Japanese history researcher Yasutsune Owada joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about samurai. What caused the ultimate downfall of the samurai? What was samurai warfare like? What was it like to train to become a samurai? Did women ever become samurai? What did Ronin stand for? And did samurai ever use firearms on horseback? Answers to these questions and many more await on Samurai Support. 0:00 Samurai Support 0:18 Samurai training 1:19 Becoming a samurai 2:48 Are there still samurai? 3:42 Samurai Weaponry 6:09 Samurai drip 9:25 Samurai: Origins 10:44 Yasuke 12:35 Samurai warfare 13:48 Samurai tats 14:42 The samurai lifestyle 16:49 Plain white rice 18:08 Samurai code of honor 20:08 Bushido 21:31 Women samurai? 22:47 Samurai free time 23:37 The best places in Japan to experience Samurai culture 24:51 Samurai ceremonies 26:05 Gun-weilding Samurai on horseback 27:04 Ronin 28:59 Samurai nostalgia 30:26 Impact of Samurai Director: Nobuyuki Yamamoto Director of Photography: Keita Kawahara Editor: Philip Anderson; Louis Lalire Creative Producer: Sho Yamada, Lisandro Perez-Rey Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas Production Manager: Peter Brunette Sound Mixer: Ryoko Uesugi Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Additional Editor: Paul Tael; Jason Malizia Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on |
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