Shogun: Castle Maids Ask Anjin-San Which Women He Prefers For Pillowing In Osaka Castle, Japan

[@koltoharcos]

They were not geisha, they were castle maids. They were attracted to Blackthorne because he looked so different than the typical Japanese male.

[@theshogunchannel]

Domo, Koltohacros-San! Correction has been made. For your service, Lord Toranaga has given you a house in Yedo, 20 Samurai Retainers, 5 Horses, and 3 Kimonos. God bless! 👍

[@Bobaklives]

In the late ‘70s my Dad visited Japan and (back then) women would ask my Mom permission to touch his beard… 😂 By the time I went they didn’t care 🤣

[@koltoharcos]

@@theshogunchannel I get 20 retainers? I know what I can do with those men.

[@theshogunchannel]

Hai, your new Samurai will come in handy. Konbonwa, Kotohacros-San. @@koltoharcos 👍🎌

[@tdirtyatl]

A tradition that Asian women continue.

[@Bobaklives]

My goodness, you are so good at selecting the most memorable scenes. I even remember the preview for this episode had just the “all of them, if you wish” line. 😂

[@theshogunchannel]

Domo Arigato Gozaimasu, Bob-San! Yes, that was a very funny line of Mariko-San's. 🤣For your kind words and making Lord Toranaga laugh, he has given you a house in Yedo, 30 Samurai Retainers, 20 Katanas, and 15 Kimonos. God bless, Bro! 👍

[@gommechops]

Looks like 15 of your retainers will be rather cold this winter, I will send you 15 more Kimono from Ako.

[@mikefriend1514]

As an actor who was gay but hid it, Chamberlain must have found this scene both easy and troubling at the same time.

[@michaelwu7678]

@@on2wheels378He called himself a godless sodomite. That's like a Jew playing Hitler. Of course it could be troubling.

[@JD-df3zl]

No, he was not a sadomite. So stfu

[@lonestar2779]

WHAT?

[@biancablast8153]

He's an actor and everyone in hollyweird knew he was gay

[@lyrilljackson]

lmfao.......

[@brandenburg2388]

This event explains how the concept of Rest and Recreation for soldiers originated....

[@JohnPublic-dk7zd]

I've been feeling very constricted, and unfortunately there are not 3 maidens to relieve me...heck, i'd settle for one...

[@theshogunchannel]

Hahahaha again, John Public-San!!! You have made Lord Toranaga laugh again for 3 minutes straight!!! With a smile still on his face, Lord Toranaga has graciously given you a Home in Port Nimazu, a Portuguese Jokebook, and 3 House Maids from Yedo Castle. Lord Toranaga says Domo Arigato for the good laugh!!! Kyō wa kami no go kago ga arimasu yō ni, Kyōdai!!!

[@Clive19681]

Try all off them then then your be constipated for life 😂😂

[@kevinstroup]

Much better than the remake. The remake skips too much important details.

[@sadjaxx]

I just loved the original.

[@davidrosenblum2178]

Completely agree. And got a lot of things flat wrong as well.

[@drcowbeef]

I just finished the 24 hour part 1.1 shogun audiobook last night. Today I started watching the new remake on Hulu. The show is absolutely terrible. Basically at 24 hours the book ends with blackthorne and mariko sleeping together. It took the show 4 hours to get to that point. So they cut 20 hours of material while rewriting and making their own story. I feel like I’m watching poorly written cliff notes. The story is stuck on fast forward and there is no character development. It’s hard to like anyone in the show. Blackthorne is the biggest disappointment.

[@hmshood9212]

You can love both

[@SlartiMarvinbartfast]

The remake is a travesty and a poor representation of the novel. Stick to the wonderful 1980 miniseries.

[@wongsifu460]

yoko shimada was such a beauty "pillowing is very important for health" I approve this message

[@EugeneEgar]

Watching this after you watch FX shogun

[@giovannyarce]

🤫

[@huggymoon]

Right! I’ve looked everywhere for a full copy to watch but falling short

[@Pahoe77]

​@@huggymoon I got one at Barnes and Nobles. If that helps.

[@hu3bman]

Bro Legit this! I feel like watching the 2024 Shogun is like watching the 1980 one with RTX enabled 😂😂

[@salsainspires9099]

😂 while

[@hmshood9212]

They’re so beautiful!

