The battle for the soul of a nation awaits in ‘Shōgun’
In what is shaping up to be one of 2023’s most ambitious television events, FX’s Shōgun is set to take the world by storm, and this colossal epic breathes new life into James Clavell’s classic tale of Japan’s samurai culture and the battle for supremacy that stood at the heart of the age.
Watch the all-new trailer for Shōgun below:
Here’s the official synopsis:
Shōgun follows “the collision of two ambitious men from different worlds and a mysterious female samurai; John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis), a risk-taking English sailor who ends up shipwrecked in Japan, a land whose unfamiliar culture will ultimately redefine him; Lord Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada), a shrewd, powerful daimyo, at odds with his own dangerous, political rivals; and Lady Mariko (Anna Sawai), a woman with invaluable skills but dishonorable family ties, who must prove her value and allegiance.
Inspired by the true actions of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the most powerful daimyo in all of Japan’s history and English navigator and samurai William Adams, Shōgun offers audiences an incredibly epic canvas for narrative and spectacle, and the team at FX has truly captured the spirit and character of the original text. The three show leads, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis and Anna Sawai, bring an incredible presence to the screen with their distinctive roles, and each will have a core element to play in realising this incredible piece of narrative.
Go further into the production and behind-the-scenes action of Shōgun here:
Shōgun is an utterly epic piece of narrative television, and audiences will be spellbound by its presence when it arrives on Disney+ on February 27.
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