SHOGUN: John Blackthorne REAL STORY Explained

I review, breakdown and explain Shogun Episode 1 & 2 on FX. I discuss the character John Blackthorne and reveal the real story behind him and how he was inspired by William Adams. I react to the other inspiration and true story in history which is Toranaga who is inspired by Tokagawa and how similar it is to the show. I also give my theories and predictions on episode 3.

00:00 Intro
00:45 John Blackthorne's Real Story
08:04 Outro

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Music: Emmit Fenn - Allegro

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[BrainPilot]

What did you think of the first two episodes of Shogun? Let me know your thoughts below!

[MolotovJuiceBox]

My nephew worked on this show and we have been getting together every week to watch the new episodes. I can't believe how incredible it is! It's fun getting his comments and hearing little behind the scenes stories. Like having an interactive dvd feature sitting next to me on the couch😂

[kriso]

Ayy, I actually live in Gillingham the town William Adams is from. We used to have a Will Adams festival every year where we would have a lot of Japanese entertainment including food, music, origami, manga and I even got to wear authentic samurai armour. The game Nioh is also based on him BTW.

[faithfreewoman]

I started my Shogun journey when the book first came out and, much as I like respect the actor who played Blackthorne in the original TV series, I I MUCH prefer this one. To me it makes more sense that he’s a bit of a rascal, as well as fearless and outspoken, as he is in this epic, amazing, gorgeous version of Shogun.❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[nvonliph]

Broad strokes accurate enough is good enough for me. Loved the book for many years.

[markpjf]

Really enjoyable to be honest very interesting backstory of William truth to this story as such

[jedtulman]

Hands down : one of the finest television series ....I've ever seen.

[mojoneko]

I am liking this show as much or more than the first Shogun miniseries that aired back in the 80's? I have been fascinated by Japanese culture and history ever since. Love your narration of the first two episodes. I haven't watched the third one yet plan to do that tonight. Watching this series has me thinking it's finally time for me to read the book Shogun by James Cavil. Hooked yourself another subscriber. Thanks for the video.

[hanniffydinn]

Amazing in shogun every character was based on a real person! Yes, this stuff actually happened! 🤯🤯🤯🤯😎😎😎😎👍👍👍👍

[Halftimehero]

I am here after watching the 3rd episode, this show is intense!

[georgepanayotov]

Stumbled upon the channel by chance. Love the voice bro, and the scripts are well developed and written. Great job

As a Portuguese person, it never stops being funny when I seem them say/claim they're are speaking/going to speak Portuguese and then start speaking in English. I understand why that is but... Still funny though.

[littlejimmy]

I've been so impressed with the first 2 episodes. Everything looks so good, there are a few forgivable moments where Anjin was speaking to everyone in Portuguese without translation, takes the clunkiness out in the end.

[Kahscho]

It would be more interesting to show the comparisons between the show’s/novel’s Taranaga and the real-life Tokugawa. They have some correct details about Tokugawa and Japanese history prior to 1600, but then other things have changed. It all seems a little strange to create a fictionalized version of such an iconic historical figure.

[randomaccount-dqjq]

Guy was so good he sent child support and alimony back home to his kid even when it was the other side of the world.

[westwardsmile]

This will be the best show of the year

[unixtreme]

1:00 life expectancy from centuries ago is very misunderstood. Sure, it was lower, but the main thing driving it down was infant mortality rates, many children died at birth or within the first year, making to 60 was actually not uncommon as we tend to believe.

[benburk]

It’s such a great book so happy they finally made a show of it

[robertkarp]

Life expectancy is based on infant mortality rate. People that survived childhood would live to be in their 80 just like today.

[robertkarp]

I watched the first two episodes and it's following very closely to the Richard Chamberlain series of Shogun.