The 47 Ronin: Japan’s Greatest Tale of Vengeance

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  • @Biographics
    @Biographics  4 ปีที่แล้ว +191

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    • @benwolf5264
      @benwolf5264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      no, stop selling out and making your ads and bs longer and longer

    • @todd5640
      @todd5640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Your beard is beautiful

    • @spectrum3808
      @spectrum3808 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ok, what is with Suppuku and what are its origins....

    • @ryanf1425
      @ryanf1425 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Ben Wolf sellout? It’s his livelihood 🤷‍♂️ and you don’t pay anything to watch it...

    • @jimothy05
      @jimothy05 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ryanf1425 YT Premium Boiz. We do pay him with watch time XD

  • @dinolover
    @dinolover 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1729

    the fact they actually took the time to put out fires so they wouldn't cause damage to innocents is mind blowingly respectful.

    • @scorch1911
      @scorch1911 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      There are 47 likes. No-one change this.

    • @KingJohnMichael
      @KingJohnMichael 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @General Grievous you should maybe read up on history ;) cause waht you said is preeeeeeeettty ignorant

    • @mattnar3865
      @mattnar3865 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      @@KingJohnMichael No, he's absolutely correct, you try reading up on history, Unit 731 in particular.

    • @brandonisrangkura6760
      @brandonisrangkura6760 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      To bad people today won't do that

    • @lacialda4907
      @lacialda4907 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@KingJohnMichael As is what you said, bud ;).

  • @rayray6490
    @rayray6490 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2542

    Anyone ever tried to get 47 people (including yourself) to do one activity together? It’s next to impossible

    • @regretfilledexsistance6330
      @regretfilledexsistance6330 4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      That’s why one of them left, so only 46 had to.

    • @mrmushin1
      @mrmushin1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Gary Owen reference lol

    • @danthelowblood2653
      @danthelowblood2653 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Which is why they failed

    • @justanaverageguy912
      @justanaverageguy912 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      does "disliking me" count? then school.

    • @Mordeiv
      @Mordeiv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Even in the Assassination of Julius Ceasar, a hundred plus men agreed to assassinate him but only 60 or less actually appeared.

  • @Spartan265
    @Spartan265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2569

    There's something about stories of loyalty that are always touching.

    • @raunchyNO
      @raunchyNO 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @Bruce Cumming these days a lot of men have "honor" for their family or themselves. they hit women and kill because of an insult for that "honor". these days there is no loyalty to anything but themselves.

    • @swinglow6580
      @swinglow6580 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Welp I'm the 47th like, no more likes allowed

    • @mattiasjonsson8809
      @mattiasjonsson8809 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No you where not. So it has 2600 or something likes when you posted that 7 min ago.
      I don't think it wen't from 47 to 2647 in 7 min. Or maby 8 if you where slow.

    • @swinglow6580
      @swinglow6580 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@mattiasjonsson8809 not on the video you knuckle head. On this comment I WAS the 47th like. Why would I comment on some one else's comment about me being the 47th like on the video that clearly isn't even close to 40 likes any more lol

    • @madwolf0966
      @madwolf0966 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Berend Koops why bash on us males though?

  • @Hananotaka
    @Hananotaka 4 ปีที่แล้ว +393

    Some added context: one of the major issues underlying the events is that the law at the time was kenka-ryouseibai: in the event of an altercation, both sides were punished, regardless of who started it. This is what the Ako ronin found so unjust: only Asano was punished. The two years between the attack and the vendetta were spent by former Ako officials appealing the decision and attempting to get some redress for the Asano family. Only when these efforts were exhausted did the vendetta go into action, as a last final protest of the injustice.
    It should also be noted that the Shogunate officially sanctioned vendettas, and had a complex system for their approval. The Ako ronin’s vendetta didn’t actually apply (the ronin weren’t Asano’s direct family) but it provided a context and framework for their actions.

    • @SleekMinister
      @SleekMinister 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      THX

    • @owenparris7490
      @owenparris7490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Very interesting, thanks!

    • @fukkitful
      @fukkitful 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The reason only Asano was punish is because Kira did draw his weapon.

  • @BatmanLovesRockNRoll
    @BatmanLovesRockNRoll 4 ปีที่แล้ว +977

    Literally anything happens
    Everyone in this story:
    *SEPPUKU*

    • @behamut92
      @behamut92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Samurai : Breaths
      Same Samurai: So I have choose SEPPUKU

    • @gregledy
      @gregledy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Spills some milk
      Samurai: welp, suppose its time for seppuku

    • @FeiFongWang
      @FeiFongWang 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      YOU HAVE DISGRACED MY FAMIRY.

    • @apeanutonhawaii9722
      @apeanutonhawaii9722 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Dapper Dhampir DISGRACE ON YOUR COW!

    • @JBTriple8
      @JBTriple8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      as much i much i appreciate the code of Bushido the shoguns took it to far

  • @christophermerlot3366
    @christophermerlot3366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1798

    What a coincidence. I too am "pretending" to be a drunken womanizer. I've been doing it for so long that I've forgotten my mission. Ooops.

    • @spidos1000
      @spidos1000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      Looks like a suppokoo is what you need.

