Japanese history researcher Yasutsune Owada joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about samurai. What caused the ultimate downfall of the samurai? What was samurai warfare like? What was it like to train to become a samurai? Did women ever become samurai? What did Ronin stand for? And did samurai ever use firearms on horseback? Answers to these questions and many more await on Samurai Support.
0:00 Samurai Support
0:18 Samurai training
1:19 Becoming a samurai
2:48 Are there still samurai?
3:42 Samurai Weaponry
6:09 Samurai drip
9:25 Samurai: Origins
10:44 Yasuke
12:35 Samurai warfare
13:48 Samurai tats
14:42 The samurai lifestyle
16:49 Plain white rice
18:08 Samurai code of honor
20:08 Bushido
21:31 Women samurai?
22:47 Samurai free time
23:37 The best places in Japan to experience Samurai culture
24:51 Samurai ceremonies
26:05 Gun-weilding Samurai on horseback
27:04 Ronin
28:59 Samurai nostalgia
30:26 Impact of Samurai
Director: Nobuyuki Yamamoto
Director of Photography: Keita Kawahara
Editor: Philip Anderson; Louis Lalire
Creative Producer: Sho Yamada, Lisandro Perez-Rey
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Sound Mixer: Ryoko Uesugi
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Paul Tael; Jason Malizia
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
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