Magi The Tensho Boys’ Embassy

Director(s)Shunichi Nagasaki
Production year2022
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes8m

Magi The Tensho Boys’ Embassy

strong violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

MAGI: THE TENSHO BOYS’ EMBASSY is a Japanese historical drama series; in this episode, a Catholic missionary recruits four Japanese teenage boys in the hope of taking them to the Vatican for an audience with the pope.

violence
People - including a baby, who is concealed by bundled cloth - are stabbed to death with a sword, creating spurts of blood; these scenes are later repeated in a flashback. There is further sight of spraying blood when a man is beheaded.
injury detail
In order to avoid capture, a woman uses a knife to take her own life, causing blood to spray over the face of a child who witnesses the act.
additional issues
A whooping man attempts to pull up a woman’s robes, but another man immediately intervenes and punishes the attacker. A brief scene shows an enslaved African man in shackles, intended as a ‘gift’ for a daimyo. In another scene a white man ridicules the idea of Japanese Catholic priests and complains about ‘foul smelling’ Japanese food. Discrimination is not condoned.
strong bloody images, racism
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

MAGI: THE TENSHO BOY’S EMBASSY is a Japanese drama series; in this episode, Valignano appeals to Nobunaga for permission to take the four boys to Rome.

discrimination
A daimyo is presented with the gift of an enslaved Black man, who is then stripped to his waist to demonstrate his skin colour and physique. The white man presenting him claims that enslaving Black people is justified because they are ‘inferior’, whereas Japanese people are considered ‘white’ due to their ‘highly developed intellect and refined manners’. Another scene features an undetailed reference to an enslaved girl being ‘used’ by her captors off screen. Discrimination is not condoned.
injury detail
In a short flashback sequence, it is implied that a woman stabs herself in front of a child in order to avoid being enslaved. The actual suicide occurs off screen, but we see blood spraying over the child’s face.
additional issues
There are infrequent scenes of moderate violence and threat. Bad language is mild (e.g. ‘bastard’).
sexual violence references
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

MAGI THE TENSHO BOYS' EMBASSY is a Japanese drama series; in this episode the boys travel to Goa where an unexpected message from the Jesuit Society Headquarters orders Father Valignano to remain in India.

sexual violence and sexual threat
There are references to sexual violence during a scene where it is implied sailors are abusing a woman on board a ship; she is soon rescued by other men on board.
additional issues
Moderate violence includes a fight scene in which a character is choked, and a scene in which a delirious man tries to stab someone but is disarmed.
racism, moderate violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

MAGI THE TENSHO BOYS' EMBASSY is a historical drama series; in this episode, the boys travel to Rome.

violence
There is moderate violence, including a masked stabbing.
discrimination
A Japanese missionary touches a Black man who is enslaved, asking if everyone who he might meet overseas is 'this colour?'. In another scene, an archbishop of the Catholic Church suggests that a group of Japanese missionaries are not refined or knowledgeable enough to read Latin. The King of Spain laughs at how a Japanese missionary reads from a scroll. Discrimination is not condoned by the work as a whole.
injury detail
A man's severed head is displayed on a table, with some surrounding bloody detail. In another sequence, there are dead bodies burning on pyres lining a road.
strong violence
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

MAGI THE TENSHO BOYS' EMBASSY is a drama series; in this episode, the boys leave Spain and on their journey their ship is attacked by pirates.

violence
There are scenes of strong violence with blood spurts in which characters are stabbed.
additional issues
There are moments of moderate knife threat and a scene in which a characters ship is hit by cannon fire.
strong violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

MAGI THE TENSHO BOYS' EMBASSY is a historical drama series; in this episode, Juliao is taken ill from a fever.

violence
There are scenes of strong violence, such as bloody knife slashes and stabbings.
injury detail
There are scenes containing strong medical detail as doctors employ bloodletting to try and cure a man of a fever. Incisions are made off-screen, followed by sight of blood spurts and blood dripping into a bowl.
additional issues
There are moderate references to sex, including sex work. There is mild bad language ('bastard').
infrequent mild violence, sex references, suicide references
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

MAGI THE TENSHO BOYS' EMBASSY is a historical drama series; in this episode, a group of young Japanese men are invited to a ball.