    • @mickmccasker6401
      @mickmccasker6401 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @句丹句句と 尺ヨ尸卞丹尺 *Subaru

    • @raylee5461
      @raylee5461 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@spidos1000 simp

    • @GhostlyJorg
      @GhostlyJorg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      HAH, contemptible!
      Oh, you were just pretending? - Sorry I mocked you, I'll kill myself know!

    • @christophermerlot3366
      @christophermerlot3366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Ballardian I'm on it.

  • @willbowen4488
    @willbowen4488 4 ปีที่แล้ว +768

    I live in Japan and have been to the cemetery where they are buried.
    Interesting place, worth a visit if you come to Tokyo!

    • @johnbattalgazi2108
      @johnbattalgazi2108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Where is it?

    • @julieenslow5915
      @julieenslow5915 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@johnbattalgazi2108
      Tokyo. Once there, i am sure it will not be hard to get more information.

    • @willbowen4488
      @willbowen4488 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@johnbattalgazi2108 near central Tokyo.

    • @smokngunz8409
      @smokngunz8409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Can't wait, was going to be there in japan for the Olympics, but this damn Corona virus set my trip back to Japan next year. Smh Damn you COVID-19!

    • @willbowen4488
      @willbowen4488 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @tk2887 its great
      there is a small museum with monuments from that era, but you cant film in there as camera usage is forbidden.

  • @BeastOrGod
    @BeastOrGod 4 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    When he pronounces japanese words, he sounds like a japanese person imitating a english person saying japanese words very englishly.

    • @veenoir1991
      @veenoir1991 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      For the same reason you say tortilla and not tor-tiLLa.

    • @JonnySublime
      @JonnySublime 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ash K 😂

    • @megshimatsu8615
      @megshimatsu8615 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's E-do. Not EE-do.

    • @SleekMinister
      @SleekMinister 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, not really, though. It's called sehpuku, not sepookoo.

    • @kianeko2120
      @kianeko2120 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I understood what you said, but it still made my brain hurt, lol

  • @edgelord8337
    @edgelord8337 4 ปีที่แล้ว +555

    I really love it when people cover things I don't know about and things that are from other cultures.
    If only school taught that.

    • @Maui_Waui
      @Maui_Waui 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      or you know useful life skills like how to file taxes

    • @rashadpreston7389
      @rashadpreston7389 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      What would it benift to learn such stuff at school? They already teach a enough useless and outdated things.

    • @norgepalm7315
      @norgepalm7315 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Edgy

    • @jessehudgins6066
      @jessehudgins6066 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      What school doesn’t teach world history or sociology? Lol

    • @rashadpreston7389
      @rashadpreston7389 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@jessehudgins6066 under privileged schools. Lots of public schools in America do not offer sociology as a course. That's more of a college course rather than a high school one.

  • @humanmale6784
    @humanmale6784 4 ปีที่แล้ว +616

    Everyone knows that the Keanu Reeves movie is the most accurate telling of this story. 100% accurate, mostly using real footage from the time.

    • @humanmale6784
      @humanmale6784 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @Daniel Smith Did you see that flying over your head?

    • @GlidingZephyr
      @GlidingZephyr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Including the robot samurai that Keanu faced during the tournament while incognito! Oh, and of course Shang Tsung was the Japanese Emperor at one point. I kept waiting for him to belt out: "Your souls are mine!" immediately after the collective Ronin finished seppuku. It would have made a better film.

    • @GlidingZephyr
      @GlidingZephyr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Daniel Smith So if he took the blue pill, 47 Ronin would've never been released? I don't know...it might not have been the best film, but at least it wasn't boring. Lol..

    • @AramisNailz
      @AramisNailz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      You must be referring to the japanese documentary that highlighted Keanu Reeves role in the event. Back in his younger days.

    • @michaelfacey2799
      @michaelfacey2799 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Human Male I was Gonna like your comment but I’m a just leave it at 47🥺

  • @darkapple6034
    @darkapple6034 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    This story is the proof of a true soilders bravery. Amazing. Wasnt dying in combat also part of Japanese Samurai ?
    Fun fact: "Samurai" means "to serve"

    • @helbent4
      @helbent4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      When it comes to being a soldier, I'm a little more partial to Patton's, "the object is not to die for your country, but to make they other bastard die for his." It's interesting to keep in mind this mindset hyper-focused on honour was a product of a period of peace when they had soldiers who had not fought an actual war nor were likely to fight in a war. In earlier eras when they actually fought in wars and conflicts the mindset of a Samurai was far more pragmatic and practical, and less concerned with honour (although it was still important). They probably more resembled any other soldier in that respect.

  • @Korschtal
    @Korschtal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    Great stuff, many thanks. I can confirm that the story is still very important in Japan; my wife is Japanese and was taught it as she grew up.
    The detail of the Samurai putting the lights out was interesting, because in Kyoto, fire was a read danger, so much so that if one of the nobility was in debt one way to deal with it was to threaten their neighbours with arson. According to Alex Kerr in his book "Lost Japan" the method was to go to their neighbours and creditors and say "Unfortunately I can't pay my debt and I can't stay here and face the shame of being a debtor. Therefore I have no choice but to set fire to my house tonight and escape into the night". This was a veiled threat because if one house caught fire the entire neighbourhood would go up in smoke, so the neighbours would have a collection to pay the debt and/or the creditors would write it off...

