I'm limited by the amount of movies I have access to. So if you know any other relevant films that represent other parts of the world, leave a comment and let everyone know!
Watch 12th fail movie, very popular from last year, our pure Indian story, our people story. And the masterpiece Apu Trilogy by the Master Satyajit Ray , and other best parallel cinema. And movies of the first method actor in the history of world cinema: Dilip Kumar (yes its not brando, its just that the world dont know it). Also watch Raj Kapoor movies espeically my fav Mera Naam Joker.
If you are into Korean Drama, «Mr. Sunshine» is a good place to start. The story itself is somehow fictional, but it feature the period when Korea is influenced by Western culture as well Japanese. A very deep thought about how a country keeping her traditional at the same time moving forward to the modern era. You will probably see people in the street wearing Korean, Western clothing as well "Kimono" (That's how they said about Japanese attire), learning to drink coffee "soup" to show that one's modernized, as well how a country falling victim into colonialism, Japan in this case--Japan is part of the blame, by the way. The 24-episode series is available in Netflix (in fact, it is the first TV series backed by Netflix fund, thus the most expansive TV drama in South Korea at the time). It's a bit long, so take your time.
This reminds me of a DnD post where someone pointed out that the British Victorian era, American Old West, Japanese Meji Restoration, and French privateering all happened relatively close together. In other words, you could have a group composed of a British scoundrel, an American cowboy, a disgraced Japanese samurai, and an old French pirate and it would all be 100% historically accurate.
Honestly, you could probably have the grandchild of an Aztec or Incan nobleman from that era as well. In Mexico, Moctezuma's (the last Aztec emperor) descendants were given varying degrees of prestige following the Spanish conquests (to this day), and in Peru, the last great Incan Rebellion happened in the 1780s.
The Brit need not be a scoundrel, the trope of adventurer fits. You'll see that in Doyle's Sherlock Holmes as well as a couple of people from the American West. The American Western period actually goes into WWI - the first Western movies were actually made with extras and consultants from the era. Towards the end of the era some cowboys actually had semi-auto handguns. The Wild Bunch shows this and is accurate. The Maxim machine gun, which is still seeing action in the Ukraine War, was invented in 1884. The Samurai need not be disgraced, since on the smaller islands closer to China many were pirates. Japanese samurai were also known to be mercenaries on ths continent. Also the Napoleonic Wars - and therefore the French privateers were at the first half of the 1800s, so all this fits better early on.
I suspect the difference in visual style for medieval films between East & West is due to their popular cultural perceptions of the era - the west considers the middle ages to be their dark ages, while for the east, the middle ages are often considered the peak of their civilizations. So their movies would naturally trend towards more grimy or gilded based on popular perception, or the directors' own perception the era. edit: Before you go "UM ACKTUALLY the dark ages and peaks aren't real" - Yes. I agree. I'm saying that a lot of people have popular misconceptions of that era and hence it reflects in film.
I don't really thing peak is the word they would use. It has that feeling of "they peaked in high school". Probably more like the victorian era romanticism.
The thing about European "dark ages" is that it only makes sense from the perspective of the lands of former Roman Empire. In northern and eastern Europe there never was any civilisation collapse.
popular cultural perceptions are just that - perceptions. While it's true that some time periods had more suffering than others in certain regions, the reality is always much more of a mixed bag. dark ages aren't all dark, and golden ages are not all golden
The reason that the Middle Ages have garnered such an unfair, bad rep in the popular imagination is mainly due to the Enlightenments over emphasis on and idolisation of the classical age and it's dislike of organised religion. It's why there are so many myths about the Middle Ages, such as the idea that the monarchs back then had total tyrannical power and the Catholic Church was the unquestioned, unchallenged authority of Europe.
There are mutliple causes here: chiefly technology and trends of the time. Most of the western movie he mentioned here were released before the 2010s. When he showed eastern historical movie made during that time period, the set design and color pallete are mostly similar as well. Kurosawa's only color movie was about anything but a gilded, romanticised time period but it was very vibrant nonetheless. Which imo largely influence how historical epic would be directed by eastern industry since then.
History seems to be the most digestible when taught one nation at a time, but it's always more interesting when taught one year at a time. I wish history was taught more in this manner in school.
@@17-MASY I disagree with your disagreement. Understanding what surrounds and causes events is what leads to understanding history, and every event taking place on the planet Earth comes with crossover from different cultures outside of those 'directly' involved.
@@cam4636 2 Points of why I disagree 1- In many instances, what is happening on very far lands is not important for the subject. For example: If I'm learning about Chinese court power struggles, then what is happening in Sweden at the time is most probably not important and would just be distracting There are exceptions of course but they are special cases. 2- Learning the events year by year can be too slow in certain contexts.
It would also be confusing because in earlier era distant nations did not interact much. Knowing what was going on in Greece when Mencius was alive doesn't really improve your knowledge of Chinese history.
"Similarities come from shared human experiences" --- That reminds me of a line from a Maya Angelou poem: "we are more alike my friend than we are unalike" Showing the films of each era side-by-side was a great way to make this point clearly and viscerally.
1. Two battles that defined the history of both China and Rome happened in 202 BC. both battles are Gaixia and Zama. both battles involved envelopment tactics 2. Both Rome and China were split into Three Kingdoms around the same time (Rome's Crisis of 3rd Century 235-285 AD, China Three Kingdoms 220-280 AD). Rome was split into Gallic Empire, Roman Empire, and Palmyrene Empire. Gallic and Palmyrene could be roughly analogued to both Shu and Wu Kingdoms
The 3rd Century CE was a pretty tumultuous and pivotal time for the major Eurasian powers You had the crisis of the 3rd Century in Rome The Three Kingdoms era in China The transition from the Parthian to the Sassanian dynasty in Persia The waning of the Kushan Empire and waxing of the Gupta Empire in India
This is an anime/American video game comparison, but "Golden Kamuy" and "Red Dead Redemption" take place at the beginning of the 20th century, within just a few years of each other. Both deal with men approaching middle age who've lived violent lives that they want to forget, but both find themselves drawn into hyperviolent adventures taking place in last pockets of their nation's frontier territory as civilization closes in around them. The shadow of the soon-to-come First World War can also be seen lurking in the narrative "background" of both stories as critique of how peaceful "civilization" actually is- the wild frontier might be ruthlessly violent and chaotic on an individual level, but only civilized societies can send millions to their deaths in mud and barbed wire. Also, "Golden Kamuy" is totally a Spaghetti Western (Soba Western?) and I will not be convinced otherwise.
Oh, forgot one. The tale of Kusanagi and the story of King Arthur and Excalibur are nearly contemporary (first written down in the 6-700s AD, legend goes back further). They even likely looked pretty alike..
