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Shōgun Celebrates Golden Globes Sweep With Season 2 Update - Kotaku
The show's creators confirm the second season is close to a huge milestone
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I definitely have confidence it will be good...and while we might compare real history, we definitely will have lots that will be new and exciting
Jerry London, director of the original miniseries, sounds like quite an arse, if you ask me
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‘Shogun’ 1980 Miniseries Director Calls Out FX Show as “Not Entertaining” for American Audiences
Jerry London, who directed NBC's Emmy-winning adaptation starring Richard Chamberlain, tells THR that he wanted his version to have universal appeal: "The filmmakers of the new one really didn't care about the American audience."
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Jerry London, director of the original miniseries, sounds like quite an arse, if you ask me
‘Shogun’ 1980 Miniseries Director Calls Out FX Show as “Not Entertaining” for American Audiences
Jerry London, who directed NBC's Emmy-winning adaptation starring Richard Chamberlain, tells THR that he wanted his version to have universal appeal: "The filmmakers of the new one really didn't care about the American audience."
I would have to disagree with his assessment. I mean I liked his version of Shogun, but I didn't find the new one difficult to follow and enjoyed it a lot.
Season 2 will commence production in January next year and will be set 10 years after the original.
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‘Shogun’ Season 2 to Begin Production in January 2026, Hiroyuki Sanada and Cosmo Jarvis Returning
Shōgun" is officially coming back for Season 2 at FX, with the second season of the hit historical drama set to begin production in January 2026
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Shōgun Reveals New Season 2 Details, With Eight More Cast Members Returning
The second chapter of "Shōgun's" epic story will feature some familiar faces.
Season 2 of FX's Emmy-winning samurai drama will begin production in Vancouver in January, the network announced on Wednesday — while also shedding light on which cast members will be returning for the new season.
The second chapter of "Shōgun's" epic story will feature some familiar faces.
Season 2 of FX's Emmy-winning samurai drama will begin production in Vancouver in January, the network announced on Wednesday — while also shedding light on which cast members will be returning for the new season.
We already knew that Hiroyuki Sanada will reprise his Emmy-winning role as feudal Japanese ruler Lord Toranaga, along with Cosmo Jarvis as English sailor John Blackthorne. But now FX confirms that eight more Season 1 cast members will appear in Season 2 as well.
The returning cast members are Fumi Nikaidô (as Lady Ochiba, the mother of the former shōgun's only heir), Shinnosuke Abe (as Mariko's hot-headed husband Buntaro), Hiroto Kanai (as Yabushige's nephew Omi), Yoriko Dôguchi (as Toranaga's wife Kiri), Tommy Bastow (as Portuguese priest Alvito), Yuko Miyamoto (as brothel proprietor Gin), Eita Okuno (as Toranaga's half-brother Saeki) and Yuka Kouri (as prized courtesan Kiku).
Several of Season 1's key characters, however, like Anna Sawai's Mariko and Tananobu Asano's Yabushige, died last season, so they won't appear in Season 2.
"Shōgun" has also added five cast members for Season 2: Asami Kizukawa as Aya; Masataka Kubota as Hyūga; Sho Kaneta as Hidenobu; Takaaki Enoki as Lord Ito and Jun Kunimura as Gōda. Season 2 "is set ten years after the events of the first season," per the official synopsis, "and continues the historically-inspired saga of these two men from different worlds whose fates are inextricably entwined."
An adaptation of James Clavell's bestselling novel that also inspired a hit 1980 miniseries, "Shōgun" was originally billed as a limited series when it debuted last year, but FX later announced it was developing two additional seasons of the sweeping samurai epic, allowing it to compete in the drama series categories at the Emmys. The move paid off: "Shōgun" took home a record 18 Emmys, including wins for best drama series, best lead actor for Sanada and best lead actress for Sawai.
The returning cast members are Fumi Nikaidô (as Lady Ochiba, the mother of the former shōgun's only heir), Shinnosuke Abe (as Mariko's hot-headed husband Buntaro), Hiroto Kanai (as Yabushige's nephew Omi), Yoriko Dôguchi (as Toranaga's wife Kiri), Tommy Bastow (as Portuguese priest Alvito), Yuko Miyamoto (as brothel proprietor Gin), Eita Okuno (as Toranaga's half-brother Saeki) and Yuka Kouri (as prized courtesan Kiku).
Several of Season 1's key characters, however, like Anna Sawai's Mariko and Tananobu Asano's Yabushige, died last season, so they won't appear in Season 2.
"Shōgun" has also added five cast members for Season 2: Asami Kizukawa as Aya; Masataka Kubota as Hyūga; Sho Kaneta as Hidenobu; Takaaki Enoki as Lord Ito and Jun Kunimura as Gōda. Season 2 "is set ten years after the events of the first season," per the official synopsis, "and continues the historically-inspired saga of these two men from different worlds whose fates are inextricably entwined."
An adaptation of James Clavell's bestselling novel that also inspired a hit 1980 miniseries, "Shōgun" was originally billed as a limited series when it debuted last year, but FX later announced it was developing two additional seasons of the sweeping samurai epic, allowing it to compete in the drama series categories at the Emmys. The move paid off: "Shōgun" took home a record 18 Emmys, including wins for best drama series, best lead actor for Sanada and best lead actress for Sawai.