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Truth about Ochiba & Toranaga *spoilers*
Ever wondered why Ochiba hates Toranaga so much that she wanted him gone quickly in the beginning?
*book spoilers ahead*
In the book, it is revealed that her son's father is not the Taiko but an unknown peasant. Ochiba is stressed in having to bear an Heir for the Taiko or risk losing her political position of power as the Taiko's Consort to someone else who can bear the Taiko's child.
To destress, she went horse riding, where she had a fateful encounter with a young peasant who resembles the Taiko. Thinking that it's fate, she went ahead to conceive a child with him. When she was done and emerged from the forest, Toranaga was there waiting for her.
Toranaga asked if she was alright as she was gone missing for some time with her dressing unkempt and some dirt on her back. She told him that she fell off her horse and took some time to clean herself and get back on her horse. She suspected that he knew.
So ever since then, she had to look over her shoulders every time, especially when the Taiko is alone with Toranaga as she fears Toranaga would either tell the truth as the Taiko trusts him with his life or would use it to blackmail her for his own political agenda.
Interestingly, in history there is a legend or rumors that the real Ochiba, Chacha has a romantic relationship with Yukimura Sanada, the legendary Samurai that would lead the defense of Osaka Castle against the Tokugawa to protect Chacha and her son, Hideyori.
The idea that her son is actually Yukimura's son and not the Taiko makes sense as her son is described as smart, dignified and handsome young man behaving more like a Lord, unlike the Taiko, who is uncouth, behaving like a peasant.
The relationship between Chacha and Yukimura have been shown numerous times in Japanese period dramas like Sanada Maru where Chacha took a liking to Yukimura as he strike as a different breed of Samurai than the ones she's accustomed to seeing in Osaka.
Which makes sense as most of the Samurai and Ronin that served the Taiko, like Ishido, are peasants so they have different upbringing, behavior, mannerism and mentality. Seeing a "real" Samurai made a big impression on Chacha as he's more sharp and honorable.
Even Ishida (the real Ishido) is impressed by his knowledge and skills, leading Yukimura to be one of the trusted vassals of the Taiko. Yukimura had to serve the Taiko as a political hostage (like Theon Greyjoy in Game of Thrones) for many years since young.
Chacha like Ochiba is an influential political figure in court that vassals listen to in the absence of the Taiko, especially Ishida. She always put on a "fierce" front in public and in court but only show her true self to Yukimura, the only person she loves and trusts.
Although many characters in Shogun are based and inspired by real life characters, I noticed that there is none that represents Yukimura Sanada, a figure that is often left out even in Netflix's Age of Samurai. He's an important figure if they were to make a Season 2 of Shogun.
#shogun#shogun 2024#shogun fx#james clavell#yoshii toranaga#ochiba no kata#sanada maru#yukimura sanada#lady ochiba#lady chacha#yodo dono#period drama#jidaigeki#taiga drama#historical drama#japanese drama#j drama#jdrama#dorama#asian drama#japan#samurai#hiroyuki sanada#fumi nikaid#masato sakai#yuko takeuchi
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VIVANT MONUMENT
CLOSEUP OF SOME CAST MEMBERS' SIGNATURES
Sakai Masato | Nikaido Fumi | Abe Hiroshi
Ninomiya Kazunari
Tomisakae Doramu | Matsuzaka Tori
CLOSER LOOK AT EACH LETTER
#last vivant post of the year#i forgot to do a closeup on some signatures im sorry#angryborzois rambles#nino's signature took me a bit to find#he wrote it on the side of the monument 💀#maybe hes shy#vivant#vivant jdrama#ninomiya kazunari#kazunari ninomiya#sakai masato#masato sakai#jdrama#tori matsuzaka
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asjhdjsf ????? ☠️
Sanadamaru, ep. 1
#im crying#the newer taiga dramas are so funny#best timing#sanadamaru#yukimura sanada#masayuki sanada#takeda#masato sakai#sakai masato#masao kusakari#kusakari masao#taiga#taiga drama#jidaigeki#nhk