As a Medievalist historian, it is honestly a shame that the West (or, more specifically, the US and Hollywood) sees the Middle Ages as a dark place with little of value rather than being like any other time period with its light and dark. And, more importantly, a time period that had a huge impact on how our society evolved. Far more than the Greco-Roman period.
The problem is that Hollywood is more focused in western Europe perspective, and didn't account much the east of it, where they didn't suffer as much hardships relatively to them. Maybe, it's just because a lot of them are descendants from that region, so they prioritize that region.
@@patrickbueno3279 This might sound ignorant but which area are you thinking about when you say "Eastern Europe"? When I think of that region in the middle ages, I think of various invasions by nomadic tribes and gradual conquests of non-christian peoples. Not exactly blooming civilizations. Are you thinking of the Byzantines instead or am I missing something?
😅 They didn't know during the middle age, Charlemagne Kingdom exist in West, but civil technology do go backwards or unbalance during that time compare to Rome.
Kinda blatant, but Watanabe made a remake of Eastwood's "Unforgiven" set in Hokaido at just about exactly the same time. There aren't too many movies about it, but the depiction of the 30 years war in Europe and the Japanese Sengoku Jidai overlap in style (even though they are separated by about 20-30 years), both were noted for being the first wars dominated by firearms, and for wrecking the country. Too, the Battle of Bosworth (the end of the War of the Roses) bears a LOT of similarities to Sekigahara (the climatic battle of Sengoku Jidai). Both turned on a major player changing sides mid-battle (Kobayakawa and Stanley). Separated by about a century. The 1920s kinda overlapped in China and the USA (wild times with lots of gangsters). Which reminds me of a question that came up in a discussion. The Western group asked what the Chinese translation/equivalent of being "Shanghaied" (Drugged and/or slugged and put on a ship going a LONG way). The answer was apparently, more or less "Shanghaied" (sailors were grabbed going BOTH directions, but the Chinese equivalent included getting those grabbed for railroad work gangs). One last thing would be overlapping characters. "Gordon" (of Khartoum), was a fairly big player in the Taiping Rebellion 20 years before. The American Equivalent is seeing Lord Cornwallis putting down rebellions in Ireland and especially India after losing the battle of Yorktown.
Studying East Asian Languages and Cultures, I am very often fascinated by how much we tend to not notice just *when* ancient events occurred, especially when we they don't concern Europe. By the time the Roman Empire was founded, China had already existed for over two thousand years, and was well into the Han dynasty. Japan's Shogunate ended in the middle of the XIX Century, meaning that what we call "feudal Japan" existed until the early Victorian Era. Korean unification occurred in the VII Century, which means that the (Western) Roman Empire never coexisted with a unified Korea. These are just three examples, but it's still fascinating
There's a thing called "Eurocentrism" and it really affects negatively how History is being told. World History that most people study is often centered in European History, with Asian History being decisively brushed off as if it was not a more important part of the story. World Historians tend to simplify Asian History, while broadening, elaborating European history. So the result is you get these nuanced European historical figures and events, then there's Asian history deduced in "hard-to-pronounce" names, and half-baked retelling of Asian historical events. It's racist, to be honest.
"By the time the Roman Empire was founded, China had already existed for over two thousand years" More like - countries that will be foundational for Chinese culture already existed, but it wasn't strong centralised state before Qin Shi Huangdi.His conquests happened after Alexander and Chandragupta though, as he was contemporary to the Ashoka the great. It wasn't really "China" as a nation-state before it. This is purely nationalist narrative.
@@vladprus4019 so many dare I say ignorant "bots" in these comments. Lmao. “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” - George Carlin.
Ancient rome and china colors really weren’t quite so dramatically different.. the Gladiator film plays into ideas of ancience rome being pristine white but it was anything but.. simply the ruins and sculptures have lost their paint.
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey does an excellent job portraying the bright and colorful Greek world. It was refreshing to finally see all sorts of colored Greek cities in media.
The HBO series Rome was a much more accurate portray of how Ancient Rome looked, as much as I love Gladiator, it's not a great historical movie, kinda like Braveheart
One of the interesting parallels between the east and west is that the Three Kingdoms period was roughly concurrent with the Crisis of the Third Century in Rome. Don't think there are any movies about that though.
@@onemoreminute0543 Gallienus isn't talked about enough in my opinion. One of my absolute favourite emperors, who somehow managed to have a 15-year reign when the average reign for roman emperors was 3 years
@@game_boyd1644 Absolutely. Imo he was a better emperor than Aurelian as he laid the groundwork for his success in reuniting the empire and pulling Rome through the worst decade of the 3rd century crisis (the 260's) Poor old Gallienus had to deal with his father being captured, his son being murdered, a plague, Gothic pirates, and a near endless amount of usurpers that sprung up. The situation was nothing short of apocalyptic and imo the worst time to be an emperor in Roman history. The fact that he not only lasted the longest out of any other barracks emperor (15 years) but also set up the Comitatenses, Odenathus as protector of the east, tolerated the Christians, and sparked an artistic renaissance is nothing short of remarkable. It's also significant how he was effectively the last Italian born emperor of the state.
@@onemoreminute0543 while I wouldn't exactly say he was better than Aurelian, the rest is definitely true. Aurelian and Diocletian would undoubtedly not have been as successful without the groundwork he laid
@@game_boyd1644 Yeah, he allowed them to rise the ranks through his reforms. I think Aurelian is pretty good, but the only reason I put him below Gallienus is because he effectively caused the monetary system to collapse through his economic policy, which ruined the coin based economy for about 200 years.
Iron Monkey reminded me of Zorro. They’re really not too similar but the image of a dark cloaked figure fighting off bandits and the rich elites are in both
If you'd like to see a film set in medieval Europe that doesn't revolve around warfare and courtly politics, check out "The Name of the Rose" starring Sean Connery. It's a murder mystery set in a monastery. The story leverage's its setting by giving the killer a motivation couched in the ideology of the church at the time, and the investigator can't rely on modern forensics to collect his evidence.
Fascinating again. I've often wondered what was happening elsewhere in the world when watching certain historical films. The history of Earth is millions of worlds rubbing shoulders together, until they are gone.
As a history enthusiast and film buff interested in war movies set in ancient times, I'm consistently intrigued by the parallels in weapons technology across different cultures and periods. It's fascinating to observe how humanity, despite geographical separation, cultural differences, and varying levels of technological advancement, often developed similar military innovations. This convergence is especially striking considering that human populations diverged after the great migration out of Africa.
