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Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

An exploration of the warring kingdoms of feudal Japan when several powerful warlords fought to become absolute ruler.

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documentary, action, adventure

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1 win & 2 nominations total

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And Mitsunari seems to feel that
as long as Ieyasu is not challenged, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

And Mitsunari seems to feel that as long as Ieyasu is not ch...

…to see hundreds of Hideyoshi samurai - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

…to see hundreds of Hideyoshi samurai

The Ikko drew people together
across social lines - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

The Ikko drew people together across social lines

There was a female shinobi
named Mochizuki Chiyome, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

There was a female shinobi named Mochizuki Chiyome,

And he's not willing to live with that.
He wants to either assassinate Ieyasu, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

And he's not willing to live with that. He wants to eit...

So he writes to Korea - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

So he writes to Korea

Nobunaga was known
for his ability to fly into a temper. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Nobunaga was known for his ability to fly into a temper.

Merchants, villagers, monks, everyone
could be united by their common faith - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Merchants, villagers, monks, everyone could be united by the...

She approached men
and then gathered information… - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

She approached men and then gathered information…

He tried desperately
to re-order his army, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

He tried desperately to re-order his army,

Ishida Mitsunari needed
allies and support. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Ishida Mitsunari needed allies and support.

By the end of the 1500s,
the Ikkō-ikki had a network across Japan. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

By the end of the 1500s, the Ikkō-ikki had a network across ...

And so a lot of people,
both within the Oda clan - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

And so a lot of people, both within the Oda clan

Sometimes, they even kill the people
after getting the information. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Sometimes, they even kill the people after getting the infor...

So, he approached the veteran member
of the council, Maeda Toshiie, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

So, he approached the veteran member of the council, Maeda T...

And they were rising up
in almost all of the provinces. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

And they were rising up in almost all of the provinces.

The lead negotiator
on the Japanese side is Konishi Yukinaga. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

The lead negotiator on the Japanese side is Konishi Yukinaga...

Maeda Toshiie was the only
one capable of going up against Ieyasu. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Maeda Toshiie was the only one capable of going up against I...

And Hideyoshi's army had
the considerable advantage of surprise. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

And Hideyoshi's army had the considerable advantage of ...

Whatever you like to call them, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Whatever you like to call them,

They answered to a higher authority.
They weren't willing to become subordinate - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

They answered to a higher authority. They weren't willi...

He is authorized by Hideyoshi
to present Hideyoshi's demands. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

He is authorized by Hideyoshi to present Hideyoshi's de...

The Tokugawa family's recent deeds… - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

The Tokugawa family's recent deeds…

Oda Nobunaga is… - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Oda Nobunaga is…

Would you please help Hideyori? - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Would you please help Hideyori?

Hard times and hard stones - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Hard times and hard stones

For centuries, Korea and Japan
had had terrible relations. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

For centuries, Korea and Japan had had terrible relations.

The Battle of Shizugatake
was a particularly fierce one - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

The Battle of Shizugatake was a particularly fierce one

We must put from our minds any image
of these Buddhist monks being peaceful men - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

We must put from our minds any image of these Buddhist monks...

The Japanese had actually invaded Korea
hundreds of years before. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

The Japanese had actually invaded Korea hundreds of years be...

In Japan,
ceremony is the most important thing. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

In Japan, ceremony is the most important thing.

These assassins, spies and agents
were not to be trifled with, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

These assassins, spies and agents were not to be trifled wit...

A scene of utter carnage… - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

A scene of utter carnage…

And these clan members,
they love doing things the old way. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

And these clan members, they love doing things the old way.

If Nobunaga did not make
an example of them, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

If Nobunaga did not make an example of them,

He's near the end of his life, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

He's near the end of his life,

Katsuie's life is in my hands! - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Katsuie's life is in my hands!

Nobunaga's behavior caused
so much concern - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Nobunaga's behavior caused so much concern

And to add insult to injury, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

And to add insult to injury,

Soon, Sakuma's men
were fleeing down the mountain - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Soon, Sakuma's men were fleeing down the mountain

So, Maeda Toshiie backs off
from confronting Tokugawa Ieyasu, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

So, Maeda Toshiie backs off from confronting Tokugawa Ieyasu...

They proved to be a thorn
in Oda Nobunaga's side, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

They proved to be a thorn in Oda Nobunaga's side,

The Koreans won't allow Hideyoshi
to walk through their country to China. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

The Koreans won't allow Hideyoshi to walk through their...