    • @RickReasonnz
      @RickReasonnz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      That is the most passive aggressive threat encompassing mass destruction I have ever heard of. Cunning, I suppose.

    • @Korschtal
      @Korschtal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @REALDEALFU1 yo The impression I got was that it was generally accepted, almost formalised, and that a few months later one of the neighbours would do the same so our original fire-raiser would contribute to the debt relief. Japan can be funny like that.

    • @zaidshah4535
      @zaidshah4535 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A german married a japanese?
      History: I dont like where this is going

    • @Korschtal
      @Korschtal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@zaidshah4535 Easy there tiger:
      A Brit married a Japanese.
      Then the UKgov said she couldn't have a visa. And the Japanese government said he couldn't, because neither governments like foreigners much.
      Then the German government said "Hey, you're welcome here as an EU citizen as long as you have a job, and your wife is welcome here too".
      Then the UK government said: "Okay we're changing the rules."
      Then the German Government said "We can fast track German citizenship so you can have dual nationality"
      And they lived happily ever after.

    • @zaidshah4535
      @zaidshah4535 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Korschtal I'm a little confused but I get the gist, good for you my man.

  • @patriciahayes7315
    @patriciahayes7315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I read a graphic novelization of this legend several years ago, and just finished watching the 1941/1942 Japanese movie of the same story. It's a deeply moving tale, one of the most beautiful to come out of feudal Japan.

    • @mysticdragonwolf89
      @mysticdragonwolf89 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is the graphic novel of the same name or called something else, I’m interested in reading it

    • @craigstoner2632
      @craigstoner2632 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also. A work of fiction. Movies aren't documentaries. More people need to be aware of this....

    • @jrgussngussn7093
      @jrgussngussn7093 ปีที่แล้ว

      Comic book...

    • @jrgussngussn7093
      @jrgussngussn7093 ปีที่แล้ว

      Captain semantics strikes again!

  • @vsGoliath96
    @vsGoliath96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +229

    Man, imagine being such a badass swordsman that you somehow make 3 versus over 30 other warriors a fair fight.

    • @kanpekiken2481
      @kanpekiken2481 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Samurai didn’t gang up. They’d fight one on one.

    • @cs40660
      @cs40660 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@kanpekiken2481 this, they were extremly skilled single combat fighters

    • @Varlwyll
      @Varlwyll 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@kanpekiken2481 that's still very impressive though

    • @kimdokja320
      @kimdokja320 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@Varlwyll yeah damn unlimited stamina right there

    • @armaniwebb4467
      @armaniwebb4467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kanpekiken2481 even more badass

  • @falseking989
    @falseking989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Legend has it people still commit sudoku even to this day.

    • @athenazoey5093
      @athenazoey5093 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      imagine doing a 3x3 sudoku but went to 99x99x99.

    • @kipchika5989
      @kipchika5989 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ik u don't have the balls to do

  • @thelonesomewanderer8359
    @thelonesomewanderer8359 4 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    i'd love to hear the story of William adams, the first Englishman to reach Japan and he became a samurai.

    • @hazemelhusseiny5683
      @hazemelhusseiny5683 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Had lots of amrita

    • @NIkonEX-
      @NIkonEX- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      isnt his name keanu reeves

    • @daledrakewriter4912
      @daledrakewriter4912 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Watch a tv series called shogun it is basically the same story just changed the names it is from the book Shogun by James clavell.

    • @thelonesomewanderer8359
      @thelonesomewanderer8359 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hazemelhusseiny5683 yea and guardian spirits

    • @longstrider2734
      @longstrider2734 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@NIkonEX- no its tom cruise... The last samurai. Duhhh

  • @TheNightWatcher1385
    @TheNightWatcher1385 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    True loyalty is hard to come across these days. I think that’s why such stories as these resonate with us so much.

  • @KillLoganPaul4
    @KillLoganPaul4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Never get tired of this story, I even teared up at the end, such loyalty shall never be forgotten

  • @Daniel-ri2dy
    @Daniel-ri2dy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    There arent many stories that i consider to be beautiful but the story of the 47 ronin is a genuinely beautiful tale.

  • @Ari33sa
    @Ari33sa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I'm always a bit awe by these stories of old times where people.. yeah went to assassinate their oponents, but also tried to be nice and courdial about it, treating the victim with respect, bowing down to them if that was proper and maybe even letting them do it themselves. It's still just an assassination, but it makes for a much more complling story/scene