I made a list a while back that's similar to what's talked about in this video but it specifically focuses on movies set around the Pacific War, focusing on Japan's rise and fall! It's a whacky list but it all ties together. You can even view it as interconnected even though the movies don't actually have any official relation with each other but due to them all being history based, you could. Here's the list: 1. Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins - 1868 2. Assassination - 1933 3. Ip Man - 1935 4. Pearl Habour - 1941 5. Oppenheimer - 1938-1945 6. Godzilla Minus One 7. Ip Man 4: The Finale - 1964 8. The Karate Kid - 1984 What does Rurouni Kenshin have to do with any of them? It is the very beginning of when Japan started to heavily industrialise and give absolute power to the Emperor which created the Empire of Japan. It goes over the rapid shift Japan underwent. Assassination takes place in Korea, when Japan was occupying it, Ip Man is a similar case but for China. Pearl Habour is pretty self explanatory but it is when America finally got involved in WW2. Oppenheimer is when the nuclear bomb is finally created and ends Japan's reign over the pacific. The aftermath and devesation the bomb caused created gives Japan a new perspective and leads to them created Godzilla as a metaphor to express their feelings, Godzilla attacks Japan (This isn't real of course but it's a period piece!). Ip Man 4, goes to America and experiences racism and finds that Japanese Karate has been incorporated into American culture, it links back to Ip Man. The Karate Kid also shows how Karate has become deeply rooted in American culture and even has a WW2 Vet, Miyagi who experiences racism despite fighting for America.
I love the premise of this video, it’s often hard to see history in parallel and to show it visually through movies is all the more impactful. I think it would be even more awesome if you add the discovery of the Americas into the mix, such as Apocalypto (2006). Hope you could spoil us with a lengthier version of this❤
This is such a great idea for a video! I know that history is often best taught as a narrative, hence why we tend to learn about different regions’ histories separately, but it’s also valuable to look at the same years across the globe to get a fuller picture of our history.
This channel brings the country's history together instead of seperating them. This is wonderful. Love this channel. I'm a french bron chinese, I have been followi'g your channel since a year. My family lives in hong kong, your chanel brought me peace
Fantastic video, I wish I could give it a thousand likes - it reminds me of when I read 'A Study in Scarlet' when I was younger and learned that Sherlock Holmes' Victorian England was concurrent with America's old west cowboys and it blew my mind
a great example of movies taking place in different places at the same time: while Luca, Alberto and Giulia were trying to win the Portorosso Cup in Liguria, Italy. Gordie, Chris, Verne and Teddy were looking for the body of Ray Brower in Castle Rock, Oregon. both these films take place at the tail end of the Summer of 1959.
_Gone with the Wind_ in the background of "Hopefully we learn our lessons from these stories before they fade into legends" is an absolute cinematic coup de grâce
I love this topic! It's one of my favorite things about the world, that history is not limited to what we're taught in school. This was a great look at that. My follow up thought to this is: multiple takes on the same topic/moment in history, like something done 50 years ago vs done today or from many different cultures.
Wow - one of the best CZcams videos I have watched in a long while! Love the concept and presentation of movies from different countries, cultures and continents in the same era. Uplifting message about our similarities too.
Amazing video, as usual. I salute you, sir! You are not just a film critic, you are actually a scholar and an intellectual. Every video you make, it could be the topic of a PhD dissertation. (I am a college professor, by the way.)
@AccentedCinema talk about how the story of Sun Wukong and how he may have influenced Shonen manga in Japan, and you could take the opportunity to talk about Black Myth: Wukong
I would be interested to hear the parallel time for Tripitaka (the Tang Monk) around the time he retrieved scriptures from India... And then WunZetian's rise as "emperor". What was happening elsewhere at that time? Monkey is set in that timeline, but the Journey to the West stories probably kept changing for centuries.
16:20 It's funny because in Java there was also a legendary robber in the 12th century nicknamed the "setan' alas karautan" which mean devil of the karautan forest, his real name was Ken Arok and he eventually became a great king in Java.
Hi! 🇮🇹 thanks to your videos on the history of the Chinese Empire in cinema, I tried to collect many titles of films, TV series and novels that deal with the Roman Empire, from its foundation to its fall. In the end, I must admit that despite the historical blunders, it is interesting to understand how the imagination of this imposing civilization has changed over time.
There are many inaccuracies with Historical Indian Movies as no cares about the historical stuff to do reserch when making the films. The major inaccuracies in the movies mentioned in this video are - 1. Ashok - You can watch this video czcams.com/video/XrtprAa3T44/video.html . The major inaccuracies are Firstly about him becoming Buddhist, In reality he became Buddhist almost 6 Years before the Invasion of Kalinga, whereas in the movies it is shown that he became Buddhist after seeing the bloodshed in the war. Secondly him being a good person, In reality he was cruel conqueror who killed all his sibilings to ascend including killing the crown prince Susim. Thirdly the depiction of Buddha in the movie is inaccurate. Also his grandfather Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of the Mauryan Empire & was a Contemporary of Alexander. 2. Padmaavat - Padmaavat is the name of ballard that the movie is based on so it's written with the Queen Padmaavati/Padmini as the central character when in reality it is Indians defending their culture & religion against invading Turks. This is the problem with most historical Indian Movies is that they take way too much liberty with rewriting history to fit their story instead of the other way round & movies will have no resemblence to the actual historical event or story. That said, the sets of Padmaavat are very grand & it is indeed a visually striking film despite it's inaccuracies. Other Historical Movies that you can watch are Bajirao Mastaani ( Same director as Padmaavat), Tanhaaji, Sardaar Udham, Kesari, Mughal-E-Azam
Watch 12th fail movie, very popular from last year, our pure Indian story, our people story. And the masterpiece Apu Trilogy by the Master Satyajit Ray , and other best parallel cinema. And movies of the first method actor in the history of world cinema: Dilip Kumar (yes its not brando, its just that the world dont know it). Also watch Raj Kapoor movies espeically my fav Mera Naam Joker.
00:35 ... for me that was the connection of iirc France funding the American revolution (iirc to harm the UK), and then that in turn contributing to the bankruptcy involved in kicking off the French revolution not much later! Was one of me early moments of this sort of thing, of parallel strands of history linking up
What a great idea! Been wanting how both East and West tackle their respective histories within the same period. Hope to see a followup where both cultures view the same great events in history, like WW2 or the British Empire, from different perspectives in their respective movies.
It's perhaps a minor example, but I really enjoyed watching The General (1926) and The Great Locomotive Chase (1951) back-to-back, as they show the same US Civil War battle from opposite perspectives.
A bit of context why the story of troy has become a legend: The period of greek history that we call ancient greece or classical greece, is the second civilisation that has existed in greece. In the bronze age, the area of greece was dominated by the mycenean greek kingdoms. Then at the end of the bronze age, the eastern mediterranean experienced a total social collapse, with only egypt barely surviving. (It's called the late bronze age collapse, for those who want to know more.) In greece, this caused a period where they apparently didn't write anything down, that we now call the greek dark ages. As the classical greek period began in the iron age, the events from the bronze age had become part of the oral storytelling tradition. One story from tradition is the illiad, attributed to homer, which already in ancient greece had become a legend rather than remembered history.