violence
In one scene, a man kicks another man in the stomach.
sex
There are mild verbal sex references relating to the attractiveness of women.
suicide and self-harm
There is a brief verbal reference to ritual suicide.
additional issues
There are also brief verbal death references, as well as a scene in which a man lies ill in bed.
strong bloody violence, suicide
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

MAGI THE TENSHO BOYS' EMBASSY is a Japanese drama series; in this episode, crowds gather around the boys’ lodge and Hideyoshi closes in on Christian missionaries summoned to Osaka Castle.

violence
There is a scene of strong bloody violence in which a woman holding an infant is stabbed through the back with a sword which exits the baby's body.
suicide and self-harm
There is a scene of suicide in which an injured woman slits her throat in front of a small child, spraying blood on his face.
mild violence
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

MAGI THE TENSHO BOYS' EMBASSY is a Japanese period drama series; in this episode, the boys are granted an audience with the Pope.

violence
There is mild violence when a guard restrains a man and holds him on the ground. There's also a brief flashback to people throwing rocks at a passing carriage.
additional issues
Undetailed verbal references are made to 'those with black skin' being enslaved, as a man protests on slavery to the Pope.
strong bloody images
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

MAGI: THE TENSHO BOYS' EMBASSY is a Japanese historical drama series; in this episode, the boys embark on the return voyage from Rome to their homeland.

injury detail
In a short flashback sequence, it is implied that a woman stabs herself in front of a child in order to avoid being enslaved. The actual suicide occurs off screen, but we see blood spraying over the child’s face.
additional issues
There are references to historical racism in ideas of the inferiority of Black people, which were used to justify their enslavement, but the work does not condone such discrimination. There are references to the brutal persecution of Christians in 16th century Japan. There is infrequent mild threat and sex references.
references to slavery
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

MAGI THE TENSHO BOYS' EMBASSY is a Japanese historical drama series; this short episode sets the scene at the port of Nagasaki.

discrimination
There are undetailed verbal historic references to the slave trade.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

MAGI THE TENSHO BOYS' EMBASSY is a Japanese historical drama series; this short episode tells the story of Oba Nobunaga.

general
n/a
nudity, references to slavery, discrimination
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

MAGI THE TENSHO BOYS' EMBASSY is a Japanese historical drama series; this short episode tells the story of the Portuguese colony of Goa.

discrimination
There are historic references to 'half naked female slaves' being traded. There are also references to Christians burning Hindu temples, and to Japanese slaves.
nudity
A tapestry depicting a topless woman is briefly shown.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

MAGI THE TENSHO BOYS' EMBASSY is a Japanese historical drama series; this short episode describes a journey to Lisbon and beyond.

general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

MAGI THE TENSHO BOYS' EMBASSY is a Japanese historical drama series; this short episode describes the history of printing and its effect on the world.

general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

MAGI THE TENSHO BOYS' EMBASSY is a Japanese historical drama series; this short episode describes the Boys' travels in Italy.

general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

MAGI THE TENSHO BOYS' EMBASSY is a Japanese historical drama series; this short episode describes the Boys' discovery of Western music and dance whilst on their travels.

general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
brief references to slavery
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

MAGI: THE TENSHO BOY’S EMBASSY is a Japanese drama series; this short documentary episode explains how Toyotomi Hideyoshi's attitude to Christianity changed after the Kyūshū campaign.

discrimination
There is a brief reference to Hideyoshi having criticised Christians for 'condoning the trading of slaves'.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

MAGI THE TENSHO BOYS' EMBASSY is a Japanese historical drama series; this short episode surrounds the depiction of the boys' travels via a golden folding screen commissioned by Nobunaga.

