The last episode was titled "A Dream of a Dream" I think those scenes were him dreaming about his legacy at an old age, dying back in England after accomplishing so much in Japan. It all went away at the end when he decided he wanted to off himself and knew he couldn't go back home. That's...
Can't believe it's over :smh:
It was a poetic ending how it all came full circle for the characters who survived and died. Great show all around with the acting and it did not hold the hands of the Western viewers by refraining from presenting Eastern (mainly Japanese) culture, morals and values.
Glad you're enjoying it. You would definitely be interested in Lady Ochiba's uncle who is Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi who is the dead Taiko they keep referring to on the show. They both came from low ranking clans outside of the ruling class to become Shogun and Taiko of Japan. The Taiko...
I mean this is what I generally think of GOT so I drew comparison with the height of Japan's Sengoku period which is probably 20-50 years before the setting of Shogun with much more intricate characters than Toranaga.
I'm glad you're not putting them together in the same class but from some of...
I still think its a bit slow and have so many pumpfakes, but I heavily enjoy it and wished they made it more than just 1 season. It annoys me people call it the Asian Game of Thrones. If they actually did the Sengoku period instead of the Tokugawa/Toranaga period, it would put GOT to shame...