I had an uncle who worked in education and sent a proposal to the Mexican Secretariat of Public Education detailing how teaching concurrent historical events would be beneficial over the chronological/separate cultures model we've always used, and how it could be done efficiently. It got rejected. I'm still angry over this and it happened 20-30 years ago.
The movie warlord is set in the same period as the movie Gettysburg. It shares a similarity in the destruction it caused, recruitment system, and the ideological clash.
One of my favorite East V West pieces of media has to be Mr. Sunshine with Lee Byung Hun. Seeing a Korean man wearing an american military uniform and one as powerful and good looking as early 20th century Marines uniform is such an amazing treat. These days everyone wears western clothes due to how comfy they are but back then seeing western clothing and eastern clothing collide was what I call a "Culture Shock"
Awesome topic that could be an entire series on its own, with each episode covering a specific era or century. I was always fascinated by the fact that the Qin Empire happened pretty much around the same time than Rome was at its peak, and often wondered what would have happened in a world where the 2 were in direct communication with each other (there are historical evidences that point out the fact that they were both at least aware of each other's grandeur, at each continent's ends) and how all the other kingdoms inbetween would have reacted to their correspondance.
Just to note that while the story of the Monkey king came about around 17th century, the fantasy world that Wukong is in is depicting the Tang dynasty, around 7th century.
Alexander's time is set nearly half a century before Ashoka. The closest to Alexander was actually Ashoka's grandfather, chandragupta maurya, and even he came into prominence like 3-5 years after Alexander died.
2:02 I know it's not a movie,but I've seen an Indian attempt of portraying it in a series.I'm saying 'attempt' because "Ashoka"'s plot is awful & too drawn-out,but it exists 😅
This channel has been one of the best parts of film CZcams and I love every single video! Thanks for introducing me to so many different kinds of films!
I'd love for you to do this as a series--like you did with the Dynasties and Three Kingdoms Series. Focus on three periods maybe--medieval; colonial/forced opening period; BCE settings?
MASTERFUL👌. I can't imagine how much work and research went into this. Should be used in high school History classes. Now that you've gifted us a summary, what about a video per time period. It's so good to show against the main (Western) reference point what else was happening in the world.
Actually Westerns taken from Kurosawa is just going full circle. His father took him to see the first films shown in Japan, which were mostly Westerns. This influenced Akira Kurosawa to the point where he is considered the most Western director of the era in Japan. Yojimbo and the Seven Samurai were then ripped off to be arguably two of the greatest Westerns.
Hey with all the discussion around Black Myth Wukong right now, can you do a video about Journey to The West like the one you did with Romance of the Three Kingdoms? I'm sure that video would perform well.
Just recently I search for this very thing I ponder the concept of what was happening in the West versus the east in the same time. A concept not very many people usually think about, could you make another video essay about history that happened co-currently? Thank you
I do think about the parallel between East and West around the same time period but by the end of day, both societies are far apart and physically isolated and people and mostly unaware or oblivious of each other until 19th Century. I chose the 19th Century because that’s when improved technology. Communication devices such as telegraphs and even early telephones help words get around faster. And transportations like trains and steam ships help people get around faster. I forgot to put in the invention of films in photography and motion pictures help captures what life is like on the other side of the world for people to see and learn. Also on a separate note, I feel the 1860’s is a time of civil wars. United States - American Civil War Germany - German Unification China - Taiping Rebellion Japan - Boshin War
2:15 Ashoka and Qin shi Huang were not a century and roughly contemporaries. Ashoka was born in 304 bc and died in 232 while Qin shi Huang died at 49 in 210 bc. Great video and work otherwise
I'm limited by the amount of movies I have access to. So if you know any other relevant films that represent other parts of the world, leave a comment and let everyone know!
watch Indian movies Axone and Kabir Singh
Watch 12th fail movie, very popular from last year, our pure Indian story, our people story. And the masterpiece Apu Trilogy by the Master Satyajit Ray , and other best parallel cinema. And movies of the first method actor in the history of world cinema: Dilip Kumar (yes its not brando, its just that the world dont know it). Also watch Raj Kapoor movies espeically my fav Mera Naam Joker.
watch old comedy movies Padosan (1968) , Bawarchi (1972) and Maya Bazar (1957 telugu film) , Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi (1988) , Gol Maal (79)
watch Pyaasa 1957 movie and Mother India (1957)
If you are into Korean Drama, «Mr. Sunshine» is a good place to start. The story itself is somehow fictional, but it feature the period when Korea is influenced by Western culture as well Japanese. A very deep thought about how a country keeping her traditional at the same time moving forward to the modern era. You will probably see people in the street wearing Korean, Western clothing as well "Kimono" (That's how they said about Japanese attire), learning to drink coffee "soup" to show that one's modernized, as well how a country falling victim into colonialism, Japan in this case--Japan is part of the blame, by the way.
The 24-episode series is available in Netflix (in fact, it is the first TV series backed by Netflix fund, thus the most expansive TV drama in South Korea at the time). It's a bit long, so take your time.
This reminds me of a DnD post where someone pointed out that the British Victorian era, American Old West, Japanese Meji Restoration, and French privateering all happened relatively close together.
In other words, you could have a group composed of a British scoundrel, an American cowboy, a disgraced Japanese samurai, and an old French pirate and it would all be 100% historically accurate.
You might like Red Sun - Charles Brosnan/Toshiro Mifune spaghetti western from 1971. Combines cowboys and samurai in a fun way
-My story is about Sherlock Holmes, Kenshin Himura, Clint Eastwood Blondie and Karl Marx who are in Paris during the Paris Commune's events.
-WTF?
Honestly, you could probably have the grandchild of an Aztec or Incan nobleman from that era as well.
In Mexico, Moctezuma's (the last Aztec emperor) descendants were given varying degrees of prestige following the Spanish conquests (to this day), and in Peru, the last great Incan Rebellion happened in the 1780s.
The Brit need not be a scoundrel, the trope of adventurer fits. You'll see that in Doyle's Sherlock Holmes as well as a couple of people from the American West.
The American Western period actually goes into WWI - the first Western movies were actually made with extras and consultants from the era. Towards the end of the era some cowboys actually had semi-auto handguns. The Wild Bunch shows this and is accurate. The Maxim machine gun, which is still seeing action in the Ukraine War, was invented in 1884.
The Samurai need not be disgraced, since on the smaller islands closer to China many were pirates. Japanese samurai were also known to be mercenaries on ths continent.
Also the Napoleonic Wars - and therefore the French privateers were at the first half of the 1800s, so all this fits better early on.
@@adrianopandolfoDon't forget about the samurai who stabbed someone in Mexico
I would watch 60 minutes of this as an in-depth video essay.
His essays always leave me wanting more!
Would watch anything this man puts together as well lol
This could be a thesis if someone were willing to write it.
