Mediocre to poor acting combined with some recycled scenes. Be prepared for low-cost production feel incited by samurai and soldiers engaged in small scale fighting (scene wise). Didn't bother to portray the samurai with the accurate hairstyle or wig (maybe no hairstylist available to shave them during pandemic), Hideyoshi sitting on that weird looking throne borrowed from the next-door production filming some viking movie or was it an electric chair.... This docu-action-drama could have employed more help from computer to generate much larger scale fighting scenes to support a lot of the battles that involved 30000-60000 troops on each side. The narrative focused on a handful of individuals that shined through the history during that era assuming that the audience has prepared themselves well on the history of Japan and its feudal military system. All in all this mini series is a good entertainment to kill time during the pandemic, don't expect to remember anything from it unless you already have some basic knowledge of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the Tokugawa bakufu/shogunate. Unfortunately, Tokugawa's accomplishments were compressed into a few minutes of summary towards the end, albeit the emphasis that the system had a 2.5 century worth of influence on the "age of samurai". Perhaps Season 2 should focus on just the details, but no, this is all there is for you. Takeda Shingen was a warlord worth elaborating and yet it was only briefly mentioned.
Review of Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