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The Samurai That Night · その夜の侍
Dir. by Akahori Masaaki, 2012
#The Samurai That Night#その夜の侍#Sono yoru no samurai#Akahori Masaaki#masaaki akahori#masato sakai#sakai masato#takayuki yamada#yamada takayuki
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Vivant
Vivant (Serie 2023)
#MasatoSakai #FumiNikaidô #NandinErdeneKhongorzul #HiroshiAbe #DrumTomisakae #MegumiHayashibara
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Serie / ヴィヴァン Jahr: 2023-
Genre: Drama
Hauptrollen: Masato Sakai, Fumi Nikaidô, Nandin-Erdene Khongorzul, Hiroshi Abe, Drum Tomisakae, Megumi Hayashibara, Kôji Yakusho, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tôri Matsuzaka, Ryô Ryûsei, Mitsuo Yoshihara, Takashi Yamanaka, Kenta Uchino, Midoriko Kimura, Yasufumi Hayashi …
Serienbeschreibung: Yusuke reist auf dem Balkan, um die überzahlten 90 Millionen Dollar…
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Oh my gosh, Vivant is on Netflix!!!! THIS IS THE FIRST TIME EVER IN MY ENTIRE LIFE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WATCH A SHOW WITH MASATO SAKAI LEGALLY HERE IN THE U.S., AND ALSO THE FIRST TIME EVER IN MY ENTIRE LIFE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WATCH A SHOW WITH MASATO SAKAI WITH OFFICIAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES!!!! I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!
#If any of his dramas or movies have been released here before I missed them!#I had almost given up hope!! I never really expected to see a show with Masato Sakai on Netflix!!!!#I AM LEGIT SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW!!!!!!#(It's not the first time I ever watched any of his shows legally though because I did watch the last three episodes of Legal High on TV when#they aired in Japan!)#Masato Sakai#Vivant#original
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TV Guide Dan Vol.50, January 2024 Issue
ft. Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger Cast Members
Sakai Taisei x Masato Yano Interview
(translations below)
Publication: January 26, 2024
"Please introduce the character the other is playing in Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger."
Sakai: Yano-san plays Racules Husty, the big brother of Gira Husty, who I play. At first, we were led to believe that he was a bad guy who hurt his citizens, but unknown to Gira, he was carrying a huge burden on his shoulders, and was deliberately behaving in a way that made him look like that. Gira may have lost his childhood memories, but I think he respected Racules in those days, and even now is of great importance to Gira.
Yano: Gira is the younger brother of Racules, but at the same time, he's a mysterious being. Somehow, he can communicate with the Shugods…For the rest of the story, it felt like he was moving forward with innocence, but gradually, he gained leadership, moved the hearts of those around him, and became the driving force for the previously broken up Royal Sentai to become one. Furthermore, he's also been gaining more and more dignity as the new king, and now he and Racules have resolved their differences and are fighting together.
"Outside of your roles as brothers, what's the relationship between you two like?"
Yano: (with a solemn expression) We normally don't get along very well.
Sakai: (with a straight face) We fight alot.
Sakai & Yano: (laughs).
Yano: No, we're just joking. That's not the case at all.
Sakai: Yano-san takes very good care of me. He cares about me, asking, "Are you eating properly?," and also gives me advice on acting.
Yano: I'm not offering anything major. I just say, "Here's what I'm doing."
Sakai: For example, in running scenes, Yano-san breathes loudly with, "Haa, haa" to make the sound easier to pick up. Since Gira has many running scenes, I try to incorporate this in my own way.
Yano: I believe that each actor has their own way of creating emotion, so I often talk about the technical aspects. For example, it's better not to blink during important scenes, as it could distract the viewers. If there's no dialogue in a scene where you're close to a character's face, I'd suggest that you express your feelings by clenching your teeth or swallowing saliva.
