This Christmas classic is obviously fictional, but there’s plenty of history and early-20th century Americana to discuss. We went long so this is part 1 of 2.

Set at the end of the samurai era in Japan, this movie oversimplifies and outright distorts the actual history.

An instant classic that very closely parallels actual events from Japanese history.

A tale from Arthurian legend, so nothing historic. But it gives us a chance to talk about the history of Arthurian legend itself.

We continue our discussion of Robert’s Rebellion and how it set up the events of the Game of Thrones series.