Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan - Season 1 (2021)
Show title: Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
IMDb score:
7,4 (5.965)
Episodes: 6
Playing time: 4 hour and 14 minutes
Developed by: Simon George and Kate Harrison Karman
Stars: Masami Kosaka, Hayate Masao and Hiro Kanagawa (voice)
Origin:
United States
Releasedate: Wednesday 24 February 2021
First aired on: Netflix (Nederland)
This season is not available on US streaming services.
Actors and Actresses
Self
Self
Self
Self
Self
Self
Narrator
Masamune Date
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Nobunaga Oda
Himself
Ieyasu Tokugawa
Reviews & comments
Xeeno
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- 173 messages
- 169 votes
Nice, interesting series. Had heard about Oda Nobunaga and the Sengoku period every now and then and always wanted to read or see more about it, so when this documentary appeared on Netflix I immediately added it to my list.
It's been a while since I've seen it, but the documentary mainly consists of acting. It is not a documentary in which they portray all kinds of excavations or ruins or the like. It really is a retelling through acting. Important scenes from that time (including battlefields) are perfectly re-enacted. In the background you can hear well-known historians commenting for clarification and between scenes they also regularly appear.
I thought the acting was good and the costumes and weaponry were nicely done. Sometimes I wondered if the outfits for Darth Vader and the stormtroopers from Star Wars might have been inspired by these outfits. In some scenes they look quite similar 
Anyway, in short: entertaining, beautifully made, and informative. It took some getting used to the sudden death of Oda Nobunaga, but the series picks up well after that.
I hope they make a similar series about China that used to go through a similar period (Sanguo period).
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