[@georgemckeon6710]

4:10 Great acting! 😂

[@Wolfen443]

If this was Anime he could have them all in a Harem setting.

[@marcinzysko1653]

ONE ON THE LEFT! PICK ONE ON THE LEFT! -me during first half

[@jimquantic]

"Shrek, pick me, pick me Shrek!"

[@readsomebooks666]

Your left or his?

[@AB-iw4kw]

I only watched this series back in the day because of Yoko Shimada. It was definitely a great series though. RIP Yoko Shimada. A beautiful soul.

[@tp1saikou]

Anjin-san "Well lady, my intimate customs do not include BOYS!!!! Hollywood "WRONG!!!!"

[@theshogunchannel]

True. Richard Chamberlain, the actor, may have included them, and definitely Hellywood as well. But, apparently, the character John Blackthorne, based on William Adams, was heterosexual.

[@colingoldie9173]

Indeed. Original text has Blackthorne killing his first man for attempted rape.

[@theshogunchannel]

Hai, Colin Goldie-San. You are 100% correct. It is in the novel. Arigatogozaimasu.@@colingoldie9173

[@dgrmn12345]

@@theshogunchannel not only that, but a Protestant and English heterosexual. To be gay is a crime back then and to be called one is a grave insult. Enough to be confronted to a duel.

[@Yabuturtle]

3:49 That's exactly what I said to my gay friend when he thought that I might be gay or was interested. He ended up laughing instead. xD We can all get along, straight and gay.

[@jpowell2603]

" How can you be healthy without pillowing" 😂🤣🤣 Arigato Anjin - sama

[@Pfaltzgraf]

All of the ladies are so beautiful. 🔥

[@Reddy26]

Ancient Japanese custom sayez…. Japanese gentlemen must sample Young women BEFORE they work he-he -huh-huh

[@erturtemirbaev5207]

They are cute

[@SteveAttwood]

You should have bought up a stock of DVDs and BluRays of Shogun to sell .. I don't know why I didn't purchase one earlier but I have now. I was mesmerised but the show when it first aired an the UK a million years ago, I had read the book (and the subsequent series) previously but this just blew me away with its portrayal (however dramatised) into Japanese culture of the Middle Ages... and Mariko ......

[@theshogunchannel]

Hai, Good idea, Steve-San! Agreed, blown away when this aired. So glad you are enjoying the scenes. God bless, Bro! 👍🎌

[@RetroFrito]

If you're able to find the VHS set, and still have a vcr, that will be the full version. As far as I'm aware, they never released the full show on dvd. All versions of it were trimmed down

[@SalznPfeffer658]

I love pillows.

[@Guy-Mann]

I love refrigerators.

[@terrencelawlor7778]

I have wished for the all three option since this movie was made in 1980😊

[@sztypettto]

You would have ruined their pillows...

[@terrencelawlor7778]

@@sztypettto We (italics) would have ruined their pillows…

[@upfront2375]

With all the cocaine that was being consumed in 80s he'd have all the women in Osaka😅

[@MrFloppy19W]

Which one of these fine ladies do you choose? Me: Yes.

[@DogOfHades]

Him IRL the boy

[@theninjacat7200]

Lololol

[@eduardomaldonado1647]

I would take all of them. Don’t need ask twice. Including Fuji.

[@AwakenedJus]

I will now refer to sex as "Pillowing" going forward.😂

[@theninjacat7200]

Lololol

[@allendracabal0819]

What will you call it when you are going backward?

[@AwakenedJus]

@@allendracabal0819 Unpillowing.

[@nottius1026]

"Or maybe you prefer a boy" Lmao she thought Anjin likes femboys

[@totofreelance]

No, she thought that if he doesn't want woman, maybe he wants a man instead.

[@armynurseboy]

More accurate statement considering Chamberlain was gay IRL....😉

[@morbionicle]

Historic depiction of western man first catching yellow fever.

[@Flymoki13]

Japanese people were often disgusted by the appearance of Europeans, describing them in terms not so polite, as "the missing link" between Humans and Monkeys. Fun enough with just a few Orientals on the other side of the world back then, entire communities in southern spain came about whose name is Japón (literally Japan in Spanish) and their ancestry goes back like to Japanese travelers in the 16th and 17th centuries, such as in Coria del Río, meanwhile not a single euro descendant in japanese lands from that early despite the disparity in number between Euro visitors to Japan and Japanese vistors to Europe. This show is a joke at most for Historians...

