Instead of showing us the decisive battle that secured Toranaga’s victory and his future as shogun, the Shogun finale simply described the battle as Toranaga designed it. James Clavell’s book also has an equally abrupt ending. The author did write more books focusing on Asian history but he never continued John Blackthorne’s story. This is why I wanted to look at the real history behind Shogun and see what happened to the characters in real life. What was Lady Ochiba’s fate for example? What happened to the heir? How did Ishido die? Let’s talk about the main characters and their ending.

00:00 Intro
00:49 Toranaga
01:59 Blackthorne
02:57 Yabushige
03:31 Ishido
04:15 Lady Ochiba & The Heir
05:17 Fuji
05:41 Mariko
06:19 Buntaro

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