Edo is the cental city/castle of Toranaga's territory, so building a church there would be huge. Also, Edo eventually becomes Tokyo, so yeah - it's a big deal. Toranaga is promising all sorts of things to buy the support he needs. Who knows if he'll honor those promises? Not that he'd ever act dishonorably but...he's a wily old fox who has likely already found all the loopholes :) I'm glad they put in the diving/swimming race scene. The book has some very comedic moments and Toranaga comes across as a lot more whimsical and quirky - he knows how to have fun. In the 1980 miniseries, Toshiro Mifune played the role amazingly well. Saneda is great too, but this whole production has a more serious mood (so far anyway) so it makes sense to tone the silly moments down somewhat. But Blackthorn in the book did his distraction by singing and dancing and pretending to go insane, lol.
Captain-sama was the guy Blackthorne saved from going over the railing in the storm in Ep 1, right? He's so ride-or-die for Blackthorne. What a bro.
Edo is the cental city/castle of Toranaga's territory, so building a church there would be huge. Also, Edo eventually becomes Tokyo, so yeah - it's a big deal. Toranaga is promising all sorts of things to buy the support he needs. Who knows if he'll honor those promises? Not that he'd ever act dishonorably but...he's a wily old fox who has likely already found all the loopholes :)
I'm glad they put in the diving/swimming race scene. The book has some very comedic moments and Toranaga comes across as a lot more whimsical and quirky - he knows how to have fun. In the 1980 miniseries, Toshiro Mifune played the role amazingly well. Saneda is great too, but this whole production has a more serious mood (so far anyway) so it makes sense to tone the silly moments down somewhat. But Blackthorn in the book did his distraction by singing and dancing and pretending to go insane, lol.
The show is so good, dude; so good. - You got that right.
Thank you, Derek! 🗾 Charlotte Brändström directed this episode.
Man I love Richard Alpert... Nice to see he's living his best life since the aging started back up 😂
Shoutout Captain-sama tbh
The goat for real
no doubt they're sailors. they curse like one.
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