Sign of a good writer lol
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The comparison I always make is "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" is set around the same time as Jane Austen's novels.
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Okay this one did blow my mind
So now we need a "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Oh Shit Zombies!" movie.
@@tenzhitihsien888 You should check out a Korean series called Kingdom. It's not quite Crouching Tiger but you get zombies and martial arts 🤘
Crouching Pride Hidden Prejudice
"Confucious, how do we spread the knowledge of your teachings?"
"Use squarespace, bro!"
Best fucking ad ever XD
Yup, it reminded me to check updates on Vtuber Confucius.^^
Well Confucious, Scorates and even Jesus would be "influencers" in our modern times.
I suspect the difference in visual style for medieval films between East & West is due to their popular cultural perceptions of the era - the west considers the middle ages to be their dark ages, while for the east, the middle ages are often considered the peak of their civilizations. So their movies would naturally trend towards more grimy or gilded based on popular perception, or the directors' own perception the era.
edit: Before you go "UM ACKTUALLY the dark ages and peaks aren't real" - Yes. I agree. I'm saying that a lot of people have popular misconceptions of that era and hence it reflects in film.
I don't really thing peak is the word they would use. It has that feeling of "they peaked in high school". Probably more like the victorian era romanticism.
The thing about European "dark ages" is that it only makes sense from the perspective of the lands of former Roman Empire. In northern and eastern Europe there never was any civilisation collapse.
popular cultural perceptions are just that - perceptions. While it's true that some time periods had more suffering than others in certain regions, the reality is always much more of a mixed bag. dark ages aren't all dark, and golden ages are not all golden
The reason that the Middle Ages have garnered such an unfair, bad rep in the popular imagination is mainly due to the Enlightenments over emphasis on and idolisation of the classical age and it's dislike of organised religion.
It's why there are so many myths about the Middle Ages, such as the idea that the monarchs back then had total tyrannical power and the Catholic Church was the unquestioned, unchallenged authority of Europe.
There are mutliple causes here: chiefly technology and trends of the time. Most of the western movie he mentioned here were released before the 2010s. When he showed eastern historical movie made during that time period, the set design and color pallete are mostly similar as well.
Kurosawa's only color movie was about anything but a gilded, romanticised time period but it was very vibrant nonetheless. Which imo largely influence how historical epic would be directed by eastern industry since then.
History seems to be the most digestible when taught one nation at a time, but it's always more interesting when taught one year at a time. I wish history was taught more in this manner in school.
I disagree.
Maybe not one year at a time, but time periods.
@@17-MASY I disagree with your disagreement. Understanding what surrounds and causes events is what leads to understanding history, and every event taking place on the planet Earth comes with crossover from different cultures outside of those 'directly' involved.
@@cam4636 2 Points of why I disagree
1- In many instances, what is happening on very far lands is not important for the subject.
For example: If I'm learning about Chinese court power struggles, then what is happening in Sweden at the time is most probably not important and would just be distracting
There are exceptions of course but they are special cases.
2- Learning the events year by year can be too slow in certain contexts.
It would also be confusing because in earlier era distant nations did not interact much. Knowing what was going on in Greece when Mencius was alive doesn't really improve your knowledge of Chinese history.
"Similarities come from shared human experiences" --- That reminds me of a line from a Maya Angelou poem: "we are more alike my friend than we are unalike" Showing the films of each era side-by-side was a great way to make this point clearly and viscerally.
1. Two battles that defined the history of both China and Rome happened in 202 BC. both battles are Gaixia and Zama. both battles involved envelopment tactics
2. Both Rome and China were split into Three Kingdoms around the same time (Rome's Crisis of 3rd Century 235-285 AD, China Three Kingdoms 220-280 AD). Rome was split into Gallic Empire, Roman Empire, and Palmyrene Empire. Gallic and Palmyrene could be roughly analogued to both Shu and Wu Kingdoms
There werent 3 kingdoms for even 15 years of the 50 yr long 3rd century crisis however so this analogy is streching the truth to say the least
The 3rd Century CE was a pretty tumultuous and pivotal time for the major Eurasian powers
You had the crisis of the 3rd Century in Rome
The Three Kingdoms era in China
The transition from the Parthian to the Sassanian dynasty in Persia
The waning of the Kushan Empire and waxing of the Gupta Empire in India
@@JeevesAnthrozaurUS There was no dynasty called Parthian.
@@iamaheretic7829 still a nice coincidence
As the Portuguese were leaving Macau, they built a great museum that shows the history of the Mediterranean and of East Asia in parallel.
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This is an anime/American video game comparison, but "Golden Kamuy" and "Red Dead Redemption" take place at the beginning of the 20th century, within just a few years of each other. Both deal with men approaching middle age who've lived violent lives that they want to forget, but both find themselves drawn into hyperviolent adventures taking place in last pockets of their nation's frontier territory as civilization closes in around them. The shadow of the soon-to-come First World War can also be seen lurking in the narrative "background" of both stories as critique of how peaceful "civilization" actually is- the wild frontier might be ruthlessly violent and chaotic on an individual level, but only civilized societies can send millions to their deaths in mud and barbed wire.
Also, "Golden Kamuy" is totally a Spaghetti Western (Soba Western?) and I will not be convinced otherwise.
Its chitatap eastern
@@abeeocta2599 You have to say it when you make it. Citatap, citatap, citatap....
God, I love how despite the dissimilarities, cultures can always end up being more similar than anyone would've ever thought.
Because still operating by same species and human always interacted through trade
This is the type of west vs east comparison and analysis I find immensely fascinating
if Confucius used Squarespace, I'm more than certain Sun Tzu would have used Nord VPN
That's the basis of a cartoon if ever I heard it, and that cartoon is called Clone High.
Oh, forgot one. The tale of Kusanagi and the story of King Arthur and Excalibur are nearly contemporary (first written down in the 6-700s AD, legend goes back further). They even likely looked pretty alike..
As a Medievalist historian, it is honestly a shame that the West (or, more specifically, the US and Hollywood) sees the Middle Ages as a dark place with little of value rather than being like any other time period with its light and dark. And, more importantly, a time period that had a huge impact on how our society evolved. Far more than the Greco-Roman period.
The problem is that Hollywood is more focused in western Europe perspective, and didn't account much the east of it, where they didn't suffer as much hardships relatively to them. Maybe, it's just because a lot of them are descendants from that region, so they prioritize that region.
@@patrickbueno3279 plus, there was also that rivalry brought on by the Cold War that didn’t help things
@@patrickbueno3279 This might sound ignorant but which area are you thinking about when you say "Eastern Europe"? When I think of that region in the middle ages, I think of various invasions by nomadic tribes and gradual conquests of non-christian peoples. Not exactly blooming civilizations. Are you thinking of the Byzantines instead or am I missing something?