[@ketfoen]

Dunno if my junior would also be working after so much stress, but stress is better after getting junior relaxed. So i would pillow with all 3

[@gustlightfall]

Feeling very constricted? or would want to feel constricted in between those... Na mean!

[@redg1018]

All three!!! All three!!! 😂

[@jimquantic]

"Sometimes....you have to go along, to get along". Come on man....buck up, draw straws or something.

[@davidtennien39]

Funny thing is, Richard Chamberlain did prefer boys. It was amazing back in 1981 when this was done that they would follow the book with this scene.

[@theninjacat7200]

Actually, I believe Richard was gay...not a pedophile...not the same thing. He was a man sexually attracted to other men...not little boys (those are nasty pedos). I am not gay but two consenting adults whether straight or gay is their business. Nothing defensible about desiring children.

[@theblackgoatofthewoods]

In the book his reaction is even more upset since they also offer him a duck

[@theshogunchannel]

Hai, BlackGoat-San. You are absolutely correct. Even The Captain of The Guard (possibly Captain Yoshinaka) almost commanded Mariko-San to go get the Barbarian a duck, and perhaps that will calm him down. It is crude, but they did not know the customs of Europeans, and they had heard "rumors". Perhaps they were rumors spread by The Spanish and Portuguese to discourage favortism towards other Europeans. Arigatogozaimasu.

[@theblackgoatofthewoods]

@@theshogunchannel A lot of things from the book didn't make it into the show. The new one is even worse. I feel they rush it like crazy. Rodriguez are taking Blackthorn to his ship..... Now we are on the way to Osaka... Slow down man..... We got 10 episods

[@theshogunchannel]

Hai, Black Goat-San. I completely agree with you on the ultra-rushed pace of Shogun 2024. Also, they have added scenes that were not in the novel or in Shogun 1980, like when Mariko and Buntaro's son spoke to them at the time of the escape from Osaka Castle with Kiritsubo-Sama. Why would their son be present there in Osaka Castle for the Meeting Of The Regents? Excellent comment about the crazy rushed pace of Disney's Shogun 2024. Arigatogozaimasu, Yūjin. @@theblackgoatofthewoods 👍

[@theblackgoatofthewoods]

@@theshogunchannel I agree.... Let's see if they redeem themselfs. But what I think is going on here are 3 young girls, curious of the new barbarian. Proberbly more hairy then they ever seen. Later it's Mariko's maid Koi who is instructed to have sex with him. (hopfully she enjoyed it) Had he said yes, we might have had a 70's explotationmoment. I allways find extra emotional that Sono later give her life by attacking the ninjas in Osaka with no weapons to give the rest more time to escape

[@theshogunchannel]

Hai, Black Goat-San. it was very sad in the novel how Sono was killed by the Ronin Bandits in the escape from Osaka. Anjin-San very tenderly put her in the litter (Palaquin). Good comment and assessment. Arigatogozaimasu. @@theblackgoatofthewoods 👍

[@bikeyoshiro]

What a euphemistic example pillowing is!

[@upfront2375]

A much more polite and civilized pilot John I might say😂 The magic of better cinematography and much better quality cameras when you compare the FX version with this!

[@Imhotep-Still-Juicy]

Perhaps He wants a Duck? Yea I heard in Korea they like Ducks...... We could just leave one in the room and if He doesn't want it, no problem.....

[@RobWright1981]

All three, and Mariko. Phwoarrr!

[@AhJodie]

This is so cutely hilarious, apparently in the book, they also offer him a duck...... He was rude to them though is what I think.... anyone could see they were working very hard to make him comfortable in every way. He could have simply said no thank you!

[@davidday5731]

Funny in the new version he quietly brushes it off

[@theblackgoatofthewoods]

My guess is that Disney didn't want the backlash of three girls offering themselfs to a grown man. The social media would tear them to shreads!

[@jiminycriket]

@@theblackgoatofthewoods MUCH more likely is that they didn't want the social media backlash of the show's protagonist reacting in DISGUST at the suggestion that he might want to sleep with another male.

