The spooky season is here, the time when the veil between the living world and what comes next is at its thinnest. According to legend a time when ghosts, ghouls, spirits, and otherworldly creatures are able to materialize and interact with us.

Today I bring you a tale based in History but has grown from what is most likely two factual incidents that when spread amongst the people grew in their retelling and blended together to become one tragic story of love, betrayal, murder, supernatural vengeance, and true horror. In fact it released a curse that is felt and dreaded today. It comes to us from Japan, and though ubiquitous, became famous when it was recorded, written and staged for the first time in the 7th lunar month of 1825 in Tokyo called TÔKAIDÔ YOTSUYA KAIDAN.

Samurai, the Shogun, Ronin, Merchants, Peasants, and Japanese Culture collide to bring us this tragic tale.

Come dream with me as we go Deep into 19th Century Japan and witness the rise of a spirit of vengeance in a tale, I call, Onryō.

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Deep into History is Produced by York Campbell of Poetic Earthlings Studio.

Music: Sad Dramatic March by MusicLFiles

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I recently had the honor of being a guest on the Fandom & Folklore podcast. Sir Braydon and I had an amazing conversation about The Last Samurai movie. We went deep into the Historical Context of the film, the characters, the culture, and the epic battles. So please enjoy this bonus episode and be sure to follow and listen to F&F as it's a great show that I know you'll love.

Join Sir Braydon and guest Arjun Hundal (the host of the podcast "Deep Into History" ) as we sharpen our katanas and our minds in the story of "The Last Samurai" (2003) ! We ask questions such as what true events inspired the movie, Japanese culture... and who truly is the "last samurai" ?

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fandom-folklore/id1788243729

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The spooky season is here. Halloween, the time when the veil between the living world and what comes next is at its thinnest. According to legend a time when ghosts, ghouls, spirits, and otherworldly creatures are able to materialize and interact with us.

Today I bring you a tale based in History but has grown from what is most likely two factual incidents that when spread amongst the people grew in their retelling and blended together to become one tragic story of love, betrayal, murder, supernatural vengeance, and true horror. In fact it released a curse that is felt and dreaded today. It comes to us from Japan, and though ubiquitous, became famous when it was recorded, written and staged for the first time in the 7th lunar month of 1825 in Tokyo called TÔKAIDÔ YOTSUYA KAIDAN.

Come dream with me as we go Deep into 19th Century Japan and witness the rise if a spirit of vengeance in a tale, I call, Onryō.

PLEASE support the show, I could really use your help:

https://www.patreon.com/deepintohistory

Deep into History is Produced by York Campbell of Poetic Earthlings Studio.

Music: Sad Dramatic March by MusicLFiles

Free download: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://filmmusic.io/song/6240-sad-dramatic-march⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Licensed under CC BY 4.0: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://filmmusic.io/standard-license⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Othermusic in this episode is licensed under Epidemic Sound

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.