Sekigahara
WarHistoryDramasamuraibased on novel or booksiegebetrayaljidaigekisengoku periodshogunatetoyotomi hideyoshi
A cerebral, historically grounded drama of political intrigue and shifting loyalties culminating in a pivotal samurai battle, marked by strategic complexity and the melancholy of inevitable conflict.
The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army of the East defeated the Army of the West of Ishida Mitsunari. The story includes the intrigues and shifting loyalties of the various retainers, family members, and samurai.
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