@@patrickbueno3279 well medieval mostly refer Europe
😅 They didn't know during the middle age, Charlemagne Kingdom exist in West, but civil technology do go backwards or unbalance during that time compare to Rome.
Just a couple of days ago I was watching a korean drama and realized it was set around the same time that the independence of my country. Great video!
What's your country
According to their page, Argentina.
Hello to Argentina from the USA.
@@VarangianGuard13 Then let's imagine this: "Hwarangs & Gauchos"
Kinda blatant, but Watanabe made a remake of Eastwood's "Unforgiven" set in Hokaido at just about exactly the same time.
There aren't too many movies about it, but the depiction of the 30 years war in Europe and the Japanese Sengoku Jidai overlap in style (even though they are separated by about 20-30 years), both were noted for being the first wars dominated by firearms, and for wrecking the country.
Too, the Battle of Bosworth (the end of the War of the Roses) bears a LOT of similarities to Sekigahara (the climatic battle of Sengoku Jidai). Both turned on a major player changing sides mid-battle (Kobayakawa and Stanley). Separated by about a century.
The 1920s kinda overlapped in China and the USA (wild times with lots of gangsters). Which reminds me of a question that came up in a discussion. The Western group asked what the Chinese translation/equivalent of being "Shanghaied" (Drugged and/or slugged and put on a ship going a LONG way). The answer was apparently, more or less "Shanghaied" (sailors were grabbed going BOTH directions, but the Chinese equivalent included getting those grabbed for railroad work gangs).
One last thing would be overlapping characters. "Gordon" (of Khartoum), was a fairly big player in the Taiping Rebellion 20 years before. The American Equivalent is seeing Lord Cornwallis putting down rebellions in Ireland and especially India after losing the battle of Yorktown.
This video is too short. The topic is so interesting that I can watch a 1-hour video. Seriously hoping for a part two.
Studying East Asian Languages and Cultures, I am very often fascinated by how much we tend to not notice just *when* ancient events occurred, especially when we they don't concern Europe.
By the time the Roman Empire was founded, China had already existed for over two thousand years, and was well into the Han dynasty.
Japan's Shogunate ended in the middle of the XIX Century, meaning that what we call "feudal Japan" existed until the early Victorian Era.
Korean unification occurred in the VII Century, which means that the (Western) Roman Empire never coexisted with a unified Korea.
These are just three examples, but it's still fascinating
There's a thing called "Eurocentrism" and it really affects negatively how History is being told. World History that most people study is often centered in European History, with Asian History being decisively brushed off as if it was not a more important part of the story. World Historians tend to simplify Asian History, while broadening, elaborating European history. So the result is you get these nuanced European historical figures and events, then there's Asian history deduced in "hard-to-pronounce" names, and half-baked retelling of Asian historical events. It's racist, to be honest.
"By the time the Roman Empire was founded, China had already existed for over two thousand years"
More like - countries that will be foundational for Chinese culture already existed, but it wasn't strong centralised state before Qin Shi Huangdi.His conquests happened after Alexander and Chandragupta though, as he was contemporary to the Ashoka the great.
It wasn't really "China" as a nation-state before it. This is purely nationalist narrative.
@@vladprus4019 so many dare I say ignorant "bots" in these comments. Lmao. “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” - George Carlin.
Ancient rome and china colors really weren’t quite so dramatically different.. the Gladiator film plays into ideas of ancience rome being pristine white but it was anything but.. simply the ruins and sculptures have lost their paint.
Gladiator is Roman
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey does an excellent job portraying the bright and colorful Greek world. It was refreshing to finally see all sorts of colored Greek cities in media.
@@eugeneng7064True! But Rome was, if anything, even gaudier than ancient Greece.
The HBO series Rome was a much more accurate portray of how Ancient Rome looked, as much as I love Gladiator, it's not a great historical movie, kinda like Braveheart
Who said it wasn’t @@eugeneng7064
One of the interesting parallels between the east and west is that the Three Kingdoms period was roughly concurrent with the Crisis of the Third Century in Rome. Don't think there are any movies about that though.
Hopefully there will be one day. The tumultuous reigns of the tragic Gallienus and Aurelian would make for great cinema.
@@onemoreminute0543 Gallienus isn't talked about enough in my opinion. One of my absolute favourite emperors, who somehow managed to have a 15-year reign when the average reign for roman emperors was 3 years
@@game_boyd1644 Absolutely. Imo he was a better emperor than Aurelian as he laid the groundwork for his success in reuniting the empire and pulling Rome through the worst decade of the 3rd century crisis (the 260's)
Poor old Gallienus had to deal with his father being captured, his son being murdered, a plague, Gothic pirates, and a near endless amount of usurpers that sprung up. The situation was nothing short of apocalyptic and imo the worst time to be an emperor in Roman history.
The fact that he not only lasted the longest out of any other barracks emperor (15 years) but also set up the Comitatenses, Odenathus as protector of the east, tolerated the Christians, and sparked an artistic renaissance is nothing short of remarkable.
It's also significant how he was effectively the last Italian born emperor of the state.
@@onemoreminute0543 while I wouldn't exactly say he was better than Aurelian, the rest is definitely true. Aurelian and Diocletian would undoubtedly not have been as successful without the groundwork he laid
@@game_boyd1644 Yeah, he allowed them to rise the ranks through his reforms.
I think Aurelian is pretty good, but the only reason I put him below Gallienus is because he effectively caused the monetary system to collapse through his economic policy, which ruined the coin based economy for about 200 years.
Iron Monkey reminded me of Zorro. They’re really not too similar but the image of a dark cloaked figure fighting off bandits and the rich elites are in both
Also awesome martial art fight scenes.
If you'd like to see a film set in medieval Europe that doesn't revolve around warfare and courtly politics, check out "The Name of the Rose" starring Sean Connery. It's a murder mystery set in a monastery. The story leverage's its setting by giving the killer a motivation couched in the ideology of the church at the time, and the investigator can't rely on modern forensics to collect his evidence.
Fascinating again. I've often wondered what was happening elsewhere in the world when watching certain historical films. The history of Earth is millions of worlds rubbing shoulders together, until they are gone.
As a history enthusiast and film buff interested in war movies set in ancient times, I'm consistently intrigued by the parallels in weapons technology across different cultures and periods. It's fascinating to observe how humanity, despite geographical separation, cultural differences, and varying levels of technological advancement, often developed similar military innovations. This convergence is especially striking considering that human populations diverged after the great migration out of Africa.
I see a few comments that voice the same thoughts: this general overview just created a desire for many many deep dives. Please dive deeper!
Reminds me how while Ancient China and Rome were at their height, Japan was still inhabited by neolithic tribes.
