Shōgun

Shōgun TV Series Details:

Based on	Shōgun by James Clavell
Country	United States
Languages	Japanese English
Genre	Historical, Adventure, Drama
Season	1
Episodes	10
Release date	February 27, 2024 – April 23, 2024
Running time	53–70 min
Age rating	TV-MA
Starring	Hiroyuki Sanada Cosmo Jarvis Anna Sawai Tadanobu Asano Takehiro Hira Tommy Bastow Fumi Nikaido
Created by	Rachel Kondo Justin Marks
Directed by	Frederick E.O. Toye Jonathan van Tulleken Charlotte Brändström Takeshi Fukunaga Hiromi Kamata Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour
Written by	James Clavell Maegan Houang Rachel Kondo Justin Marks Emily Yoshida Caillin Puente Shannon Goss Matt Lambert Nigel Williams
Produced by	Jamie Vega Wheeler Eriko Miyagawa Hiroyuki Sanada Erin Smith Tom Winchester
Executive producers	Michaela Clavell Rachel Kondo Michael De Luca Edward L. McDonnell Justin Marks
Cinematography by	Sam McCurdy Marc Laliberté Christopher Ross Aril Wretblad
Edited by	Maria Gonzales Aika Miyake Thomas A. Krueger
Music by	Nick Chuba Atticus Ross Leopold Ross
Production Companies	Gate 34 Michael De Luca Productions FXP
Distributor	FX on Hulu FX

Shōgun TV Series Cast & Character:

• Hiroyuki Sanada as Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Tokugawa Ieyasu, 1543–1616): A powerful bushō and lord of Kantō.
• Cosmo Jarvis as Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, known to the Japanese as the “Anjin” (William Adams, 1564–1620):
• Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko (Hosokawa Gracia, 1563–1600): An intelligent highborn woman with strong loyalty to Toranaga. S
• Tadanobu Asano as Kashigi Yabushige (Honda Masanobu, 1538–1616): The scheming lord of Izu who serves Toranaga.
• Takehiro Hira as Ishido Kazunari (Ishida Mitsunari, 1559–1600): A former peasant turned powerful bushō, one of the five Regents, Toranaga’s chief rival, and ruler of Osaka Castle.
• Tommy Bastow as Father Martin Alvito, SJ / “Tsuji” (João Rodrigues Tçuzu, 1561–1634): An empathetic Portuguese priest and reliable translator.
• Fumi Nikaido as Ochiba no Kata (Yodo-dono, 1569–1615): The only consort of the late Taikō who bore an heir, her son Yaechiyo.
• Néstor Carbonell as Vasco Rodrigues: A Spanish sailor in league with the Portuguese who befriends Blackthorne.
• Tokuma Nishioka as Toda “Iron Fist” Hiromatsu (Hosokawa Fujitaka, 1534–1610).
• Hiroto Kanai as Kashigi Omi (Honda Masazumi, 1566–1637): Yabushige’s bright nephew and the lord of Ajiro.
• Yasunari Takeshima as Tonomoto Akinao / Muraji: A Christian fisherman in Ajiro, who can translate for Blackthorne and is secretly a loyal samurai serving Toranaga
• Moeka Hoshi as Usami Fuji: Hiromatsu’s granddaughter and later Blackthorne’s consort
• Yuki Kura as Yoshii Nagakado (Matsudaira Tadayoshi, 1580–1607): Toranaga’s impulsive yet adoring son.
• Ako as Daiyoin / Lady Iyo (Kōdai-in, 1549–1624): The wife of the late Taikō, who later became a Buddhist nun upon his death.
• Hiromoto Ida as Kiyama ukon Sadanaga (Konishi Yukinaga, 1555–1600): One of the five Regents, who converted to Catholicism, due to the wealth the Portuguese acquired for him.

Storyline:

Based on James Clavell’s novel, FX’s Shōgun is set in Japan in the year 1600 at the dawn of a century-defining civil war. Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.

About Shōgun TV Series:

Shōgun is an American historical adventure drama television miniseries, based on the eponymous 1975 novel of the same name by James Clavell, which was previously adapted into a 1980 miniseries.

Created by Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks, the series stars Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis, Anna Sawai, Tadanobu Asano, Takehiro Hira, Tommy Bastow, and Fumi Nikaido.

During the Television Critics Association’s annual summer press tour in August 2018, FX announced it would make a new adaptation of the 1975 novel Shōgun by James Clavell and had given the production a straight-to-series order.

Filming was scheduled to commence in March 2019 in Japan and the United Kingdom but was delayed because the network felt that the production was not “in good enough shape”. Principal photography for the series began in Vancouver on September 22, 2021, and ended on June 30, 2022, taking two months longer than expected. Actor Hiroyuki Sanada performed his own stunts.

Nikkan Gendai reported that Japanese extras were paid 50,000 yen per day, which is much higher than a Japanese production where they are paid between zero yen to 5,000 yen a day. A Japanese white pine tree used on set was donated and planted after filming at the City Hall of Port Moody.

The series premiered its first two episodes on February 27, 2024, on FX on Hulu and FX, with the rest being released weekly until April 23, 2024. Internationally, it was available on Disney+ and Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in other territories. An English dub of the series was available on Hulu.

Shōgun received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for the directing, writing, visuals, production values, performances of its cast, and faithfulness to the source material.

Shōgun TV Series Episodes List:

Episodes	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	“Chapter One: Anjin” (第一話「安針」)	Jonathan van Tulleken	Rachel Kondo & Justin Marks	February 27, 2024
2	“Chapter Two: Servants of Two Masters” (第二話「二人の主君に仕えて」)	Jonathan van Tulleken	Rachel Kondo & Justin Marks	February 27, 2024
3	“Chapter Three: Tomorrow Is Tomorrow” (第三話「明日は明日」)	Charlotte Brändström	Shannon Goss	March 5, 2024
4	“Chapter Four: The Eightfold Fence” (第四話「八重垣」)	Frederick E.O. Toye	Nigel Williams & Emily Yoshida	March 12, 2024
5	“Chapter Five: Broken to the Fist” (第五話「父の怒り」)	Frederick E.O. Toye	Matt Lambert	March 19, 2024
6	“Chapter Six: Ladies of the Willow World” (第六話「うたかたの女たち」)	Hiromi Kamata	Maegan Houang	March 26, 2024
7	“Chapter Seven: A Stick of Time” (第七話「線香一本の時」)	Takeshi Fukunaga	Matt Lambert	April 2, 2024
8	“Chapter Eight: The Abyss of Life” (第八話「奈落の底」)	Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour	Shannon Goss	April 9, 2024
9	“Chapter Nine: Crimson Sky” (第九話「紅天」)	Frederick E.O. Toye	Rachel Kondo & Caillin Puente	April 16, 2024
10	“Chapter Ten: A Dream of a Dream” (第十話「夢の中の夢」)	Frederick E.O. Toye	Maegan Houang & Emily Yoshida	April 23, 2024