The Real Story Behind Shogun TV Show: William Adams - English Samurai

Sources:
Dalton, William. 1861. Will Adams, The First Englishman in Japan: A Romantic Biography. London: Cassel, Peter, and Galpin.
Veith, Ilza. 1945. "Englishman or Samurai: The Story of Will Adams." The Far Eastern Quarterly 5-27.

#Documentary #Shogun #Samurai

[mustafaalaa]

Smart move changing the title, immediately showed up on my recommended feed even though the video is 4 year's old.

[Zetler]

You forgot the part where he spent 1000 hours fighting demons and grinding legendary gear in Nioh.

[jmaitland]

Ieyasu: "Stay please, I need you."
Adams: "But my wife and kids!"
Ieyasu: *shows attractive Japanese woman*
Adams: "私は日本人です."

[damon]

I live in his hometown. Here, we have an annual fest that celebrates Japanese culture and the Japanese society in the local area. We have a couple of roads named after the place he landed in and died in and a hospital named after him too. In Japan there’s a festival in August that celebrates it and theres a couple statues of him in either Ito or Yokosuka (I forgot which). There’s also an exchange trip for a couple of students where we can go over there for two weeks to visit the places he lived and then a student comes over here and gets to look around the area and its historic significance. Pretty interesting story too!

[michealcurrie]

The seven Samurai moved to Scotland to become Highlanders - a medieval exchange programme.

[MrLookatmyhat]

There are monuments to this man still standing in Japan.

[ovaaaaaL]

Adams: i have family back there
Shogun: here's some kawaii waifu
Adams: say no more

[bennygerow]

Watching this in 2024 as Shogun is a new, phenomenal show.

[silverrain]

I never knew Adams was responsible for the expulsion of the Portuguese. Thank you for creating this video.

[diedonthevine]

That story was pretty much every weeb's dream.
The main difference is that the guy had skills and was worthy of respect as opposed to (almost) all weeaboos.

[PingasMonkeyrdClass]

Next up: "The Aztec Jaguar warrior that became a Scottish highlander"

[HM_]

Netflix if you are reading this: new series 'Samurai'
Season 1: story of Yasuke
Season 2: story of William Adams
Season 3: story of Miyamoto Musashi

[LeoWarrior]

Usually I write in some witty joke or topical meme, but this time I'm just going to recommend "Shogun" by James Clavell, it is a book based on Adams life and is one of the best novels of all time (in my opinion)!

[denniscleary]

Another excellent story of human perseverance, thank you so much kings

[pivotmasters]

This is who the main character of NIOH is based on. :D They use historical figure but I didn't Know about william so this was interesting.

[sunwukong]

Normal Dad Abandoning Family Joke: I'm going to get some milk son

This guy: I'm going to become a samurai and get my own Waifu son

[wout]

Liefde, the name of the ship with which Addams crossed the ocean is translated into 'Love' in English

[allenvikramchochinov]

That was so cool, this is definitely the video I'll use to get people hooked on your channel

[te]

I'm a Japanese university student. The number of books about his entire life is not a lot although he supported the grate shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu. Thanks to this documentary, I was able to learn his life in detail. Thank you very much!

[gilvinzalsos]

Noticed the title change as response for the the 2024 TV Show Shogun getting popular these days. Very Clever Kingsand Generals. Very clever.