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Series Details & Credits
| FX | Release Date: February 27, 2024 |
Summary:
In feudal Japan, Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada), British captain John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) and translator Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai) are brought together as a civil war looms in this limited series adaptation from Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks of James Clavell's novel of the same name (that was also made into a 1980 miniseries).
Creator:
Justin Marks
Genre(s):
Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Action & Adventure
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Positive:
39
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
Feb 27, 2024
TV Guide Magazine
Mar 7, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Majestic. .... I never wanted to leave this world. Please, FX, never stop aiming this high. [11 - 31 Mar 2024, p.4]
Feb 22, 2024
Feb 28, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Whenever things seem like they’re about to slow down to the point where fickle viewers might log on to social media to complain that they don’t understand the plot, a volley of flaming arrows flutters through the air or a sliding door splatters with blood. But it’s equally impressive how often the filmmakers keep you on the edge of your seat wondering if a character will keep their mouth shut.
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The Independent
Feb 27, 2024
Season 1 Review:
With more sex and violence than the service’s usual fare, it’s an ambitious deviation. But this well-paced and considered saga will reward grown-up viewers and prove that there’s still room for a historical epic among the elves, dragons and zombies of big-budget telly.
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Feb 26, 2024
Season 1 Review:
His [Blackthorne's] journey toward “enlightenment” and his unconvincing affair with Mariko are thinly sketched—and, because “Shōgun” is at pains to foreground the regents’ war, he has more to offer the narrative as a source of discord and of new martial technology than as a romantic hero. In theory, elevating Mariko and Toranaga to primary characters is the “correct” update, helping to avoid another “whitewashed” tale about Japan. But both are so bound by repression and secrecy that they’re almost doomed to be dramatically inert.
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Seasons & Episodes
- Series Overview
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: February 27, 2024
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S1:E10. A Dream of a Dream
Air Date: April 23, 2024
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S1:E9. Crimson Sky
Air Date: April 16, 2024
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S1:E8. The Abyss of Life
Air Date: April 9, 2024
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S1:E7. A Stick of Time
Air Date: April 2, 2024
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S1:E6. Ladies of the Willow World
Air Date: March 26, 2024
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S1:E5. Broken to the Fist
Air Date: March 19, 2024
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S1:E4. The Eightfold Fence
Air Date: March 12, 2024
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S1:E3. Tomorrow is Tomorrow
Air Date: March 5, 2024
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Season 1 Overview