I made a list a while back that's similar to what's talked about in this video but it specifically focuses on movies set around the Pacific War, focusing on Japan's rise and fall! It's a whacky list but it all ties together. You can even view it as interconnected even though the movies don't actually have any official relation with each other but due to them all being history based, you could. Here's the list:
1. Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins - 1868
2. Assassination - 1933
3. Ip Man - 1935
4. Pearl Habour - 1941
5. Oppenheimer - 1938-1945
6. Godzilla Minus One
7. Ip Man 4: The Finale - 1964
8. The Karate Kid - 1984
What does Rurouni Kenshin have to do with any of them? It is the very beginning of when Japan started to heavily industrialise and give absolute power to the Emperor which created the Empire of Japan. It goes over the rapid shift Japan underwent. Assassination takes place in Korea, when Japan was occupying it, Ip Man is a similar case but for China. Pearl Habour is pretty self explanatory but it is when America finally got involved in WW2. Oppenheimer is when the nuclear bomb is finally created and ends Japan's reign over the pacific. The aftermath and devesation the bomb caused created gives Japan a new perspective and leads to them created Godzilla as a metaphor to express their feelings, Godzilla attacks Japan (This isn't real of course but it's a period piece!). Ip Man 4, goes to America and experiences racism and finds that Japanese Karate has been incorporated into American culture, it links back to Ip Man. The Karate Kid also shows how Karate has become deeply rooted in American culture and even has a WW2 Vet, Miyagi who experiences racism despite fighting for America.
I love the premise of this video, it’s often hard to see history in parallel and to show it visually through movies is all the more impactful.
I think it would be even more awesome if you add the discovery of the Americas into the mix, such as Apocalypto (2006). Hope you could spoil us with a lengthier version of this❤
It would be a great if you can make a longer video on this topic or maybe make a series. Would love to see it ❤
The most forgotten period is medieval era within the former civilization, mainly Byzantine Greek and Muslim Egypt
Ayooo?!
That clip of Heneral Luna is something I didn't expect, many thanks!
This is such a great idea for a video! I know that history is often best taught as a narrative, hence why we tend to learn about different regions’ histories separately, but it’s also valuable to look at the same years across the globe to get a fuller picture of our history.
This channel brings the country's history together instead of seperating them. This is wonderful. Love this channel. I'm a french bron chinese, I have been followi'g your channel since a year. My family lives in hong kong, your chanel brought me peace
using footage from Bill and Ted for Socrates is totally awesome dude!
Fantastic video, I wish I could give it a thousand likes - it reminds me of when I read 'A Study in Scarlet' when I was younger and learned that Sherlock Holmes' Victorian England was concurrent with America's old west cowboys and it blew my mind
My guy, you continuously stun me with your perspective on film and your respect for the cultures from where they arise. It’s incredible content.
a great example of movies taking place in different places at the same time: while Luca, Alberto and Giulia were trying to win the Portorosso Cup in Liguria, Italy. Gordie, Chris, Verne and Teddy were looking for the body of Ray Brower in Castle Rock, Oregon.
both these films take place at the tail end of the Summer of 1959.
_Gone with the Wind_ in the background of "Hopefully we learn our lessons from these stories before they fade into legends" is an absolute cinematic coup de grâce
I love this topic! It's one of my favorite things about the world, that history is not limited to what we're taught in school. This was a great look at that. My follow up thought to this is: multiple takes on the same topic/moment in history, like something done 50 years ago vs done today or from many different cultures.
Wow - one of the best CZcams videos I have watched in a long while! Love the concept and presentation of movies from different countries, cultures and continents in the same era. Uplifting message about our similarities too.
mann.. i really though its gonna be a 1hr ride. I could watch this all day.
Amazing video, as usual. I salute you, sir! You are not just a film critic, you are actually a scholar and an intellectual. Every video you make, it could be the topic of a PhD dissertation. (I am a college professor, by the way.)
@AccentedCinema talk about how the story of Sun Wukong and how he may have influenced Shonen manga in Japan, and you could take the opportunity to talk about Black Myth: Wukong
I would be interested to hear the parallel time for Tripitaka (the Tang Monk) around the time he retrieved scriptures from India... And then WunZetian's rise as "emperor".
What was happening elsewhere at that time?
Monkey is set in that timeline, but the Journey to the West stories probably kept changing for centuries.
Thank you for using Heneral Luna on the topic of West-East cultural and colonial struggle. That's the best introduction to Filipino Historical Film
The new ways to introduce Squarespace is all I look forward in your videos 😂😂
New accented cinema video. So happy :)
This was what I have been trying to figure out and you came out with this
What a fascinating perspective on history.
Wonderfully intriguing and analytical videos as always
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It's funny because in Java there was also a legendary robber in the 12th century nicknamed the "setan' alas karautan" which mean devil of the karautan forest, his real name was Ken Arok and he eventually became a great king in Java.
this needs to be expanded. One of your best ideas and videos so far.
Hi! 🇮🇹 thanks to your videos on the history of the Chinese Empire in cinema, I tried to collect many titles of films, TV series and novels that deal with the Roman Empire, from its foundation to its fall. In the end, I must admit that despite the historical blunders, it is interesting to understand how the imagination of this imposing civilization has changed over time.
What a fantastic and simple idea for a video
the biggest surprise i take away from this, that i can pit sherlock holmes against dracula XD
I think you could teach an entire semester of film and history using this as a basis.
Such a great video. Really enjoyed watching this 😊 Cant stop binging your video essays. More power to you sir/yall
i jsut realized, this gotta be a rare subject in video essays now coming into one.
I really need 2 hours long version of this video.
There are many inaccuracies with Historical Indian Movies as no cares about the historical stuff to do reserch when making the films. The major inaccuracies in the movies mentioned in this video are -
1. Ashok - You can watch this video czcams.com/video/XrtprAa3T44/video.html . The major inaccuracies are Firstly about him becoming Buddhist, In reality he became Buddhist almost 6 Years before the Invasion of Kalinga, whereas in the movies it is shown that he became Buddhist after seeing the bloodshed in the war. Secondly him being a good person, In reality he was cruel conqueror who killed all his sibilings to ascend including killing the crown prince Susim. Thirdly the depiction of Buddha in the movie is inaccurate.
Also his grandfather Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of the Mauryan Empire & was a Contemporary of Alexander.
2. Padmaavat - Padmaavat is the name of ballard that the movie is based on so it's written with the Queen Padmaavati/Padmini as the central character when in reality it is Indians defending their culture & religion against invading Turks.
This is the problem with most historical Indian Movies is that they take way too much liberty with rewriting history to fit their story instead of the other way round & movies will have no resemblence to the actual historical event or story. That said, the sets of Padmaavat are very grand & it is indeed a visually striking film despite it's inaccuracies.
Other Historical Movies that you can watch are Bajirao Mastaani ( Same director as Padmaavat), Tanhaaji, Sardaar Udham, Kesari, Mughal-E-Azam
Inaccuracies reflect the culture's perception of those time periods and it's interesting to analyze the reasons behind them.
