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This is arguably the most anticipated TV show at the moment. Here are the trailer and a video about the making of the series.
Some of you may already be familiar with the old TV series featuring Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune. Some of you may already have read the 1975 novel. Nevertheless, this new take promises to be something else as critics are already in love with this. The story is a real-life version of Game of Thrones when you think about it. And besides, I'm a massive Hiroyuki Sanada fan.
The novel's author James Clavell purposefully changed the names, but many of the characters existed in real life and the events were the build-up to the critical Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. Here are the real-life counterparts to the characters if you're interested in finding out who they were and what they did.
Some of you may already be familiar with the old TV series featuring Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune. Some of you may already have read the 1975 novel. Nevertheless, this new take promises to be something else as critics are already in love with this. The story is a real-life version of Game of Thrones when you think about it. And besides, I'm a massive Hiroyuki Sanada fan.
The novel's author James Clavell purposefully changed the names, but many of the characters existed in real life and the events were the build-up to the critical Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. Here are the real-life counterparts to the characters if you're interested in finding out who they were and what they did.
John Blackthorne – Miura Anjin (William Adams) (1564–1620)
Yoshi Toranaga – Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616)
Yoshi Sudara – Tokugawa Hidetada (1579–1632)
Yoshi Naga – Matsudaira Tadayoshi (1580–1607)
Ishido – Ishida Mitsunari (1559–1600)
Ochiba – Yodo-dono (1569–1615)
Yaemon – Toyotomi Hideyori (1593–1615)
Onoshi – Otani Yoshitsugu (1558–1600)
Harima – Arima Harunobu (1567–1612)
Kiyama – Konishi Yukinaga (1555–1600)
Sugiyama – Maeda Toshiie (1539–1599)
Zataki – Matsudaira Sadakatsu (1560–1624)
Toda Mariko – Hosokawa Gracia (1563–1600)
Toda Hiro-matsu "Iron Fist" – Hosokawa Fujitaka (1534–1610)
Toda Buntaro – Hosokawa Tadaoki (1563–1646)
Toda Saruji – Hosokawa Tadatoshi (1586–1641)
Kasigi Yabu – Honda Masanobu (1538–1616)
Kasigi Omi – Honda Masazumi (1566–1637)
Goroda – Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582)
Nakamura – Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536–1598)
Akechi Jinsai – Akechi Mitsuhide (1528–1582)
Lady Genjiko – Oeyo (1573–1626)
Martin Alvito – João Rodrigues (1561/1562–1633/1634)
Johann Vinck – Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn (1556?–1623)
Spillbergen – Jacob Quaeckernaeck (?–1606)
Father Dell'Aqua – Alessandro Valignano (1539–1606)
Brother Michael – Miguel Chijiwa (1569?–1633)
Captain-General Ferriera – Horatio Neretti, captain of the Black Ship in 1600
Yoshi Toranaga – Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616)
Yoshi Sudara – Tokugawa Hidetada (1579–1632)
Yoshi Naga – Matsudaira Tadayoshi (1580–1607)
Ishido – Ishida Mitsunari (1559–1600)
Ochiba – Yodo-dono (1569–1615)
Yaemon – Toyotomi Hideyori (1593–1615)
Onoshi – Otani Yoshitsugu (1558–1600)
Harima – Arima Harunobu (1567–1612)
Kiyama – Konishi Yukinaga (1555–1600)
Sugiyama – Maeda Toshiie (1539–1599)
Zataki – Matsudaira Sadakatsu (1560–1624)
Toda Mariko – Hosokawa Gracia (1563–1600)
Toda Hiro-matsu "Iron Fist" – Hosokawa Fujitaka (1534–1610)
Toda Buntaro – Hosokawa Tadaoki (1563–1646)
Toda Saruji – Hosokawa Tadatoshi (1586–1641)
Kasigi Yabu – Honda Masanobu (1538–1616)
Kasigi Omi – Honda Masazumi (1566–1637)
Goroda – Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582)
Nakamura – Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536–1598)
Akechi Jinsai – Akechi Mitsuhide (1528–1582)
Lady Genjiko – Oeyo (1573–1626)
Martin Alvito – João Rodrigues (1561/1562–1633/1634)
Johann Vinck – Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn (1556?–1623)
Spillbergen – Jacob Quaeckernaeck (?–1606)
Father Dell'Aqua – Alessandro Valignano (1539–1606)
Brother Michael – Miguel Chijiwa (1569?–1633)
Captain-General Ferriera – Horatio Neretti, captain of the Black Ship in 1600
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