Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan (2021)

Genre

documentary television program

Country

Canada

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 306 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series tells the story of powerful feudal lords in 16th century Japan who fought to unify the country. It uses reenactments and expert commentary to show the battles and political maneuvering of the period.

dramaticeducationalfast-pacedintensevisually richhistoricalsoberingpolitical

What happens

Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan is a Canadian-American documentary television series, distributed by Netflix and released on February 24, 2021. It takes place in feudal Japan from 1551 to 1616, during the final phase of the Sengoku period (The Age of Warring States), mainly the Azuchi–Momoyama period. It features reenactments of historical events and commentary by voice-over artist Hiro Kanagawa and historians Stephen Turnbull, David Spafford, Tomoko Kitagawa, Isaac Meyer and others. The story is about several powerful daimyo (feudal lords) who clash to unify Japan. The series was produced by the Canadian firms Cream Productions and Blue Ant Media, for broadcast on Smithsonian Channel in Canada and Netflix internationally. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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