Shogun Episode 9: The Meaning Of Mariko's Poem & Her Reunion With Ochiba Explained By Star & Creator

Anna Sawai as Mariko in Shogun season 1 episode 9

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In a recent episode of FX's Shōgun: The Official Podcast, via FX Networks, Kondo and Sawai break down the lines of poetry that Mariko delivers to Ochiba not long before her death in Shōgun episode 9. Rachel Kondo: “I think the relationship between Ochiba and Mariko is basically the entire underpinning of not only this episode but, strangely, for the whole story. It’s all going back to this girlhood friendship they had.

Anna Sawai: “It’s an actual poem that Hosokawa Gracia had also recited or left… It basically means, ‘Flowers are only flowers because they fall.’ And I think it’s just so beautiful because Mariko knows what’s going to happen right after this. Death is awaiting, but that is what makes life so beautiful, is that’s it’s not lasting forever. There’s always going to be an end…

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