Should you watch Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan?
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Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
Documentary · 2021
Dynamic reenactments and expert commentaries bring to life the tumultuous history and power struggles of a warring 16th-century feudal Japan.
The sides of Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
- Warlords fighting to unite 16th-century Japan
- Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Reenactments mixed with historians
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan is good for you if…
- you want the Sengoku period explained clearly from start to finish.
- you like samurai armies and sieges brought back to life.
- you like betrayals and alliances decided by who will rule Japan.
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan is bad for you if…
- you can't watch bloody battle reenactments.
- you can't take ritual suicide shown on screen.
About: ambition · loyalty · unification
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