Sakai: He teaches me these things in a way that's easy to understand. Furthermore, Yano-san has so many variations to his performance! He's always been a great help.
"Speaking of, what do you usually call each other?"
Sakai: I call him "Aniki."
Yano:…You've never called me that once though.
Sakai: Ahaha! Just now, I got scared~.
Yano: I immediately started thinking about the best way to respond to your joke.
Sakai: Actually, it's "Yano-san."
Yano: For me, it's "Sakai". Sometimes I call him "Taisei." Like when we go out to eat.
Sakai: It makes me happy to be called Taisei by Yano-san. From now on, I want you to call me Taisei!
Yano: You prefer Taisei?
Sakai: Yeah, but Sakai is fine too. I've been called that since I worked together with Yano-san in the drama "Shinyu wa Akujo."
Yano: Everyone called him Taisei, but I intentionally chose Sakai.
Sakai: Eh? Was it to make me feel special?! I'm so happy~!
Yano: Well…that's right! (laughs). What does Ikeda Masashi call you by?
Sakai: You mean by everyone?
Yano: Why'd you respond like that? (laughs). Sakai is like this, and sometimes I can't get through to him. The other day he asked, "What did you eat for dinner?" and when I answered, about 3 minutes later, he asked me the same question again.
Sakai: I wanted him to respond with, "How many times have you asked that?!"
(*he wanted to do a bit with Yano)
Yano: Absolutely not. I could tell by your face. Sakai has a different kind of expression when he's like that.
Sakai: Eh? So you can understand such subtle changes! Yano-san is the mood maker on set. When he's on standby in front of the cameras for a monologue scene, he makes strange faces right up until the actual performance (laughs).
Yano: Hey, hey, that makes it seem like I don't take my job seriously! Well, it is true that I make strange faces (laughs).
"We've heard from your co stars that Yano-kun is lonely, and that he posts the most in the King-Ohger cast's group LINE…"
Yano: It's a misunderstanding. There's a reason for that. It's a common occurrence among actors, but even if you create a group LINE with your co stars, after filming begins or after some time passes, no one says anything. I don't like it, so I post frequently, but no one ever responds…
Sakai: I often have trouble speaking up because I'm too considerate of my seniors.
Yano: Sakai doesn't really say anything. Rather, he doesn't return private LINE messages.
Sakai: That's not true. I reply as soon as I see them!
Yano: You didn't reply the other day.
Sakai: I might've been working.
Yano: Let's just leave it at that (laughs).
"Since you play brothers in this work, we'd like to ask what kind of household chores you'd share if the two of you were to live together."
Sakai: Leave the toilet and bathtub cleaning to me!
Yano: Are you good at it?
Sakai: I'm the type of person who makes things beautiful when my "switch" is turned on. However, folding clothes and vacuuming…I don't feel like doing that.
Yano: Well then, guess I'll do it.
Sakai: Please also take care of the cooking!
Yano: How strange! (laughs). Because, Sakai, you have a rice cooker at your house, and yet you eat precooked rice packs, right?
Sakai: Cooking rice is a pain…
Yano: I really don't understand that feeling.
Sakai: Everything depends on my mood (laughs). If I feel like cooking rice, I'll cook it.
Yano: So, on days when Sakai feels like it and cooks rice for me, I'll have to say "Thank you~!" out of consideration. How annoying~ (laughs).
"(laughs). In the future, if you were to work together again as actors, what kind of production would you like to work on?"
Sakai: I'd like to play a yakuza role.
Yano: I see. Your role would be something like, "Even though his face is cute, his face is calm when he kills," does that sound good?
Sakai: That's good!
Yano: Well then, I'll play the role of the detective who hunts him down. There was a drama like that, right? It was…"Informa," featuring Morita Go-san and Kiritani Kenta-san!
Sakai: Ah!
