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Shogun (2024)
So much for a Japanese "honour"
I actually liked this series, at least for half season. But as the story continued, turned out Toranaga as a leader, was willing to sacrifice anyone (but himself) for his personal cause (to be a shogun). Most of his closest friends and family died, not by fighting the enemies but by being taken advantage of their loyalties. In fact Toranaga gave them a "purpose" to die, wrapped in a so called "honour". In the end he was the only one who won. I can only imagine how cold he was as a character, enjoying his victory and living rest of his life at ease with all his closest friends and family died on his watch. I had high hopes that Toranaga would turn out to be a honourable leader like Katsumoto in "The Last Samurai". So much for a Japanese "honour". I'm only glad I didn't read the book, saved my time by watching the series but regret that such an awful character won the story.