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 |
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