47 Rōnin: The Ruthless Samurai That Defied The Shōgun | Ancient Black Ops

Hi all, just wanted to explain that you may have seen this documentary pop up a couple of weeks ago. It was flagged for inappropriate verbal content - but we thought this doc was just too good to go, so we have removed the offending scene. Hope you enjoy!

The graves of the 47 ronin at Sengakuji are near my house, so every now and then we walk over and pay them a visit. The most surprising aspect is the wide range of ages of the men (which are written on their tombs). They are as young as 16 but also there are ones in their 70s.

I like how the first 20 seconds are filled with historical inaccuracies and lies. Doesn't bode well for the rest of the show.

When the bloke in the first minute said:'it almost feels it's alive...', I realized it's going to be a fanboy documentary.

I’m kind of dissapointed with the way the samurai are described in this. They weren’t all obsessed with death, nor was killing their only skill. They were just as focused on life as they were anything else. The way of the warrior wasn’t created to end life, it was created to foster it. Peace through military rigidity. They spent just as much time on the esoteric and philosophical arts as they did combat. They weren’t just mere warriors created to kill. Other than that this is a really great vid. You definitely need to do a bit more research on who the samurai were, and look at someone like Tomoé Gozen for example. As accomplished as she was martially, she was just as focused on the spiritual side of things as well. Bushido should be shown more and credited more.

This is one of the worst documentaries I've ever seen in regard to medieval Japan. It's full of errors and misunderstandings. Seppuku wasn't about dying in three days, an assistant cut your head after a few seconds. There are a lot of shortcuts on the story itself too.

The depiction of the samurai here is insulting!

Anybody here watching that new Shogun show? It's really really good! Highly recommend.

I never want to hear "Sam-YOUR-eye" again

The British way of pronouncing samurai always catches me off guard. It’s so funny to my ear

First few words in and already I can see doc based on more myth than fact.

I hope the creators of Shogun tv show give us a spin off show of the 47 ronin I think it'll be cool to see more about Japanese history

The samurai were like the Spartans that valued art poems and war . 2 truly remarkable ways of life. There is a Japanese saying that you can spend a whole lifetime looking at a tree change through the seasons and if you only did that it wouldn’t be a wasted life Truly amazing

I love this story: hardened warriors exact justice against a corrupt, useless, and petty bureaucrat.

It was a thrilled watching documentary about shogun rule and Semoray fighters clans... Thank you (Timeline) for sharing

Thx for sharing this video 🤙🏽

This is wrong at 40:09 they have shinsengumi in the video. They didnt exist in the 1700s.

Came to know the story through the movie but with this documentary could understand indeep more about 47 Ronin

"the deadliest blade ever made"😂😂😂

Japan takes everything to another level. They really take "do everything to the best of your ability" seriously