[@theblackgoatofthewoods]

@@jiminycriket It might be true. But his first reaction was the fact that Mariko offers him a boy and his second reaction was to be called a "godcursed sodomite"

[@AdonisPaul]

@@jiminycriket Even though it is completely contextual and showing the differences in our cultures in 1603, yeah 100% the rainbow people would get irrationally mad you dared to acknowledge something that they are constantly whining about themselves.

[@AdonisPaul]

@@theblackgoatofthewoods He said more than that in the book. lol.

[@KennethFord-y7c]

Yes ! Chamberlain was great !!!

[@MorliHolect]

Cute accent. "Pirrow"

[@hathor1985]

this actor in Shogung looks like a twin brother as the actor in The Last Samurai

[@user-ve5ln5le9y]

Tom Cruise???

[@viper22jc]

I'd take all 3 right at that instant. those women were pretty.

[@dayana1269]

None of us should expect poor Richard Chamberlain to do the same. He had more interest in Omi-san I guess.

[@theblackgoatofthewoods]

Think he said No because he got caught offguard. He clearly have no problem with cheating on his wife later...

[@ADAPTATION7]

Little did they know back then that Anjin-San was a come from behind kind of guy. 😁😁

[@Catmom2004]

I read the book before the TV series came out and remember laughing out loud at this scene. 😄 It amuses me to remember that not only did Mariko-san offer Anjin-san a woman of his choice (or a boy), she even offered a DUCK 🦆if that were desired. As Clavell portrayed them, the Japanese were very matter-of-fact about sexual preferences and were not burdened with the Christians' extreme moral views on sexuality. If anyone here has read the book more recently than I did (in 1975 or 76!) I would appreciate them confirming or correcting my recollection. If I am correct, it will please me greatly. I am 64 and hoping that my brain stays healthy as I age. 😁 👍

[@jediwompa]

I just came upon this video. I'm reading Shogun for the first time. I'm over halfway done with the first novel. This video. Is this from a movie or television show? Thanks!

[@theshogunchannel]

Hai, JediWompa-San. This is from Shogun 1980, of which, James Clavell was Executive Producer. Arigato Gozaimashita. 👍

[@jediwompa]

@@theshogunchannel thank you! I will watch that series after I read the book. Thank you very much

[@jaishemajames4554]

I remember this on TV when I was younger.....😅😅😅😅😅

[@zhongwa]

All I can say is, when I retire, I got to move to Japan.

[@glennlgg6871]

I hope you have a time machine then 😂

[@jamiewright68]

He proper loses his shit in the book 😂😂

[@dennischen2642]

So this must be where Pillow Waifu came from

[@JohnMcDonald-d1h]

This is what is missing from the new series. There are very few genuine moments of levity or joy. The new series is just depressing.

[@SlartiMarvinbartfast]

The remake is a thoroughly miserable experience, the 1980 miniseries is infinitely better.

[@chartaiwan]

The new series is a total product of our times. They made so many so many mistakes. And people who have not read the book still think is good. A real disgrace

[@hungabastahdeluxe3751]

Maybe he prefers a duck? Give him a duck.

[@ISeekSilence]

Someone who read the book. ; ) Better not send him a duck though, but inform everyone that he doesn't want to talk about pillowing. Stupid barbarian.

[@colingoldie9173]

A line sadly missed from both TV versions.😂

[@mpopo9482]

2024年版よりこっちのが好き

[@theshogunchannel]

私だけでなく。コメントありがとうございます。日本人はショーグン2024の方が好きだとコメントしようとする人もいますが、多くの日本人はショーグン1980の方が好きだとコメントしています。コメントありがとうございます。

[@RetroFrito]

OR ALL OF THEM IF YOU WISH ANJIN SAN TAKE IT MY MAN TAKE IT

[@user-qy9rg3nt2l]

I had the same exact situation happen to me twice this month.

[@user-qy9rg3nt2l]

@BizznessBox ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@Thincastle]

I vaguely remember in the book, someone suggested that if he did not want a woman or a man, maybe he would like a duck.

[@guest6398]

Only in Hollywood movies do men turn down beautiful women.

[@readsomebooks666]

Male logic here: I want Mariko, if I take any of this lot, she’ll be ticked and I’ll never get her, so no nookie for me tonight.

