Shogun Episode 9 Explained: What Is a Shinobi?

This article contains spoilers for Shogun episode 9. In Shōgun episode 2, wayward Englishman John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) receives one of many incoming lessons in just how hardcore his new Japanese home is. An assassin breaks into Blackthorne’s quarters at night and instead finds the mighty Lord Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada),