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This video is extremely well presented and it's heartening to see such a self-aware Japanese person discussing the problems of the country from a historical perspective.
This video is extremely well presented and it's heartening to see such a self-aware Japanese person discussing the problems of the country from a historical perspective.A key part of Japanese culture is the samurai and Bushido (the samurai 'code of conduct'). Here is a video by Japanese swordsman Shodo that is highly critical of Bushido culture in present-day Japan.
Interesting. I didn't know the movie had any basis in fact whatsoever.According to sword-practitioner Shogo, there were three more foreigners who became Japanese samurai;
Yasuke, who was a slave brought from Africa by Jesuits. Yasuke was made a samurai by none other than Oda Nobunaga, one of the best-known samurai in Japanese history. Yasuke is the one who ran to save his head samurai (an important scene in the movie Last Samurai).
Miura Anjin (William Adams) was born in England and came to Japan in 1587 (so there really was a foreigner samurai named 'Anjin-san" as in the movie Last Samurai) But then Japan's isolation from the outside world began, people were afraid Anjin-san would rebel against this, so his status deteriorated. He worked as a translator and teacher or the Shogun (as in the movie Last Samurai).
Eugene Collache was a Frenchman who lived in Hokaido in the 1800's, wore kimono and carried samurai swords. He wrote a book about his life in Japan that we can read today. He joined the samurai uprising in Hokkaido and fought on the side of the Shogunate Army and was defeated by the Imperial Army (as in the movie Last Samurai).
So, if you are a fan of the movie Last Samurai (as I am) you can see how bits and pieces from various foreign samurai were woven together to make the movie Last Samurai.
It is recorded that a Persian became a Japanese government official for 765 years.
Interesting. I didn't know the movie had any basis in fact whatsoever.
Next is another video by the sword-practioner Shogo about a group of samurai called the shinsengumi (しんせんぐみ) (新選組). (I had never heard of them,
and I did not know they are 'well-known to every Japanese person'.)
AgreeThis video is extremely well presented and it's heartening to see such a self-aware Japanese person discussing the problems of the country from a historical perspective.
Thanks a lot！ Wish there were some more J Dramas in these platformsFor those of you with a Netflix subscription, there is a "dorama" ('soap opera' TV series) on Netflix set in Shinjuku, Tokyo called Midnight Diner.
Here is a promotional 'trailer' on YouTube.
There is a Chinese version with the same name on YouTube with Chinese and English subtitles. Here is the first episode. (It says it is set in Shinjuku, Tokyo, but the outside shots look very much like they were shot in a Chinese city.)
It is based on a Japanese manga called Shinya Shokudo ("Midnight Diner").
Whoa this is so good to be true, do you know if this channel has only this video with English subs or not？ If there are others Ill sure follow, the channel seems very good anywaysLearn about cooking, nature, and Japanese simultaneously.
English subs are usually "hit or miss" on YouTube, including the quality of the translations, and depends on the creator and video.Whoa this is so good to be true, do you know if this channel has only this video with English subs or not？ If there are others Ill sure follow, the channel seems very good anyways