  • @kevinrwhooley9439
    @kevinrwhooley9439 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Hey Simon, if you are ever looking for any Irish historical figures for St. Patrick's day then here's a few suggestions-
    Thomas Andrews(1873-1912)
    Dr James Barry or Margaret Bulkley(1789-1865)
    Lilian Bland(1878-1971)
    Brian Boru(941-1014)
    Robert Boyle(1627-1691)
    William Brown or Guillermo brown or Almirante Brown(1777-1857)
    Gay Byrne(1934-2019)
    Sir Roger Casement(1864-1916)
    Thomas J. Clarke(1858-1916)
    Agnes Clerke(1842-1907)
    Michael Collins(1890-1922)
    Saint Columba or Colum Cille(521-597)
    James Connolly(1868-1916)
    Edward Despard(1751-1803)
    Anne Devlin(1780-1851)
    Margaretta or Margaret Eager(1863-1936)
    Mary Elmes(1908-2002)
    Robert Emmet(1778-1803)
    'Silken' Thomas Fitzgerald(1513-1537)
    Betsy Gray(died 1798)
    Patrick Lafcadia Hearn or Koizumi Yakumo(1850-1904)
    Chaim Herzog(1918-1997)
    James Joyce(1882-1941)
    Sir Hugh Lane(1875-1915)
    James Larkin(1878-1947)
    C.S. Lewis(1898-1963)
    Juan or Kuhn Mackenna(1771-1814)
    Terence MacSwiny(1879-1920)
    Annette Elizabeth Mahon(1918-2013)
    Constance Markievicz(1868-1927)
    Bernadette Devlin McAliskey(1947-present)
    Thomas Francis Meagher(1823-1867)
    Annie Moore(1874-1924)
    Turlough O'Carolan(1670-1738)
    Daniel O'Connell(1775-1843)
    Hugh O'Flaherty(1897-1963)
    Gráinne Ní Mháilleor or Grace O'Malley(1530-1603)
    Hugh O'Neill(1550-1616)
    Peter O'Toole(1932-2013)
    Charles Stewart Parnell(1946-1891)
    Padraig or Patrick Pearse(1879-1916)
    Jeremiah O'Donavan Rossa(1831-1915)
    Mary Ryan(1873-1961)
    Bobby Sands(1954-1981)
    Ernest Shackleton(1874-1922)
    George Bernard Shaw(1856-1950)
    Francis Sheehy-Skeffington(1878-1916)
    Jonathan Swift(1667-1745)
    Theobald Wolfe Tone(1763-1798)
    Eamon de Valera(1882-1975)
    Ernest Walton(1903-1995)
    Arthur Wellesley(1769-1852)
    William Butler Yeats(1865-1939)
    And for April fools day you should do Nat Tate and for pride month you should do Judy Garland.
    Anyway great video, as always. Keep up the good work.

    • @angriella
      @angriella 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Some good names in there!

  • @dondon1722
    @dondon1722 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    If it wasn't already mentioned, Kyoto and Tokyo are actually separate cities. The confusion might be that Kyoto used to be Japan's capital prior to Tokyo. Great video!

  • @daniellilly7591
    @daniellilly7591 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    MAN! WHAT a story! I'm soooo glad I clicked on this out of sheer curiosity as wth any of the words in its title even meant.
    Simon's Japanese is excellent, btw.
    The USMC teaches us about Honor, Courage and Commitment and they're the core values which we instill in every Marine during boot camp via stories and historical examples of sacrifice for those ideals.
    I gotta say though, this story is just a whole other level of the ethos.
    Thanks so much for the education!
    Truly a fascinating story.

  • @phantombeard6262
    @phantombeard6262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    Biography of Ludwig van Beethoven? His 250th birthday is this year (2020). As well as telling the story of one of the Western world's greatest composers. Love ya Biographics

    • @zaidshah4535
      @zaidshah4535 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I haven't come across a single biographic for a musician on this channel, I would too like to see that.

    • @phantombeard6262
      @phantombeard6262 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zaidshah4535 exactly! Maybe some of the big ones (both old and modern) as well as other musicians

    • @stratosphere94
      @stratosphere94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’d be an awesome episode!
      I’d love one on HR Giger also 🖤

    • @lilmelvin11
      @lilmelvin11 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stratosphere94 EXCELLENT suggestion!

  • @__________________________Fred
    @__________________________Fred 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Their willingness to die to keep their honor puts the disrespect towards Asano Naganori into perspective. He felt so disrespected that he had no choice but to try to kill him because simply accepting the insult to his name was deemed by him worse than death. His hand kinda got forced at this point.

  • @ivanhunter6492
    @ivanhunter6492 4 ปีที่แล้ว +252

    would you do one on Gilgamesh?

    • @jean-michel_comhaire
      @jean-michel_comhaire 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Oh, lord, please, YASSS!!!!!

    • @NaviRyan
      @NaviRyan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      that would be amazing

    • @chrisg2739
      @chrisg2739 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Didn’t he hound a bunch of smurfs? Hehehe I know gargamel.

    • @GrimpakTheMook
      @GrimpakTheMook 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh yes please Gilgamesh

    • @Gods-bad-boy
      @Gods-bad-boy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I honestly thought he did already?

  • @dpc4548
    @dpc4548 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I understand how hard names are when you're talking about a language you don't speak. So, i'd just like to applaude you making such a good attempt. Even though I know they were off, not one name distracted me from your tale. Good work!

  • @VYBEKAT
    @VYBEKAT 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm so impressed by the story telling here! You really do it justice. I appreciate all the historical and cultural context. The whole time I was listening I kept thinking: " THIS IS SO AWESOME" People will still be telling this story hundreds of years from now

  • @m33p0
    @m33p0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    i heard it said that Oishi cut off Kira's head with the very same tanto that his master used to disembowel himself. A TANTO! A FREAKING KNIFE!

