Satsuma Gishiden: The Legend Of The Satsuma Samurai

Japan's samurai past is riddled with stories of great fighting prowess and deeply ingrained systems of honor and discipline. But behind the stern demeanor was a society coming apart at the seams. Clashes in class systems and the need for a nation to come together threaten to break up the old ways of warring samurai–these are tales of such struggles. This is the story of Japan's history, and the beginning of the end of the samurai era.