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DESCRIPTION:Netflix’s show Age of the Samurai (2021)\, Hulu’s Shogun (2024)
 \, and Netflix’s Blue-eyed Samurai (2024) are part of a samurai “boom” in t
 he United States. Age of the Samurai\, which was touted as a “real-life Gam
 e of Thrones\,” included dramatic re-enactments of famous historical figure
 s and battles that\, according to the production company\, were filmed in a
  style inspired by graphic novels and Akira Kurosawa movies. How does Age o
 f Samurai’s depiction of Japan’s sixteenth century compare with historical 
 dramas made for the Japanese domestic market?\nThis lecture will feature Dr
 . Segal\, a historian of medieval Japan\, who was interviewed for the Netfl
 ix show. His talk will discuss the series’ ahistorical glorification of blo
 od and swords\, designed to appeal to the preconceived ideas of North Ameri
 can viewers\, and the producers’ careful editing\, which conveys a misleadi
 ng sense of historical consensus among the show’s scholarly experts.  The t
 alk will also highlight significant differences in style and emphasis from 
 a similar Japanese television production\, NHK’s 2020 Kirin ga kuru\, a his
 torical drama that addressed the same historical figures and time period as
  the Netflix show but with less gore and violence and more attention to the
  historical texture of the period.
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LOCATION:Searles\, SER 315\, Searles Science Building\, Searles\, SER 315
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SUMMARY:Depicting Japan’s Sixteenth Century in Netflix’s Age of Samurai and
  Hulu’s Shogun
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URL:https://calendar.bowdoin.edu/event/depicting-japans-sixteenth-century-i
 n-netflixs-age-of-samurai-and-hulus-shogun
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