    • @atsukorichards1675
      @atsukorichards1675 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I read somewhere that Kira was stabbed by the other attacker(s) with a spear or something. As Simon said, this incident has been glorified so much that we don't know what is true and what is fictional.

  • @kiera_kayaks7521
    @kiera_kayaks7521 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Learning more about the 47 Ronin... interesting. Listening to Simon say my name for 20 minutes and 46 seconds... Priceless

  • @limmalaashish6907
    @limmalaashish6907 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I absolutely love this channel, not just the narration but also the choice of stories. keep up the good work.

  • @greatdays7050
    @greatdays7050 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "babe you can't just act like a drunkard"
    "I must avenge my master"

  • @ohyonnaha
    @ohyonnaha 4 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    I’ve learned more from Simon than from school 😭

    • @rinzo2009
      @rinzo2009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      My Comrade, it's not only you.
      Simon Whistler is the best history teacher on TH-cam right now.

    • @johnvanzyl2960
      @johnvanzyl2960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You can thank the NEA for that.

    • @isaacb5968
      @isaacb5968 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Simon can never us teach how to pass standardized tests though...

    • @JBTriple8
      @JBTriple8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      self education is the best education

  • @constipatedinsincity4424
    @constipatedinsincity4424 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    16:40 when I was living in Japan and my Nanny took me to her village and pointed out a man. She told me never bring shame to name of my family. Or shame to the face of your family. I saw this man about to commit Harakiri or Seppuku! I was 4 years old when I saw this. And I have never forgotten that moment. And seriously if I hadn't seen that and her words echoed in my ears and mind. I may have done stupid things. I never wanted to disappoint my parents. I hope that if anyone takes anything from my heartfelt comments take this. You have the choice to do right or wrong and if you're considering that, don't do wrong. Remember that there may be more than you who'd have to pay for your bad choices! May GOD BLESS you and may you always listen to the voice over your right shoulder telling you to do right!😇 Thanks again Simon for such a entertaining video.

    • @Cletus_Johannes
      @Cletus_Johannes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thats fascinating

    • @constipatedinsincity4424
      @constipatedinsincity4424 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Cletus_Johannes Thank you Youngling!

    • @constipatedinsincity4424
      @constipatedinsincity4424 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Heartattack 77 he was alive long enough to disembowel himself have you ever seen a rabbit being prepared? How the insides comes rushing out!

  • @danielcrewe732
    @danielcrewe732 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    A truly beautiful story of loyalty and vengeful wrath

  • @Elongated_Muskrat
    @Elongated_Muskrat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +390

    This episode brought to you by Simon's evil twin blowing off steam in front of a camera.

    • @leathery420
      @leathery420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Just curious, what makes this the evil version?

    • @justsomeamerican2301
      @justsomeamerican2301 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@leathery420 . Each set of twins has one evil and one good . Like yin and yang

    • @DajuOnYoutube
      @DajuOnYoutube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think it looks cringy, I mean he's obviously still reading a script and brings out a prepared prop they bought to accompany that "spontaneous silliness". I'm guessing they're just trying to appeal to crude business men and it seems incredibly forced.
      You might notice that I'm referring to them as multiple people and not him and that's because this is obviously not a personal channel but a business creating channels they think might be profitable and it's most likely simply his job to be the one on camera, I would be surprised if he's the main dude running the show.
      I like the biographics and geographics channels though because they're informal, so it doesn't mean it's necessarily bad that it's not a personal channel and obviously profit driven. But this comment makes me question if the person writing it and those liking it realises that Simon is an employee doing what he's told at a company that makes TH-cam videos, while he's the face outward it's definitely different from someone like Pewdiepie or something.

    • @user-dx8nj7qj2g
      @user-dx8nj7qj2g 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@DajuOnTH-cam he is reading a script. he has someone named danny who writes them. its a lot less formal, he sometimes goes off script, just for it to be brought up later. he has an office, but as far as I'm aware, and as far as he makes it sound, he is the one running it. by the fact that you said "he's obviously still reading a script" clearly shows you've never actually seen a business blaze episode.

    • @fallingpetunias9046
      @fallingpetunias9046 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DajuOnTH-cam Slaps script. Far as I know, Simon and Daven run the channels and hire writers, mainly Danny. Yes, it's a business, but most of the goofing about seems to be an honest liberty they take since they're running the show. Scripted but not calculated, I'd say.

  • @lightninsadventures2692
    @lightninsadventures2692 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    The honor and loyalty in Japanese culture is fascinating.

    • @robertpetty6630
      @robertpetty6630 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right?
      What happened in their ancient history that brought that about?

    • @MiraSubieGirl
      @MiraSubieGirl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@robertpetty6630 Its Evolutionary Biological... Its very much the same way how all Cultures (bar a few) generally have the same Moral Codes.
      Dont steal, dont lie, dont kill = Wow our Community is improving.
      And that is how Morality began, good things improve the lives of those around you.
      Bad things are that which harms those around you.
      Each Culture usually has special ways of seeing this, but it is a Human Phenomenon.

