Blackthorne's arrival in Osaka stirs up a hornet's nest of rivalries. Mariko is trapped between her cause and her faith when she must translate for the barbarian in Lord Toranaga's custody.Blackthorne's arrival in Osaka stirs up a hornet's nest of rivalries. Mariko is trapped between her cause and her faith when she must translate for the barbarian in Lord Toranaga's custody.Blackthorne's arrival in Osaka stirs up a hornet's nest of rivalries. Mariko is trapped between her cause and her faith when she must translate for the barbarian in Lord Toranaga's custody.
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- TriviaThe Treaty of Tordesillas was an agreement between Spain and Portugal that was signed in 1494, in the namesake town in Spain. In this treaty, Spain and Portugal agreed to divide the New World between themselves for colonization, conversion, and administration by setting a line of demarcation that had run from north to south at a meridian about 370 leagues (one league is equal to three miles) west of the Cape Verde islands. Spain would be granted everything to the west of this line, while Portugal would receive everything to the east. This corresponded roughly to most of eastern modern Brazil and Africa being conceded to Portugal, while Spain would take the rest of the New World. It would later be revised by the Treaty of Zaragoza (1529), which included Asia, since neither party had considered the world's spherical shape at the time of drawing the line of demarcation, and they quickly realized they would need a second line to divide the world into two hemispheres. The Portuguese hemisphere included Japan, as well as the rest of Asia to the west, leaving Spain with most of the Pacific Ocean but none of mainland Asia, with the exception of Spain given the right to trade in the Philippines. Though the treaty was largely ignored by other European powers, particularly when the Protestant Reformation took root, Spain and Portugal followed it fairly faithfully, though it did require some amendments as more of the world was charted.
- GoofsWhen the first program ends, Blackthorn is brought to his knees in front of Toranaga. He stays stays on his knees for 16, 17 seconds before bowing to Toranaga. The second program begins where the first ends with an overlap as Blackthorne is brought to his knees. This time, however, as soon as he is put on his knees, he immediately bows before Toranaga.
- Quotes
John Blackthorne: You're telling me the lords here don't know?
Father Domingo: It's too late for that now.
John Blackthorne: You don't understand. I must tell them. That's my way out.
Father Domingo: You can't play their game. Their rules are too opaque, their hearts too guarded.
John Blackthorne: You don't know me.
Father Domingo: I've known a thousand of you.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credit sequence is a modified version of a zen garden. This style of garden is often referred to as karesansui, which means "not using water."The two main elements of a Zen or karesansui (pronounced "kah-ray-sahn-soo-ee") garden are rocks to represent mountains (or islands) and sand to represent water. The sand used in Zen gardens is not beach sand; it is actually crushed or decomposed granite, small pebbles, or fine gravel. The particles of crushed granite are angular rather than round, so they can be more easily raked into patterns. Moreover, ripples in the sand or gravel represent flowing water or ripples in the ocean.
That was, until the final scene of E01 which somehow came with such energy and a great set up for even greater things to come. With E02 they delivered in spades! The only reason I did not rate as a 10 is because I am sure this will get even better.
This series so far has everything, great scenery, fantastic costumes, good balance between action and dialog and the subtitles just adds to it all. The plotting and back-stabbing have just begun, and I felt like I haven't seen anything like this since Ran. I'm excited to see what's ahead.
This series has the potential to be the most talked about series of 2024, and the way it's going I hope they continue the story!
It takes a bit of time to get used to the subtitles as you must always pay attention but if they had all been speaking English it definitely would not be the same impact, so I hope they don't change this.
- doug-grier
- Feb 28, 2024
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- Runtime58 minutes
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- 2.00 : 1