Shōgun Clip - Blackthorne Outsmarts Lord Ishido's Men (2024)

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In 17th century Japan, shipwrecked British sailor John Blackthorne rises from outsider to samurai, while being used as a pawn in Japanese leader Toranaga's struggle to reach the top of the ruling chain.

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[Vean-fnfn]

Everyone there was too busy looking after their honor and image, only Blackthorne was willing to act like an obnoxious fool to buy time

[ceresbane]

"this is the man we're risking our lives for"

The man just saved all your lives.

[enterusername]

I bet Toranaga was holding his laughter in there while John was screaming lol

[XiangYu]

*AM I THE ONLY MAN PRESENT, WHO TREASURES THE PURITY OF A WOMAN*

[ThePizzaGoblin]

That head jerk he did to Mariko 😂

"Tell him! Go on"

[vatsmith]

Nice to see that even in those days Englishmen only had to shout loudly in English at foreigners to be understood.

[thelegionisnotamused]

Having spent six years in Japan, this actually rings true. The Japanese have a really difficult time changing and are inflexible to the extreme, especially bureaucrats. The expectation is that things are done, as they are always done, and it generally takes direct intervention to address things outside of the norm. Having said that, the reason things are as efficient as they are is because things don't change.
Source: Ran a Road Tax Office in Japan.

[billytessio]

Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest.

[christophergallagher]

A WOMAN'S VIRTUE IS HER GLORY! THE SHAME OF IT ALL!

[ApollyonAnalysis]

In the book, Ishido himself comes to deliver a message to the person Toranaga is posing as, so Blackthorn cries out that it's "terrible luck for a prince to deliver his own messages, " grabs the message out of Ishido's hands, and tosses it in to Toranaga. Even more audacious.

[dianebraberry]

Think no one knew Toranaga made the switch due to the distraction, it was only Blackthorne and Mariko who noticed because they were observant. Guess they realized later why he acted like a fool

[Buenomars]

2:15 "Let them through, so the cannonballs can get through me later!"

[tatemartin]

2:04 matey in the back round had to put he's head down from laughing

[jonothandoeser]

The original Shogun series handled this much better. The idea that Blackthorn had "gone mad" seems a lot more reasonable. Cultures around the world consider madness to be a gift from the gods. But saying "He is insulted because in his culture... " would probably get him stuck with more arrows than a porcupine.

[Sr-wn]

The best historical serial i have ever seen

[Bazookatone]

There's something about Cosmo Jarvis that strongly reminds me of Tom Hardy - I can't pu tmy finger on it but he gives off a similar vibe.

[OctavMarkovicz]

Blackthorne its the providențial Man for Toranaga

[peach]

Yes, the man that just saved your life is the man you're risking your life for.

[lateblossom]

"I hope you didn't mind the part about the pony". That got me XD

[farahahmedkarim]

The fact that Mariko played along with the ruse rather than keep her mouth shut makes the scene so much funnier, i swear to Christ.