What Sanada is referring to is the fact that Hiromatsu’s death wasn’t all it seemed. As we learn in the following scene, Hiromatsu’s seppuku was all apart of Toranaga’s master plan.

Shogun: Hiromatsu’s Death Explained During a forming meeting with his vassals, Toranaga demands they sign a pledge to serve him in his surrender – even if it means committing seppuku alongside ...

'Shogun' star Hiroyuki Sanada shares some of his favorite samurai films, what he's most excited to explore in Lord Toranaga's next chapter in season 2.

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His capitulation looks entirely real when Hiromatsu, his closest ally, commits seppuku instead of surrendering, which not only convinces the council of his fake intentions, but shakes the faith of ...

Even though Hiromatsu goes on to bluntly describe Crimson Sky as a battle plan to make one violent push towards Osaka, where they will conquer Toranaga’s enemies and install the beloved and ...

After a breakneck start, Shogun slowed the pace for the past couple of episodes, but with Hiromatsu dead, Toranaga and Mariko secretly in cahoots, and Blackthorne back aboard the Erasmus, things ...

However, they’re upended when Hiromatsu (Tokuma Nishioka) arrives—having apparently learned of the Erasmus courtesy of a village operative—and declares that the ship’s arms, and John, are ...

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Katie Yu/FX Tokuma Nishioka as Toda Hiromatsu, Tadanobu Asano as Kashigi Yabushige, Shinnosuke Abe as Buntaro in 'Shogun' ...

Those plans involved a certain scene that, according to Sanada, made Nishioka want the Shōgun job in the first place: Hiromatsu's death by seppuku. "I remember the first day Tokuma-san came to ...