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Mariko Oi (大井 真理子, Ōi Mariko, born 14 December 1981) is a Japanese bilingual journalist based in Singapore, who has worked for the BBC since 2006, when she became the network's first Japanese reporter. [1] [2]
Toranaga reveals to Mariko that Jinsai wanted her to continue his work of protecting Japan. Toranaga also assigns her to take Blackthorne to a brothel named "Willow World." Ochiba and Ishido take the remaining three regents and their families hostage at Osaka Castle under the pretense that there is a plot to kill Yaechiyo.
The series is set in 1600, and follows three characters. John Blackthorne , a risk-taking English sailor who ends up shipwrecked in Japan , a land whose unfamiliar culture will ultimately redefine him; Lord Toranaga, a shrewd, powerful daimyo , at odds with his own dangerous, political rivals; and Lady Mariko, a woman with invaluable skills but ...
“That would allow us to reveal those layers as the season goes on. Lord Toranaga gives Mariko a sense of purpose in her role as translator. She finds a new connection with Blackthorne and finds ...
Shōgun's biggest power players, explained.
For Sawai, a Japanese actress who was born in New Zealand and raised in Tokyo, playing Mariko was transformative. "Her character made me rethink what I want to do in life," Sawai tells T&C.
He's Expecting (Japanese: ヒヤマケンタロウの妊娠, Hepburn: Hiyama Kentarou no Ninshin) is a Japanese comedy-drama television series co-directed by Yuko Hakota. . Loosely based on the 2012 manga Hiyama Kentarou no Ninshin (ヒヤマケンタロウの妊娠) by Eri Sakai, it tells the story of one man's experience being preg
Here's how the ages of the cast compare with their treasure-hunting characters. The main character of "Outer Banks" is John B., a 19-year-old living on his own after the death of his father.