Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan - First Season English Subtitles

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[warriors clamoring]

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[screams in agony]

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[grunts]

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[screams in agony]

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[opening theme plays]

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[narrator] <i>1551. Japan is in chaos.</i>

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<i>After centuries of rule, the central</i>
<i>government has lost control...</i>

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<i>and the nation has been plunged</i>
<i>into a brutal civil war.</i>

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<i>Anarchy reigns</i>
<i>as heavily armed warlords called </i>daimyo

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[woman crying]

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[opening theme plays]

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[narrator] <i>1568.</i>

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<i>Ten years after waging a bloody campaign</i>
<i>to gain control over his own province,</i>

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<i>powerful samurai warlord Oda Nobunaga</i>
<i>has seized much of Central Japan,</i>

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<i>including the nation’s capital, Kyoto.</i>

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<i>Now, driven by a towering ambition,</i>

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<i>he dreams of crushing the powerful clans</i>
<i>who still oppose his rule.</i>

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<i>And for the first time in over a century,</i>

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[suspenseful music playing]

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[horse neighs]

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-[arquebus fires]
-[men shouting]

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[opening theme plays]

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[narrator] <i>Fueled by a ruthless</i>
<i>and maniacal ambition </i>

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<i>to conquer Central Japan,</i>

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<i>Nobunaga has destroyed many enemies</i>
<i>who have underestimated him.</i>

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<i>His vicious military campaigns to weaken</i>
<i>the powerful Buddhist institutions</i>

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<i>have turned large swathes</i>
<i>of the population against him.</i>

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[suspenseful music playing]

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[groaning softly]

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[grunts]

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[groaning]

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[opening theme plays]

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[narrator] <i>After unifying much of Japan,</i>

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<i>fearsome samurai Oda Nobunaga is dead.</i>

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<i>His loyal supporter Hideyoshi</i>

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<i>has launched a coup</i>
<i>and seized power for himself.</i>

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<i>Enraged,</i>

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[dramatic music playing]

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[opening theme plays]

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[dramatic music playing]

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[narrator] <i>After more than a century</i>
<i>of civil war,</i>

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<i>Toyotomi Hideyoshi has united Japan.</i>

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<i>His rivals have</i>
<i>either sworn their allegiance,</i>

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<i>or they have been destroyed.</i>

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<i>Despite this fledgling peace,</i>

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<i>Hideyoshi now dreams</i>
<i>of a bold and outlandish plan</i>

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[dramatic music plays]

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-[in Japanese] Attack!
-[all yelling]

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[opening theme plays]

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[narrator in English] <i>1598,</i>
<i>after ending 120 years of civil war</i>,

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<i>and reunifying Japan under his banner,</i>

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<i>Toyotomi Hideyoshi,</i>
<i>the supreme ruler of Japan, lays dead.</i>

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<i>In a desperate attempt</i>
<i>to protect his dynasty,</i>

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<i>just before his death,</i>

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<i>Hideyoshi created</i>
<i>a council of five powerful warlords.</i>