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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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1 win & 2 nominations total

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There are great daimyos
who want to take power for themselves. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

There are great daimyos who want to take power for themselve...

In September 1571, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

In September 1571,

Then there's Tokugawa Ieyasu, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Then there's Tokugawa Ieyasu,

The daimyo of Japan
were splitting into two camps, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

The daimyo of Japan were splitting into two camps,

In the Sengoku period, murder in
the family was extremely common. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

In the Sengoku period, murder in the family was extremely co...

April 13th, 1592, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

April 13th, 1592,

Sons killed their fathers.
Brothers killed each other. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Sons killed their fathers. Brothers killed each other.

Nobunaga's advance on Enryaku-ji
caused much of the civilian population - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Nobunaga's advance on Enryaku-ji caused much of the civ...

The wheels were now set in motion
for the most decisive struggle for power - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

The wheels were now set in motion for the most decisive stru...

While both of them fought
together side-by-side with Nobunaga - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

While both of them fought together side-by-side with Nobunag...

Nobunaga ordered his troops
to advance in a line up the mountain, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Nobunaga ordered his troops to advance in a line up the moun...

As the buildup to the military
confrontation starts to shape up, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

As the buildup to the military confrontation starts to shape...

So, it was a little bit galling for Ieyasu - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

So, it was a little bit galling for Ieyasu

There were suspicions
that his wife, Nōhime, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

There were suspicions that his wife, Nōhime,

During this period of Sengoku
warfare, there was brutality on all sides, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

During this period of Sengoku warfare, there was brutality o...

One of those are the Uesugi,
who are located north of Ieyasu. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

One of those are the Uesugi, who are located north of Ieyasu...

Because she was the daughter
of his deadly enemy, Saitō Dōsan, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Because she was the daughter of his deadly enemy, Saitō Dōsa...

The men of Iga knew exactly
where they would be - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

The men of Iga knew exactly where they would be

Mitsunari's plan is that
the Uesugi would move against Ieyasu - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Mitsunari's plan is that the Uesugi would move against ...

Sources characterized Nobunaga's
troops as wild animals. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Sources characterized Nobunaga's troops as wild animals...

Ieyasu had his own ambitions - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Ieyasu had his own ambitions

As masters of guerrilla warfare, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

As masters of guerrilla warfare,

They were married as a way
of making peace between the two clans, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

They were married as a way of making peace between the two c...

Remember,
the Japanese were coming off 150 years - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Remember, the Japanese were coming off 150 years

All Nobunaga's men reached
the top of the mountain - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

All Nobunaga's men reached the top of the mountain

He's going to call in some favors,
particularly with Date Masamune, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

He's going to call in some favors, particularly with Da...

And when Nobunaga's troops approached,
they gave an ultimatum to Enryaku-ji. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

And when Nobunaga's troops approached, they gave an ult...

In order, perhaps,
to even kill him if it were necessary. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

In order, perhaps, to even kill him if it were necessary.

He knows that he should only strike
and only commit his forces - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

He knows that he should only strike and only commit his forc...

They could display loyalty to him, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

They could display loyalty to him,

When the fighting started, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

When the fighting started,

And this was one of the great dangers
of this kind of marriage alliance, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

And this was one of the great dangers of this kind of marria...

As Masamune moves
to stop the attack from the north, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

As Masamune moves to stop the attack from the north,

So, he has to make sure that he allies
with the right daimyo to defeat Hideyoshi. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

So, he has to make sure that he allies with the right daimyo...

Ieyasu sees that his best move
is to throw his support - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Ieyasu sees that his best move is to throw his support

The temple was burned, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

The temple was burned,

All the while, the Iga continually flowing
backwards and forwards like a tide. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

All the while, the Iga continually flowing backwards and for...

Oda Nobukatsu's claim
was quite simply - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Oda Nobukatsu's claim was quite simply

Hideyoshi's forces
unleash really tremendous violence - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Hideyoshi's forces unleash really tremendous violence

When they take garrisons, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

When they take garrisons,

Nobunaga’s men hunted down
anyone who had escaped - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Nobunaga’s men hunted down anyone who had escaped

They'll attack civilians, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

They'll attack civilians,

Tokugawa Ieyasu saw
allying himself with Oda Nobukatsu - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Tokugawa Ieyasu saw allying himself with Oda Nobukatsu

There were suspicions
she was conspiring - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

There were suspicions she was conspiring

For this reason, Fushimi Castle
had to be held at all costs, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

For this reason, Fushimi Castle had to be held at all costs,

Nobuyuki was quite admired in the family, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Nobuyuki was quite admired in the family,

The Korean campaign so far had been one
of almost unprecedented cruelty. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

The Korean campaign so far had been one of almost unpreceden...