Yano: Sakai would be in Kiritani-san's position in that drama. Or, I'll be in Kiritani-san's position and Sakai will be in Yokohama Ryusei-san's position.
Sakai: That's really good!
Yano: Personally, I'm looking forward to it. What kind of work will Sakai first appear in after he graduates from King-Ohger? I think it's really important to make that first step. What kind of production do you want to be in?
Sakai: I have almost no experience in acting, so I'd like to play any kind of role.
Yano: Then, if you had to choose between comedy, romance, or serious, which one would you prefer?
Sakai: Are they genres I can do? In that case, I'll do it.
Yano: No, don't just say "I'll do it." I just gave you choices.
Sakai: I see, my bad (laughs). If I had to pick, I'd like to do a serious one. Also, comedy.
Yano: You chose two (laughs). And they're completely opposite genres.
Sakai: I'm greedy (laughs).
#handsome 😳#they really love messing around#ohsama sentai kingohger#kingohger#super sentai#gira husty#racules husty#racles husty#masato yano#yano masato#taisei sakai#sakai taisei#toku cast#tokusatsu#kingohger cast#my scans#my translation#tv guide dan#king ohger#ohsama sentai king ohger#on the first page#pretty sure brother food means brotherhood#their loanwords are similar so maybe a mistake#also rice cookers are great please use them
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Nogi Yusuke & Nozaki Mamoru || Vivant Episode 7
#vivant#nogi yusuke#nozaki mamoru#sakai masato#abe hiroshi#jdramaedit#jdramasource#asiandramasource#my gif#mine mine#vivant spoilers#nozanogi#hmmmmm#eyes emoji
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Legal High S1E1
When lawyers argue about giving up seats in the train.
#legal high#yui aragaki#aragaki yui#sakai masato#masato sakai#japanese drama#j drama#jdrama#dorama#japan#asian drama#legal drama
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VIVANT mini-exhibition in Tower Records, Shibuya
#Didn't think I'd do yet another VIVANT post but here we are#my guts were telling me to go to shibuya and im so glad i did#angryborzois rambles#vivant#vivant jdrama#jdrama#ヴィヴァン#sakai masato#masato sakai#tori matsuzaka#matsuzaka tori#nikaido fumi#fumi nikaido#ninomiya kazunari#kazunari ninomiya#abe hiroshi#hiroshi abe
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Something I noticed from the trailer for next week's episode (EP 4) of VIVANT.... (Trailer)
「待ち合わせにくるのが…」
"So the one coming to the meeting is..."
「モニター…もしくは別派だ」
"—the monitor...or rather someone from BEPPAN"
(edit: NGL all these group names and titles are confusing me; I thought he meant someone monitored, but apparently it's a title in the series? XD)
Is it me or does it look, rather sound, as if Nogi B is talking to Nozaki?
(of course the context will be clearer when the episode airs)
He's currently talking in the low/menace voice and not even a quiet worried/soft voice that Nogi A has spoken in so far. Or is it just me? Maybe it's a glimpse at a version of Nogi A when he's not completely stressed out?
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Holy smokes, some of the Vivant finale theories out there are mind-blowing. And there's going to be a sequel, aired in 2025, so S1 might end up on a cliffhanger?
My favorite theory so far is...
... that Matsuzaka Tori's character, Kurosu, and not Sakai Masato's Nogi, is the son of Noghon Beki. One of the reasons is that they did not use the actor playing the young son for young Nogi, which would suggest that they are two different people.
Also, apparently, when the other leads left for Japan, Matsuzaka Tori stayed behind in Mongolia and continued filming?
OMGosh! If that's true then I wonder if Kurosu knows and he's a mole or if he's been unaware of this the whole time. Considering that poor Kurosu usually knows nothing and is always left in the dark, it would be such an awesome twist if he did not know!
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Bruh. The new episode..... Just, bruh.
I have no words to say.
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