[@FrozenRefrigerationTrans]

The 4 women bowed to Blackthorn because they were afraid of Dishonoring him and themselves by stepping out of line and saying the wrong thing to Blackthorn. Disrespect is Not Tolerated in Japan and to them brings Dishonor and Shame to their family name. Thats why over in Japan you will NEVER hear a Japanese person tell someone who's not from Japan No because they are Scared of Offending you or Dishonoring you

[@brysimm404]

Very “constricted” indeed 😂

[@MaestroChasquiya]

Its a health question. Agree.

[@bobbastian760]

"Sorry love you're all a 3, got anything better?"

[@Nappy17691821]

I could think of worse situations to be in, not many better

[@alanfoster6589]

"You must be feeling very conflicted". Oh boy....(to coin a phrase).

[@aaa-xd3jj]

Ironically, Mr. Chamberlain is gay. I wonder if it was difficult to say these lines.

[@Friedtoenails]

Remember’you only live twice’? “In Japan, men come first. Women come second!”

[@MySOBER-Life]

I was 15 years old when this came out. Fell in love with Asian women - They were so, different and exotic from my Hick town I grew up in.

[@rsoubiea]

But only after he was bathed and groomed, lol.

[@zeromiedo1218]

No man could turn this down, what is wrong with this guy? 😅

[@Kremlin3000]

All of them I would wish! 😅😅

[@hmshood9212]

I could not resist them

[@timuryorkart]

I find this original version of Anjin more dignified than in the FX remake. Wondering why they chose to make him less easy on the eye in the 2024 version...

[@user-ve5ln5le9y]

I actually think the new Blackthorne is more attractive just because ge has short hair but his role seems less prominent now. Maybe that’s a deliberate sign of the times but the book was still written by a Westerner

[@Flymoki13]

More dignified with fetishizing Asians? lol Sorry, but both shows are too Unrealistic and History Cr*ps. As for this scene there is nothing but pure white male's fantasy for a lay audience fetishizing Asians and fueled by white supremacy indoctrination in an ignorant american society. Japanese people were often disgusted by the appearance of Europeans, describing them in terms not so polite, as "the missing link" between Humans and Monkeys. Fun enough with just a few Orientals on the other side of the world back then, entire communities in southern Spain came about whose name is Japón (literally Japan in Spanish) and their ancestry goes back like to Japanese travelers in the 16th and 17th centuries, such as in Coria del Río, meanwhile not a single euro descendant in japanese lands from that early despite the disparity in number between Euro visitors to Japan and Japanese vistors to Europe. White male's superiority indoctrination is a joke at most for historians that goes unnoticeable in the biased grand Western Media...

[@gaviny-w3569]

​@My4_67Armorof3rdAD I didn't until now, unfortunately in new Zealand, I don't think that news was available. Thank you very much for your reply, very much appreciated 😊

[@rosav1000]

l love richard chamberlain❤❤❤❤💝😍😘💝😍😘💝😍😘💝😍😘💝😍😘💝😍😘❤❤❤❤

[@OldPadavan]

Как много на лице Блэкторна отражается. Столько нового ему рассказали. Девушки прекрасны!

[@theshogunchannel]

Да, очень сильная актерская игра. Прекрасная сцена с очень красивыми женщинами. Хорошие комментарии. Arigato Gozaimashita.

[@pauljung3534]

When I ache.. I will have a pillow, rather than a pill.

[@theshogunchannel]

A much better remedy. Arigatou Gozaimashita.

[@saudade2100]

Is it twoo zat you people are uh, gifted? Oh, it's twoo, it's twoo

[@dpeasehead]

@saudade2100: Channeling (not pillowing) "Blazing Saddles?"

[@heaven-is-real]

@@dpeasehead mel brooks madeleine khan quote

[@TylerLedford-x4o]

I'd pick all three.

[@michaelsutton3092]

He wasn't attracted to any of the women, but the little boys, that's a different story

[@tamlansaoudi]

Always alone with my pillow. Extremely lonely

[@nikogaming21]

theres electricity back then?

[@pauljung3534]

Therefore earthquakes are customary in Japan.

[@theshogunchannel]

Hahahahaha! Good one, PaulJung-San. Arigatou Gozaimashita.