    • @robertpetty6630
      @robertpetty6630 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MiraSubieGirl yea....got that
      I’m wondering what specific set of events formed those specific set of morals. Those tales that were exclusively Japanese that stated self inflicted death was the answer. This is an Arthurian type legend or folklore that has been passed down, but it seems to be already an accepted practice. It had to start somewhere, that’s one hell of a thing for a person to do, to themselves no less. I want to know about how that came about.

    • @xhagast
      @xhagast ปีที่แล้ว

      @@robertpetty6630 I fear the truth is darker and sadder. All I read of the pre-Shogunate age is full of violence, treachery and naked ambition. That age collapsed and peace was enforced and the warrior caste of Japan was emasculated. Bushido was a later invention, from a time when nostalgia tinted the vision of the past. The Samurai clung to delusions even as their present became so miserable many were forced to become peasants just to eat. The 47 Ronin were a handful out of several hundred Asano retainers. They were so honored precisely because their loyalty was so rare. Also, the Japanese were NOT Christian, they saw death differently.

  • @hach7882
    @hach7882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Brah Simon doing video on 47 ronin while making 47 new channels. xD

  • @JacF6734
    @JacF6734 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It’s funny how this story is regarded as a classic example of putting honor before reason, when the Ronin acted incredibly pragmatic to get their revenge and protected the lives of innocents while doing so

  • @janicea135
    @janicea135 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I got more information and entertainment from this episode than I did for that movie they made of them

    • @jaymccormack6875
      @jaymccormack6875 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Another Lost Alice the movie with Clive Owens is good. At its core it’s a pretty faithful telling of the story.
      You get the feeling that Owens character really was a drunk. Sells his sword for a drink.
      Akira Kurosawa’s movie is epic. But that’s to be expected.

    • @DavidElendu
      @DavidElendu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is a movie though

  • @thesheepersgame5199
    @thesheepersgame5199 4 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    I hope you create a biograhic for Yukimura Sanada, one of the greatest samurai who ever lived and probably changed the course of Japanese history if he succesfully killed Ieyasu Tokugawa during the Seige of Osaka.

    • @cantbetamed2210
      @cantbetamed2210 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He didn't though. (I'm kind of fond of the Tokugawas lol)

    • @thesheepersgame5199
      @thesheepersgame5199 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Deniella Gervacio Yeah. Time was not on thier side. Tokugawa also knew that he was nearly beaten by Yukimura as there are stories that Ieyasu feared Yukimura's name until his death.

    • @kittykattzee
      @kittykattzee 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Let’s be real here lol, the toyotomi didn’t have a chance in that battle. It would literally take a miracle for Sanada to even come close to Tokugawa in that battle 😂

    • @thesheepersgame5199
      @thesheepersgame5199 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kittykattzee They could had won if the Toyotomi had time enough to rally and grab the chance Yuikimura made.

  • @leslypierre9574
    @leslypierre9574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    Ghost of Tsushima brought me here.

    • @WolfDragon6000
      @WolfDragon6000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I thought ghost of Tsushima was during the 13th century which is 500 years before the 47 ronins time.

    • @jinsakai7633
      @jinsakai7633 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      WolfDragon6000 I think he’s talking about ghost of Tsushima led him to start learning about Japanese history

    • @JBTriple8
      @JBTriple8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Keanu Reeves 47 Ronin brought me here

    • @WolfDragon6000
      @WolfDragon6000 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      raspberry sucks that makes sense

    • @WolfDragon6000
      @WolfDragon6000 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      michael french for real? I though they got Robots riding on ponies shitting lucky charms during on that time.....
      in case you don’t know that’s sarcasm.

  • @SigRho1429
    @SigRho1429 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I bet Simon is unbeatable at Trivial Pursuit.

    • @johnvanzyl2960
      @johnvanzyl2960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ken Jennings would eat his lunch!

  • @thesickening0169
    @thesickening0169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This has been one of the most interesting stories I have heard in a long time. Thank you very much for your research and putting this video together, super cool!

  • @BurchMike1
    @BurchMike1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This has always been my 2nd favorite Ronin story; the story of Musashi being #1.

  • @SharkyShocker
    @SharkyShocker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Generally speaking. When I think of figures that deserved respect and were skilled in combat, I compare Samurai with being about the same level as Knights. Devout warriors with impressive abilities. When I first imagine the scenario happening here my initial reaction was "Oh. That's a fair few soldiers, but it's nothing that crazy.", and then the image popped into my head of 47 fully clad, armor wearing knights charging into an abode.

  • @ryanellis4474
    @ryanellis4474 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Excellent job on this
    You weave a good yarn
    Keep up the fantastic work
    You’re gifted
    Keep being you

  • @DoReMi123acb
    @DoReMi123acb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    09:30 Simon, thanks for clearing that up! I always thought she never knew of his plan and that he left her broken hearted.

  • @KINGBADASS100
    @KINGBADASS100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I recently read a comic version of this story drawn by Stan Sakai, the creator of Usagi Yojimbo. It was really good!

    • @KINGBADASS100
      @KINGBADASS100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      adritz400 Do it! It’s great!

    • @inkshop963
      @inkshop963 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok, I worked in Japan and have the name Stan. They claimed to have trouble pronouncing the name Stan, and suggested I call myself Stanu. My Japanese colleagues often anglicized their names when they came to work in Canada. When they said my name they would cover their faces politely and laugh. I never knew why. Now I hear that Sakai-san's first name was Stan, so I guess they can say Stan. Help?

