Thanks for the update.
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Originally Posted by KANJA
For those interested, there is a new documentary available that was 4 years in the making, chronicling the factual history behind the legendary 'ninja' warriors of Old Japan.
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I'm not trying to be combative here, but the presentation of this as "factual history" bothers me. It's not that I necessarily doubt the veracity of the information, but rather that the need to call it the factual history troubles me. The information will speak for itself. Dozens of books and videos out there claim to tell the "true history" of the ninja. I choose to take a look at the information, compare it with what is known about Japanese history (while accounting for information lost/altered during the Meiji Restoration), and make my own determination on fact vs fiction.
Further, when considering matters of history, I have found that no one source ever contains only truth, or the whole truth. Each source is biased and has an agenda of its own, and this colors its presentation of the knowledge at its disposal.
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