The downfall of Hojo Clan

[Jean]

Kitsune posted this link on the French Forum:

 

http://www.mystere-tv.com/la-chute-du-c ... v4162.html

[Ken-Hawaii]

Hey, Jean, where's our blow-by-blow translation??

 

Ken

[Jim P]

Ken its on the net as , National.Geographic.Warrior.Graveyard.Samurai.Massacre. not a bad show.

[Brian]

Thanks Jim. This it? http://watchdocumentary.org/watch/warri ... dfa35.html

 

Brian

 

Edit to add: A very interesting documentary. Real pity about the typical Hollywood "duel" fight scenes with lots of parrying, flying around and sparks when blades clash. That really lets it down.

[Marius]

Pity about the title, too. Somehow it reminds me of "Zombie Monster Chainsaw Massacre", which, BTW, is a title of a movie I have invented myself to poke fun at an over-protective mother (long story).

 

An interesting documentary, though :-) Thanks for sharing!

[Jim P]

Brian, The fight scenes do let it down a bit, but it does give an insight into the war wounds they faced.

[Toryu2020]

Well, once again they have taken one of the most exciting stories in history and managed to remove all the drama from it. Would love to see more of the forensics, almost cringed my face off listening to how they dumbed everything down to "Emperor vs Shogun", "the battle of the gorges", "The battle of Kamakura beach." Interesting cameo by Yamamura Tsunahiro.

 

Love this story and loved walking the streets in the footsteps of this history...

-t

[kaigunair]

One step up from "Ultimate Warrior" series. The "crouching tiger, hidden dragon" style fighting was such a turn off; totally unnecessary and didn't add a bit to the show. While nice to see samurai history getting more exposure, it pains me to think that this is what people will think how samurai "really fought" since it was a national geographic documentary.

 

So much missing info on the actual grave site; so much forensic science also missing. Couldn't tell if it was full skeletons found or just heads, as that would have been pretty significant. I wonder what sort of artifacts were found, or are we to assume these bodies buried completely naked? Why wasn't any of these shown or commented on as they would speak volumes of who was really buried there....

 

Guess its onto the web to figure out what was really found at this dig (from the 1950s)....

 

Found a very interesting article discussing the study of yari/spear marks on the skull. That makes more sense for so many reasons. I wonder if the "arrow" injury was actually a spear mark, and if many of the injuries attributed to tachi/uchigata were in fact naginata.

http://www.academia.edu/3415007/Stab_Ma ... akura_City