    • @ronaldmharrison7137
      @ronaldmharrison7137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ANYTHING with Usagi Yojimbo is excellent !

    • @AHGrayLensman
      @AHGrayLensman 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That Dark Horse miniseries is quite good.

    • @N120Xeno
      @N120Xeno 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sakai you say

  • @CarelessVagabond
    @CarelessVagabond 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Those "exaggerations" are what make good stories, great stories... Reality can come up short.

    • @user-zy9yg2eu5t
      @user-zy9yg2eu5t 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good stories deserve embellishment

  • @alexhndr
    @alexhndr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    11:04
    "It was a cold, snowy day-"
    *Z E R O STARTS PLAYING IN THE DISTANCE*
    >

  • @user-ef1qr5dy2i
    @user-ef1qr5dy2i 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Revenge is often the most powerful motivation to ruin someone's life.

  • @Swnsasy
    @Swnsasy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Loved the movie. After watching it I had to research it to see how much was true but that was difficult. Either way it's a story of loyalty and knowing that you will die in doing so but loyalty is more important. Thanks Simon!

  • @DxmSanchez
    @DxmSanchez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just started binging geographics and biographics. I could listen to you talk about history for days. I love it. Thank you

  • @Jareers-ef8hp
    @Jareers-ef8hp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    47 Ronin= Japanese special forces

  • @dquinnster47
    @dquinnster47 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That might have been one of your most interesting stories yet. Well done, mate.

  • @mtorngren15
    @mtorngren15 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Content, dedication, approach, delivery...🍻 love your vids

  • @stone1andonly
    @stone1andonly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Still one of the greatest tales of honoring a former master in Japanese history. A retelling of the tale was featured prominently in the Robert DeNiro movie "Ronin."

    • @craigstoner2632
      @craigstoner2632 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes. A fictionalised version where they don't point out the fact and the creative licence. It is important to remember movies aren't documentaries.

  • @tjchesney4997
    @tjchesney4997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I just love this channel. All of them, in fact. Fascinating history.

  • @TheXxjmpxxx
    @TheXxjmpxxx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This Simon dude would be an amazing fill-in for the Obi-Wan Kenobi voice actor

  • @transforminggravity15626
    @transforminggravity15626 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That was amazing thank you for sharing 💯👏 ⚔️

  • @Yorgar
    @Yorgar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Came across this story in a historical fiction novel, the story was being performed, in High School and it has been a favorite ever since.

  • @johnnydidonna6081
    @johnnydidonna6081 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I was at the temple in 2012. You can buy enough incense to leave sticks on every one of the graves.

    • @user-zy9yg2eu5t
      @user-zy9yg2eu5t 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I went there in 2012 too. I saw a man that looked like you squatting over each grave and "Tea-bagging" them. That person kept screaming "YOOO JOHNNY D!!! JOHNNY D!!!"

  • @Setton_Exile
    @Setton_Exile 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    2:50 the Reason the Shogun really ran the show is simple “You might have the better Claim but I Have the Bigger Army”

  • @randyreynolds5647
    @randyreynolds5647 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There is something about honor in these stories that we don't see anymore in our day

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Seppuku seems so prevalent in the old days in Japan that its like something normal thing to do.

  • @johnnysocket76
    @johnnysocket76 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Homie grinds harder than most youtubers I can think of. Seriously inspiring.

  • @aritunes07
    @aritunes07 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I would have been the missing "47th ronin". I'll just let everyone else commit seppuku, start a farm, and grow old. Mission accomplished

  • @natetheshocker7547
    @natetheshocker7547 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    2:30 Kyoto scrambled is Tokyo. . . Interesting.

  • @mattsoca1
    @mattsoca1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A correction in terminology. The Nobles in Japan represent the extremely small number of royals (which included the Emperor) at the very top of Japanese society. They were followed by the Samurai or Warrior class , and below them were the commoners (farmers, artisans, merchants, etc.).

  • @rockybukake42069
    @rockybukake42069 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You're a super busy dude good stuff man love the hard work keep it up 💪👊👌

  • @StephanieElizabethMann
    @StephanieElizabethMann 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That was a great take. As a child I watched The Samurai on tv. The tale is befitting of great Samurai. As a child all I wanted was to be a Samurai. :)

  • @orvalritchie8013
    @orvalritchie8013 4 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    Are you guys going for the world record for who has the most TH-cam channels?

    • @norgepalm7315
      @norgepalm7315 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have over 400 bot account channels so good luck to them

    • @churlishchurch4223
      @churlishchurch4223 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      water bear he meant channels that people actually watch

    • @smadnama
      @smadnama 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@churlishchurch4223 oh boi

    • @boonemyers4739
      @boonemyers4739 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Biographics, Geographics... what else does this man do?!

    • @revinaque1342
      @revinaque1342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@boonemyers4739 TopTenz, Business Blaze, Today I Found Out... He's like a white Mike Chen 😂

  • @atomicphilosopher6143
    @atomicphilosopher6143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is without doubt the most inspiring tale of devotion and honor that has ever been told.

