

“A nation of violence, Samurai warriors ... and forbidden love.”
An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.
Creator
Status
Ended
Type
Miniseries
Seasons
1
Episodes
5
5 episodes

Karim is 17 years old and lives in a South London suburb with his English mother and Pakistani father, who has become a kind of spiritual guru to his middle-class neighbours. Karim wants to explore his cultural roots, in the hope that he will achieve sexual and racial self-realisation.


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