Hiroyuki Sanada
Lord Yoshii Toranaga
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- 1. Anjin Feb 27, 2024
- Destinies converge in Japan after a barbarian ship washes ashore in a poor fishing village.
- 2. Servants of Two Masters Feb 27, 2024
- Blackthorne's arrival in Osaka stirs up a hornet's nest of rivalries; Mariko is trapped.
- 3. Tomorrow Is Tomorrow Mar 5, 2024
- Blackthorne survives a brazen assassination attempt; Toranaga must ferry his allies out of Osaka.
Shogun (English: / ˈ ʃ oʊ ɡ ʌ n / SHOH-gun; Japanese: 将軍, romanized: shōgun, pronounced [ɕoːɡɯɴ] ⓘ), officially sei-i taishōgun (征夷大将軍, "Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force Against the Barbarians"), was the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868.
4:59. EXPLORE INSIDE SHŌGUN. The Shōgun Viewer’s Guide is an invitation to live the vast chapters of Shōgun’s gripping narrative and uncover every facet of the histories and narratives which illustrate the landscape of 17th-century feudal Japan.
James Clavell's Shōgun is a 1975 novel fictionalizing incidents and personages in 17th century feudal Japan effecting the Edo period's advent. The third published, and the first chronologically placed, book in Clavell's six-volume Asian Saga, by 1980 it sold six million copies worldwide.
FX’s Shōgun premieres 2.27 on Hulu... New Extended TRAILER. Experience a time of war, treachery, and passion when legendary samurai fall and great empires rise.
Visually sumptuous and enriched with cultural verisimilitude, Shōgun is an epic adaptation that outdoes the original. Read Critics Reviews. Critics Reviews. View All (119) Critics Reviews....
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.
Powerful and engrossing, capturing both the rich pageantry and stark realities of life in feudal Japan, Shōgun is a critically acclaimed powerhouse of a book. Heart-stopping, edge-of-your-seat action melds seamlessly with intricate historical detail and raw human emotion.