Don't forget indian put too much romanticism in their historical film make their classical movies ni more than nationalism circlejerk
Do you think foreign war movies are accurate? 🤔
@@raja-jl9os Well, they are more accurate than Indian ones especially with their narrative.
@@LemonBoi13example being? Bcuz I don't think so
I wouldn’t mind a three hour long compilation of this ❤
This topic speaks to me. I collect historical/period films and I file them by the chronology of the story
Great video as always
I need a whole series about this with each part dedicated to a time period
Watch 12th fail movie, very popular from last year, our pure Indian story, our people story. And the masterpiece Apu Trilogy by the Master Satyajit Ray , and other best parallel cinema. And movies of the first method actor in the history of world cinema: Dilip Kumar (yes its not brando, its just that the world dont know it). Also watch Raj Kapoor movies espeically my fav Mera Naam Joker.
Guys we don't need to dump a list of suggestions on every video 😭. He'll get around to it eventually!
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00:35 ... for me that was the connection of iirc France funding the American revolution (iirc to harm the UK), and then that in turn contributing to the bankruptcy involved in kicking off the French revolution not much later! Was one of me early moments of this sort of thing, of parallel strands of history linking up
What a great idea! Been wanting how both East and West tackle their respective histories within the same period.
Hope to see a followup where both cultures view the same great events in history, like WW2 or the British Empire, from different perspectives in their respective movies.
That would be incredibly interesting!
It's perhaps a minor example, but I really enjoyed watching The General (1926) and The Great Locomotive Chase (1951) back-to-back, as they show the same US Civil War battle from opposite perspectives.
A bit of context why the story of troy has become a legend:
The period of greek history that we call ancient greece or classical greece, is the second civilisation that has existed in greece.
In the bronze age, the area of greece was dominated by the mycenean greek kingdoms. Then at the end of the bronze age, the eastern mediterranean experienced a total social collapse, with only egypt barely surviving. (It's called the late bronze age collapse, for those who want to know more.)
In greece, this caused a period where they apparently didn't write anything down, that we now call the greek dark ages.
As the classical greek period began in the iron age, the events from the bronze age had become part of the oral storytelling tradition. One story from tradition is the illiad, attributed to homer, which already in ancient greece had become a legend rather than remembered history.
This is fascinating! Good stuff!
I did not expect to see a Filipino movie in this honestly
Need more of this. Extended version hype is real
I had an uncle who worked in education and sent a proposal to the Mexican Secretariat of Public Education detailing how teaching concurrent historical events would be beneficial over the chronological/separate cultures model we've always used, and how it could be done efficiently. It got rejected. I'm still angry over this and it happened 20-30 years ago.
Insightful! The development of civilization across major countries was very similar.
The movie warlord is set in the same period as the movie Gettysburg.
It shares a similarity in the destruction it caused, recruitment system, and the ideological clash.
One of my favorite East V West pieces of media has to be Mr. Sunshine with Lee Byung Hun. Seeing a Korean man wearing an american military uniform and one as powerful and good looking as early 20th century Marines uniform is such an amazing treat. These days everyone wears western clothes due to how comfy they are but back then seeing western clothing and eastern clothing collide was what I call a "Culture Shock"
Awesome topic that could be an entire series on its own, with each episode covering a specific era or century.
I was always fascinated by the fact that the Qin Empire happened pretty much around the same time than Rome was at its peak, and often wondered what would have happened in a world where the 2 were in direct communication with each other (there are historical evidences that point out the fact that they were both at least aware of each other's grandeur, at each continent's ends) and how all the other kingdoms inbetween would have reacted to their correspondance.
It’s cool to see the wider world during the same time period.
thank you so much for making this, it really is putting things int o perspective
Just to note that while the story of the Monkey king came about around 17th century, the fantasy world that Wukong is in is depicting the Tang dynasty, around 7th century.
This video named several movies that I've never heard of before, and I'll definitely be checking them out.
Alexander's time is set nearly half a century before Ashoka. The closest to Alexander was actually Ashoka's grandfather, chandragupta maurya, and even he came into prominence like 3-5 years after Alexander died.
2:02 I know it's not a movie,but I've seen an Indian attempt of portraying it in a series.I'm saying 'attempt' because "Ashoka"'s plot is awful & too drawn-out,but it exists 😅
that Socrates - Confucius fact shook me 😭💀
wow.. what another banger. thank you
This channel has been one of the best parts of film CZcams and I love every single video! Thanks for introducing me to so many different kinds of films!
I'd love for you to do this as a series--like you did with the Dynasties and Three Kingdoms Series. Focus on three periods maybe--medieval; colonial/forced opening period; BCE settings?
That is your best plug for SquareSpace, ever!
The only square space plug I don’t skip.😂
MASTERFUL👌. I can't imagine how much work and research went into this.
Should be used in high school History classes.
Now that you've gifted us a summary, what about a video per time period. It's so good to show against the main (Western) reference point what else was happening in the world.
Actually Westerns taken from Kurosawa is just going full circle.
His father took him to see the first films shown in Japan, which were mostly Westerns. This influenced Akira Kurosawa to the point where he is considered the most Western director of the era in Japan. Yojimbo and the Seven Samurai were then ripped off to be arguably two of the greatest Westerns.
"I want to be able to make westerns like Akira Kurosawa makes westerns." Sam Peckinpah
Confucious , Buddha, Mahavira and Socrates all lived around the same time period
Hey with all the discussion around Black Myth Wukong right now, can you do a video about Journey to The West like the one you did with Romance of the Three Kingdoms? I'm sure that video would perform well.
Just recently I search for this very thing I ponder the concept of what was happening in the West versus the east in the same time. A concept not very many people usually think about, could you make another video essay about history that happened co-currently? Thank you
I do think about the parallel between East and West around the same time period but by the end of day, both societies are far apart and physically isolated and people and mostly unaware or oblivious of each other until 19th Century.
I chose the 19th Century because that’s when improved technology. Communication devices such as telegraphs and even early telephones help words get around faster.
And transportations like trains and steam ships help people get around faster.
I forgot to put in the invention of films in photography and motion pictures help captures what life is like on the other side of the world for people to see and learn.
Also on a separate note, I feel the 1860’s is a time of civil wars.
United States - American Civil War
Germany - German Unification
China - Taiping Rebellion
Japan - Boshin War
I love this channel so much
I'm a simple guy. If I see Accented Cinema's new video, i click.
2:15 Ashoka and Qin shi Huang were not a century and roughly contemporaries. Ashoka was born in 304 bc and died in 232 while Qin shi Huang died at 49 in 210 bc. Great video and work otherwise
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This was so cool! Thank you!
Man you just gave a ton of movies to watch thanks 😂😂❤