  • @SomethingBeautifulHandcrafts
    @SomethingBeautifulHandcrafts 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like the Last Knight movie's retelling of 47 Ronin, it's a tale that never gets old.

  • @rayman6662
    @rayman6662 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hey man love all these biographies, I was thinking what about one on Rudolf Hess that could be interesting, keep up the awesome work

  • @rahadianlintang5526
    @rahadianlintang5526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oishi be like "You would be a carpenter, you would be a merchant, you would pose as a monk, and I'll be a drunk womanizer"

    • @jondoe406
      @jondoe406 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      All other ronin: 🤔
      Oishi: 😏

  • @pmassey2
    @pmassey2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love the videos

  • @TroyJamesMonger
    @TroyJamesMonger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love Business Blaze‼ between the script slap-ASMR, extended rim shots, Simon's witty banter, Danny's incisive scripts, and Sam's hilarious editing, _The Black Angus and the Apple Wood Smoked Streaks of Bacon_ are a band of the decade ♥

  • @tagootuesday6521
    @tagootuesday6521 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    These cats take honor and duty to a new level lol

    • @tibfulv
      @tibfulv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And Kira was shown to be an honourless coward.

    • @tagootuesday6521
      @tagootuesday6521 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Stephan Brun I know, that’s so wrong. But at least his men kept his honor intact till the end

    • @jeocalaghan1031
      @jeocalaghan1031 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Poop

  • @shanecarubbi7864
    @shanecarubbi7864 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This story needs to be made in to a movie. Not anime but a real movie. This was a great story. It's stuff like that, that gave me my absolute love, and fascination for the history of feudal Japan. Such amazing discipline and courage, and even mercy, definitely honourable, and needs to be made into a movie. Not in English, I want to see at as close to the real events as possible.

    • @atsukorichards1675
      @atsukorichards1675 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This story has been made into many plays and movies, both big and small in Japan. But be careful, as Simon says here, and mind that it has been glorified and changed so much to suit to people's likings. The real story must have been more complex and chaotic.

  • @chrizzalifa
    @chrizzalifa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your gonna end up having 100+ channels of every subject imaginable and I love it 👽

  • @sdogg
    @sdogg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I visited the shrine/tombs when I was in Tokyo back in November 2018. There was a film crew there from BS Fuji TV who actually filmed three of us, asking us why we were there and how we came to know the story of the 47 Ronin. Good times

  • @Abraxium
    @Abraxium 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    0:58 Why is there no...
    *YOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*

    • @danielhanson2417
      @danielhanson2417 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thomas Heurlin I too was immensely disappointed

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    2:15 - Chapter 1 - The death of asano naganori
    6:55 - Chapter 2 - The revenge plot
    10:55 - Chapter 3 - The attack on kira's mansion
    14:55 - Chapter 4 - The search for kira
    17:20 - Chapter 5 - The final road

  • @MHKARAM
    @MHKARAM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my favorite youtuber... Love all your material

  • @justinharris2272
    @justinharris2272 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That story was fucking awesome. Now if you'll excuse me, i need to go play ghost of tsushima

  • @HighAltese
    @HighAltese 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    How often did the Samurais/Ronins/Japanese in general commit seppuku?
    Japanese: Yes

    • @mikshinee87
      @mikshinee87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So tell me, how did Alexander Hamilton die exactly and how smart that was.

  • @youtubevideo2607
    @youtubevideo2607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    If I had a prayer, it would be this: "Spare me from the desire to make Hara-kiri. Amen/Om."

  • @MrElprofecional
    @MrElprofecional 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the most badass story I've ever heard, thank you Simon!

  • @MF-R
    @MF-R 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Alright boys, great job, 10/10 assassination. You got the head? Good stuff. But before we go, we should put out all these torches; that's a real fire hazard... and well, we definitly killed everyone else who could do it."

  • @dudeguy5210
    @dudeguy5210 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ok, so I am currently playing Sekiro on ps4, and it has gotten me so interested in Feudal Japan and samurai/shinobi histories.

    • @mohamedelkayal8871
      @mohamedelkayal8871 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know this 2 months old but have you recently tried Ghost of Tsushima?

    • @Gadget-Walkmen
      @Gadget-Walkmen 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mohamedelkayal8871 both games are amazing!

    • @mohamedelkayal8871
      @mohamedelkayal8871 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Gadget-Walkmen yup

  • @VERDICTInsanity
    @VERDICTInsanity 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It’s such an amazing story of dishonourable honour

  • @LostScarf
    @LostScarf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ah business blaze, eventually brain blaze, my favorite channel of them all.

  • @sabbapixie
    @sabbapixie 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love Business Blaze, along with this and other channels that Simon does. I am thrilled that he is sponsoring videos with another video channel. That means there is no long ad in the middle to skip (because I've heard it a hundred times and am sick of it) over!

  • @glen3133
    @glen3133 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Haha since this is the first time I've watched this channel, i expected a movie review based on history but ok this is cooler

  • @NDTexan
    @NDTexan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My dude, you have so many channels at this point I lost count

  • @JeffSmith-pl2pj
    @JeffSmith-pl2pj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I heard this story before but this was much more easy to understand.

  • @nessmess500
    @nessmess500 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Take a shot every time Simon makes a new TH-cam channel