are more accurate than Indian ones especially with their narrative.
@@LemonBoi13example being? Bcuz I don't think so
I’ve been saying this for years. I wish that history was taught in chunks of time instead of places or movements. If it was taught in chunks of time, we would be able to see what was happening at the same time in different places and see how connected the world really is. It would also make it easier for people to make connections between places, people, time periods, and movements in a more efficient way.