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The character of Blackthorne is loosely based on the historical English navigator William Adams, [7] [8] who rose to become a samurai under Tokugawa Ieyasu, a powerful feudal lord (daimyō) who later became the military ruler of Japan and the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. Ieyasu is the basis for the character of Yoshii Toranaga.
Basilisk (Japanese: バジリスク〜甲賀忍法帖〜, Hepburn: Bajirisuku ~Kōga Ninpō Chō~, lit. Basilisk: The Kōga Ninja Scrolls) is a Japanese manga series by Masaki Segawa [], based on Futaro Yamada's 1958 novel The Kouga Ninja Scrolls.
The shogun presented Adams with two swords representing the authority of a samurai, and decreed that William Adams the pilot was dead and that Miura Anjin, a samurai, was born in his place.
Takeda is a playable faction in Shogun: Total War and Shogun 2. Takeda is a playable nation in Europa Universalis IV. The Takeda clan in feudal Japan is in the manga and the anime of Inuyasha. Takeda Shingen and his peasant doppelgänger are the main subjects of Kagemusha, directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Anime (アニメ) is all forms of animated media featuring hand-drawn and computer animation originating from or associated with Japan. The word anime is the Japanese term for animation. Series Air Dates Fujimaru of the Wind (少年忍者 風のフジ丸) 1964.06.07 – 1965.08.31 Sasuke 1968.09.03 – 1969.03.25
Shogun's Samurai, known in Japan as The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy (Japanese: 柳生一族の陰謀, Hepburn: Yagyū Ichizoku no Inbō), is a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film directed and co-written by Kinji Fukasaku. [1]
The samurai anime film Sword of the Stranger (2007) has been described as "Lone Wolf and Cub" meets Rurouni Kenshin. [52] There are also variations of the Lone Wolf and Cub trope involving a mother and daughter, with examples including films such as Birds of Prey (2020) and Gunpowder Milkshake (2021).
In Shogun's Samurai, Jubei is struck with a sword. In The Yagyu Conspiracy Jubei is hit by an arrow. And in Samurai Reincarnation, it occurs during a practice duel with his father. Toei films directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Shogun's Samurai (aka The Yagyu Conspiracy) (柳生一族の陰謀) (1978) Samurai Reincarnation (魔界転生) (1981)