His name was Hirate Masahide, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

His name was Hirate Masahide,

When Nobunaga moved
against the Ikkō-ikki, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

When Nobunaga moved against the Ikkō-ikki,

In part, this was because of
the close ties Korea had had with China, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

In part, this was because of the close ties Korea had had wi...

Kill each and every one of them! - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Kill each and every one of them!

After three days of siege,
Katsuie knew that his cause was hopeless. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

After three days of siege, Katsuie knew that his cause was h...

August, 1570. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Now, he had been
the guardian of Toyotomi Hideyori. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Now, he had been the guardian of Toyotomi Hideyori.

Katsuie eventually
had to choose death. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Katsuie eventually had to choose death.

In Hideyoshi's mind, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

In Hideyoshi's mind,

So, he committed seppuku. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

So, he committed seppuku.

Not only were they raiding
his lines of communication, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Not only were they raiding his lines of communication,

…but Tokugawa Ieyasu, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

…but Tokugawa Ieyasu,

He was so appalled by Nobunaga's behavior
and so shamed by the behavior, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

He was so appalled by Nobunaga's behavior and so shamed...

Hideyoshi's victory
at Shizugatake was a decisive battle. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Hideyoshi's victory at Shizugatake was a decisive battl...

We, as Buddhists,
must not allow this. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

We, as Buddhists, must not allow this.

It's like a minister - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

It's like a minister

Hideyoshi was now
the de facto ruler of Japan, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Hideyoshi was now the de facto ruler of Japan,

There were some cases in which people
were said to rip their belly open - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

There were some cases in which people were said to rip their...

Oda Nobukatsu decided
to destroy them on his father's behalf. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Oda Nobukatsu decided to destroy them on his father's b...

Undertaking the invasion of Korea - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Undertaking the invasion of Korea

We shall not allow his actions. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

We shall not allow his actions.

Enryaku-ji was by far the most
politically influential Buddhist complex - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Enryaku-ji was by far the most politically influential Buddh...

Nobukatsu, of course,
was in many ways overshadowed - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Nobukatsu, of course, was in many ways overshadowed

But it could also be, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

But it could also be,

Hideyoshi is going to rely
on the daimyo in the west - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Hideyoshi is going to rely on the daimyo in the west

Nobukatsu may have seen this
as an opportunity - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Nobukatsu may have seen this as an opportunity

It could be a way to shock a peer
into doing something. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

It could be a way to shock a peer into doing something.

Even though it is
to disobey Buddha's teachings - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Even though it is to disobey Buddha's teachings

It was an act that enraged
the other members of the regency, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

It was an act that enraged the other members of the regency,

Hideyoshi is the rare figure
in political history - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Hideyoshi is the rare figure in political history

They're men of battle, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

They're men of battle,

Masahide might have been signaling
to other people in the Oda clan, "Look, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Masahide might have been signaling to other people in the Od...

He was going to enter Iga
by three separate mountain passes, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

He was going to enter Iga by three separate mountain passes,

Not only that, it was so close to Kyoto, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Not only that, it was so close to Kyoto,

The council of regents
ordered Ieyasu to back off - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

The council of regents ordered Ieyasu to back off

We have to remember - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

We have to remember

So, he orders, in 1592, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

So, he orders, in 1592,

There's no one alive in Japan
who hasn't seen war, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

There's no one alive in Japan who hasn't seen war,

So he made the most fateful decision
of his career. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

So he made the most fateful decision of his career.

From day one,
Nobunaga's life was in jeopardy. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

From day one, Nobunaga's life was in jeopardy.

The more conventional Nobukatsu
marched into Iga, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

The more conventional Nobukatsu marched into Iga,

He would attack and destroy - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

He would attack and destroy

Ieyasu saw that statement
simply as a declaration of war. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Ieyasu saw that statement simply as a declaration of war.

It's done on a scale that the world
doesn't witness again - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

It's done on a scale that the world doesn't witnes...

But even though Hideyoshi has become
the most powerful daimyo in Japan, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

But even though Hideyoshi has become the most powerful daimy...

He recognized that he was a man alone
in dangerous territory. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

He recognized that he was a man alone in dangerous territory...

But Hideyoshi
has completely underestimated - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

But Hideyoshi has completely underestimated

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An exploration of the warring kingdoms of feudal Japan when several powerful warlords fought to become absolute ruler.

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Genre: documentary, action, adventure

Year: 2021

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ImdbRating: 7.4

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Released: 24 Feb 2021

Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations total

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