The first announcement of the series version of “Shogun” appeared in 2018. Today we know that the ten-episode series from FX will take viewers to Japan in 1600, on the verge of civil war. Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) must fight for his life when his enemies from the Council of Regents unite against him. Suddenly, a mysterious ship with English navigator John Blackthorne on board arrives at the coast of one of the Japanese fishing villages.
“Shogun”. The highly anticipated series based on the best-selling novel will soon be available on Disney+
The information the newcomer has may help Toranaga in his fight for power. The fate of Toranaga and Blackthorne is inextricably linked with their translator, Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai) – a mysterious Christian noblewoman and the last representative of a disgraced family. Serving her master during this tense political period, Mariko must reconcile her cooperation with Blackthorne with her faith, to which she owes her life, and her obligations to her deceased father.
The 10-episode adaptation of James Clavell’s best-selling novel was created by Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks, who also served as showrunner and executive producer. The novel was filmed for the first time in 1980. The series starred Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune. The series won three Golden Globes and became a huge hit.
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The series stars award-winning Japanese actors and actresses, including Tadanobu Asano as Kashigi Yabushige, Toranaga’s close ally; Hiroto Kanai as Kashigi Omi, the young leader of the fishing village where Blackthorne’s ship was found; Takehiro Hira as Ishido Kazunari, a powerful bureaucrat who is Toranaga’s main rival; Moeka Hoshi as Usami Fuji, a widow who must find a new calling in the face of her master’s struggle; Tokuma Nishioka as Toda Hiromatsu, Toranaga’s trusted general and closest friend; Shinnosuke Abe as Toda Hirokatsu (“Buntaro”), Mariko’s jealous husband; Yuki Kura as Yoshii Nagakado, Toranaga’s brash son; and Fumi Nikaido as Ochiba no Kata, the heir’s respected mother who will stop at nothing to put an end to Toranaga’s reign her son’s path to power.
Source: Gazeta
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