A Stick of Time
- Episode aired Apr 2, 2024
- TV-MA
- 55m
IMDb RATING
8.4/10
6.2K
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Outplayed by new alliances in Osaka, Toranaga is forced to carve out a new deal with a long lost family member.Outplayed by new alliances in Osaka, Toranaga is forced to carve out a new deal with a long lost family member.Outplayed by new alliances in Osaka, Toranaga is forced to carve out a new deal with a long lost family member.
Ryo Hayashida
- Tough Green Samurai
- (as Ryohei Hayashida)
Storyline
Did you know
- Trivia"A Stick Of Time" , the episode title, refers to incense clocks, which originated in Song Dynasty China and spread from there to Japan and Korea. They measure the passage of time: minutes, hours, and so on and so forth, by measuring time it takes to burn sticks of incense. Case in point, was when Toranaga-sama lit and extinguished the incense stick, to mark the beginning and end of his meeting with Madame Gin, of "Tea House" fame. Even the use of the incense to measure time was a relatively new practice for the era.
- Quotes
Yoshii Toranaga: Why is it that only those who have never fought in a battle are so eager to be in one?
- Crazy creditsThe opening credit sequence is a modified version of a zen garden. This style of garden is often referred to as karesansui, which means "not using water."The two main elements of a Zen or karesansui (pronounced "kah-ray-sahn-soo-ee") garden are rocks to represent mountains (or islands) and sand to represent water. The sand used in Zen gardens is not beach sand; it is actually crushed or decomposed granite, small pebbles, or fine gravel. The particles of crushed granite are angular rather than round, so they can be more easily raked into patterns. Moreover, ripples in the sand or gravel represent flowing water or ripples in the ocean.
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The Worst Episode So Far
Matt Lambert must've gotten the short straw with the writing assignment for this episode. It's without question the worst out of all seven episodes to this point.
What was the directive here? Maybe something like, "lay waste to every plot and character arc that's been developed so far, and leave the viewers hanging for a sunny-sky resolution..."???
I've watched Sanada perform on screen since he was about 17 years old. In the first movie of his I saw, swinging on trees like a Jackie Chan aficionado, he had more certainty and chutzpah back then than what Lord Toranaga had in this episode.
The Brit sailor was right to tell everyone to go to hell when he walked out on their pointless ceremonial surrender. And what was the point of the Willow World Madam giving us an idea that she had something up her sleeve, some knowledge Toranaga had and which he wasn't sharing with anyone?
And what about the courtesan's desire to "take it to an elevated level" with the betrayer Saiko? She quickly exited. Not clear if she was involved in what happened next, or if she was saving her "elevation" techniques for another time.
I don't see how anything in this episode built on anything before it or leads to any good thing afterward. Basically, this was crummy writing 101. Which is a reflection of crummy thinking.
What was the directive here? Maybe something like, "lay waste to every plot and character arc that's been developed so far, and leave the viewers hanging for a sunny-sky resolution..."???
I've watched Sanada perform on screen since he was about 17 years old. In the first movie of his I saw, swinging on trees like a Jackie Chan aficionado, he had more certainty and chutzpah back then than what Lord Toranaga had in this episode.
The Brit sailor was right to tell everyone to go to hell when he walked out on their pointless ceremonial surrender. And what was the point of the Willow World Madam giving us an idea that she had something up her sleeve, some knowledge Toranaga had and which he wasn't sharing with anyone?
And what about the courtesan's desire to "take it to an elevated level" with the betrayer Saiko? She quickly exited. Not clear if she was involved in what happened next, or if she was saving her "elevation" techniques for another time.
I don't see how anything in this episode built on anything before it or leads to any good thing afterward. Basically, this was crummy writing 101. Which is a reflection of crummy thinking.
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- Apr 5, 2024
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- Runtime55 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.00 : 1
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