A marooned European ship ignites a lord's fight for survival amidst the gritty, intimate politics of feudal Japan.
Suspenseful and epic. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Nothing past what a TV-MA promises: moderate sex and nudity, and strong violence.
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In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.
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