general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
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Classified date01/07/2022
LanguageJapanese
general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
strong violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
People - including a baby, who is concealed by bundled cloth - are stabbed to death with a sword, creating spurts of blood; these scenes are later repeated in a flashback. There is further sight of spraying blood when a man is beheaded.
injury detail
In order to avoid capture, a woman uses a knife to take her own life, causing blood to spray over the face of a child who witnesses the act.
additional issues
A whooping man attempts to pull up a woman’s robes, but another man immediately intervenes and punishes the attacker. A brief scene shows an enslaved African man in shackles, intended as a ‘gift’ for a daimyo. In another scene a white man ridicules the idea of Japanese Catholic priests and complains about ‘foul smelling’ Japanese food. Discrimination is not condoned.
strong bloody images, racism
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
discrimination
A daimyo is presented with the gift of an enslaved Black man, who is then stripped to his waist to demonstrate his skin colour and physique. The white man presenting him claims that enslaving Black people is justified because they are ‘inferior’, whereas Japanese people are considered ‘white’ due to their ‘highly developed intellect and refined manners’. Another scene features an undetailed reference to an enslaved girl being ‘used’ by her captors off screen. Discrimination is not condoned.
injury detail
In a short flashback sequence, it is implied that a woman stabs herself in front of a child in order to avoid being enslaved. The actual suicide occurs off screen, but we see blood spraying over the child’s face.
additional issues
There are infrequent scenes of moderate violence and threat. Bad language is mild (e.g. ‘bastard’).
sexual violence references
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are references to sexual violence during a scene where it is implied sailors are abusing a woman on board a ship; she is soon rescued by other men on board.
additional issues
Moderate violence includes a fight scene in which a character is choked, and a scene in which a delirious man tries to stab someone but is disarmed.
strong violence
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of strong violence with blood spurts in which characters are stabbed.
additional issues
There are moments of moderate knife threat and a scene in which a characters ship is hit by cannon fire.
racism, moderate violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is moderate violence, including a masked stabbing.
discrimination
A Japanese missionary touches a Black man who is enslaved, asking if everyone who he might meet overseas is 'this colour?'. In another scene, an archbishop of the Catholic Church suggests that a group of Japanese missionaries are not refined or knowledgeable enough to read Latin. The King of Spain laughs at how a Japanese missionary reads from a scroll. Discrimination is not condoned by the work as a whole.
injury detail
A man's severed head is displayed on a table, with some surrounding bloody detail. In another sequence, there are dead bodies burning on pyres lining a road.
strong violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of strong violence, such as bloody knife slashes and stabbings.
injury detail
There are scenes containing strong medical detail as doctors employ bloodletting to try and cure a man of a fever. Incisions are made off-screen, followed by sight of blood spurts and blood dripping into a bowl.
additional issues
There are moderate references to sex, including sex work. There is mild bad language ('bastard').
infrequent mild violence, sex references, suicide references
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
In one scene, a man kicks another man in the stomach.
sex
There are mild verbal sex references relating to the attractiveness of women.
suicide and self-harm
There is a brief verbal reference to ritual suicide.
additional issues
There are also brief verbal death references, as well as a scene in which a man lies ill in bed.
strong bloody violence, suicide
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a scene of strong bloody violence in which a woman holding an infant is stabbed through the back with a sword which exits the baby's body.
suicide and self-harm
There is a scene of suicide in which an injured woman slits her throat in front of a small child, spraying blood on his face.
mild violence
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is mild violence when a guard restrains a man and holds him on the ground. There's also a brief flashback to people throwing rocks at a passing carriage.
additional issues
Undetailed verbal references are made to 'those with black skin' being enslaved, as a man protests on slavery to the Pope.
strong bloody images
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
injury detail
In a short flashback sequence, it is implied that a woman stabs herself in front of a child in order to avoid being enslaved. The actual suicide occurs off screen, but we see blood spraying over the child’s face.
additional issues
There are references to historical racism in ideas of the inferiority of Black people, which were used to justify their enslavement, but the work does not condone such discrimination. There are references to the brutal persecution of Christians in 16th century Japan. There is infrequent mild threat and sex references.
references to slavery
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
discrimination
There are undetailed verbal historic references to the slave trade.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
general
n/a
nudity, references to slavery, discrimination
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
discrimination
There are historic references to 'half naked female slaves' being traded. There are also references to Christians burning Hindu temples, and to Japanese slaves.
nudity
A tapestry depicting a topless woman is briefly shown.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
brief references to slavery
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
discrimination
There is a brief reference to Hideyoshi having criticised Christians for 'condoning the trading of slaves'.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
01/07/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
Director(s)Shunichi Nagasaki
Production year2022
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes8m
Classified date01/07/2022
LanguageJapanese