And he probably feels
that when the time is ripe, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

And he probably feels that when the time is ripe,

During the attack… - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

During the attack…

The Japanese carried out
terrible atrocities in terms of rape, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

The Japanese carried out terrible atrocities in terms of rap...

This was an unsparing attack
in which no one, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

This was an unsparing attack in which no one,

The one who had maintained dignity
throughout his father's life. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

The one who had maintained dignity throughout his father...

He had a reputation for being a patient,
careful thinker, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

He had a reputation for being a patient, careful thinker,

It was utter humiliation
for Oda Nobukatsu, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

It was utter humiliation for Oda Nobukatsu,

It was defended
by his friend Torii Mototada. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

It was defended by his friend Torii Mototada.

Fortunately for Nobunaga,
one of his most loyal retainers - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Fortunately for Nobunaga, one of his most loyal retainers

Ieyasu and Torii Mototada
had been friends for many years. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Ieyasu and Torii Mototada had been friends for many years.

And on their way back into Ise, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

And on their way back into Ise,

Against this sickening tide
of violence, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Against this sickening tide of violence,

Both men know
that holding this castle is essential - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Both men know that holding this castle is essential

With Nobukatsu's troops
in support, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

With Nobukatsu's troops in support,

Regular Koreans, farmers, monks,
regular people, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Regular Koreans, farmers, monks, regular people,

The survivors' army
retreating headlong - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

The survivors' army retreating headlong

Nobunaga ordered
that all of them, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Nobunaga ordered that all of them,

Both knew
that this was a suicide mission. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Both knew that this was a suicide mission.

Torii Mototada was likely to be
outnumbered by odds of 20 to 1. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Torii Mototada was likely to be outnumbered by odds of 20 to...

It’s said that 20,000 people died - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

It’s said that 20,000 people died

Torii Mototada was
essentially being assigned a mission - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Torii Mototada was essentially being assigned a mission

The most famous
Korean guerrilla leader - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

The most famous Korean guerrilla leader

It even disgusted
some of his most loyal generals. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

It even disgusted some of his most loyal generals.

This displays
an aspect of his character which is... - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

This displays an aspect of his character which is...

Akechi Mitsuhide,
himself a devout Buddhist, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Akechi Mitsuhide, himself a devout Buddhist,

Soon after the Japanese
had landed in Busan, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Soon after the Japanese had landed in Busan,

Rooted in a desire to survive, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Rooted in a desire to survive,

As Ieyasu hurried
to escape Mitsunari's army, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

As Ieyasu hurried to escape Mitsunari's army,

The campaign
had been an unprecedented disaster. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

The campaign had been an unprecedented disaster.

He was a very rich man and is known
to have sold many of his possessions - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

He was a very rich man and is known to have sold many of his...

There's a chance that Hideyoshi
is going to double-cross him. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

There's a chance that Hideyoshi is going to double-cros...

"It would not take too much trouble - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

"It would not take too much trouble

There’s clearly something
pathological in Nobunaga’s character. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

There’s clearly something pathological in Nobunaga’s charact...

The defeat of this individual - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

The defeat of this individual

None of the daimyo shied away from using
force, but Nobunaga seemed to revel in it. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

None of the daimyo shied away from using force, but Nobunaga...

He has become
a considerably legendary figure in Korea. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

He has become a considerably legendary figure in Korea.

I will stand off the forces
of the entire country here - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

I will stand off the forces of the entire country here

If this defeat
had gone unpunished, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

If this defeat had gone unpunished,

Supposedly, his red coat was dyed
in the menstrual blood of virgins, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Supposedly, his red coat was dyed in the menstrual blood of ...

Meeting with Hideyoshi - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

Meeting with Hideyoshi

It’s said that there was a river of blood
that ran down the mountainside. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

It’s said that there was a river of blood that ran down the ...

With the elimination of the threats
in his immediate family, - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

With the elimination of the threats in his immediate family,

This, of course, was a message.
It was a message to other Buddhist sects. - Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

This, of course, was a message. It was a message to other Bu...

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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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