[@hu3bman]

FX's Shogun 2024 is basically this one but with RTX enabled

[@jd5179]

😂😂😂 120fps in 4k as well

[@mopeygoff]

Yep. I mean even to the point that Cosmo Jarvis looks and sounds passable as Richard Chamberlin.

[@admincpt]

No good asking Richard...He bats for the other team....not that there is anything wrong with that

[@FarryBopayz]

adegan ini yang paling gw inget, Berbantal katanya

[@ElectronicsPeddler]

“A boy!? No! That’s abhorrent! Bring me a big sweaty man! That guard will do nicely… have him bring a couple of those archers I saw on the castle wall too! They really seem to know how to pull hard on something, if you know what I mean!”

[@PappyGunn]

Gee, I know sailors are not too bright, but what's the matter with that boy?

[@jimquantic]

Some men don't get "performing on demand", or even "request"--they like it being their idea.

[@PappyGunn]

@@jimquantic When you get offered a foursome with 3 pretty Japanese ladies, you better get with the program. I dunno about you, but that doesn't come around every day.

[@jimquantic]

Oh no, every day for me…right before the alarm clock goes off

[@tricorvus2673]

Damn fine actor. Any homosexual who portrays straight is doing a great job. Slightly less so the straights who do gay.

[@devinarthur6559]

2:11 2:18 2:36

[@Brees1986]

Give him the duck

[@tomwalker389]

I'll take all hues of pink, thanks.

[@brianbrian6202]

“Errrr, I’d like to see ‘another’ menu please?!”. 🏳️‍🌈

[@KennethFord-y7c]

I choose All !

[@4nDi]

I would tap fujiko in shogunfx more than mariko

[@yonimediamaven]

BS No record of Adam's being gay

[@EM-tx3ly]

Adam wasn’t a pederast but the Japanese back in those days engaged in those practices especially the Samurai

[@TheKangist]

​@@EM-tx3lyDisgusting

[@hmshood9212]

Thank god Chamberlin is gay. I would have jumped them once they showed their interest :) Signed a bi dude

[@Theoutputpodcast]

เบลล่า เล่นเป็นมาริโกะ

[@theshogunchannel]

ใช่แล้ว โยโกะ ชิมาดะ รับบทเป็น มาริโกะ ใน Shogun 1980

[@Theoutputpodcast]

@@theshogunchannel อ้าว เจ้าของช่องเป็นคนไทยหรอครับ

[@theshogunchannel]

@@Theoutputpodcast ไม่ แต่ฉันชอบพูดคุยกับคุณแต่ละคนในภาษาที่คุณต้องการ พรมากมายแก่คุณและครอบครัวของคุณ และมีวันที่ดี. Arigato Gozaimashita. 👍

[@theshogunchannel]

@@Theoutputpodcast และฉันมีเพื่อนชาวไทยมากมาย พวกเขาใจดีสุดๆ เสมอ อวยพรให้ท่านอีกครั้ง. 👍

[@Theoutputpodcast]

Arigato gozaimasu เบลล่า คือ ดารานางเอกชื่อดังในไทยครับ เขาหน้าตาเหมือนกันมาก ผมเลยแซวเล่นๆ Hahaha

[@gregchambers6100]

"Do I look Catholic to you!!"

[@Imhotep-Still-Juicy]

Losing the Sailor's Dance is losing James Clavell's The Shogun. If Toranaga doesn't dance the jig, then forget calling it a faithful adaptation.... 🧜‍♂ We need iconic television moments that lift the spirit, not this ultra serious, nihilistic, depressing television we've been getting for the last decade. The People need cheering up!!! 🎭

[@theshogunchannel]

Hai, Omega_Primaris-San. Highly Excellent Comments! I agree 100%: "moments that lift the spirit". Arigato Gozaimashita.

[@Imhotep-Still-Juicy]

@@theshogunchannel Domo Arigato Gozaimasu, for your videos, kind words and replies. All the best to you and please keep these wonderful videos coming, celebrating ‘The Shogun’ and hopefully steering this new audience of the new version in the direction of the 1980’s version and the book.

[@ydkaachillesa9353]

Chamberlain > this guy from new Shogun

[@hmshood9212]

Eastern Flat chests > Western Buxom

[@raymondtingting6364]

Or maybe you would prefer a boy😮

[@AA-le2zv]

I be like there is a God thank you and I take the 4