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“In Shōgun, saying the wrong thing can get you killed. Saying nothing can get you killed, too. Every space has its own rules of interaction; every word and gesture must be chosen with the utmost care. The wrong choice can separate a person from their privilege, or their head from their torso. Based on the 1975 best seller by novelist James Clavell and a five-part 1980 NBC adaptation that drew 35 million viewers, the new FX miniseries, which premieres its first two episodes tonight, chronicles the power struggles among the Japanese regents and the Europeans who encroached on their once-isolated territory, transforming their economy and converting part of the Japanese population to Catholicism.” —Matt Zoller Seitz, “Shōgun Teaches You How to Watch”

  1. Episode 10 A Dream of a Dream
    Shōgun Finale Recap: Scholar of the Wind This story’s conclusion is just a matter of playing out what has already been set in motion.
  2. Episode 9 Crimson Sky
    Shōgun Recap: No Exit This show warned us from the start that it would break our hearts.
  3. Episode 8 The Abyss of Life
    Shōgun Recap: A Funeral in Edo If Toranaga is disingenuous about surrendering, he has an odd way of conveying it.
  4. Episode 7 A Stick of Time
    Shōgun Recap: Family Matters As we learn more about Toranaga’s past, his plans for the future seem more uncertain than ever.
  5. Episode 6 Ladies of the Willow World
    Shōgun Recap: A Woman Is Simply at War The eightfold fence is no match for the Willow World.
  6. Episode 5 Broken to the Fist
    Shōgun Recap: Blame It on the Sake Blackthorne learns some tough lessons about what his new home considers a matter of life and death.
  7. Episode 4 The Eightfold Fence
    Shōgun Recap: Baby Earthquakes The series levels up as both a war story and a love story.
  8. Episode 3 Tomorrow Is Tomorrow
    Shōgun Recap: With Friends Like These Toranaga’s plan begins to play out in an episode that delivers thrilling set pieces and complex political maneuvering in equal measure.
  9. Episode 2 Servants of Two Masters
    Shōgun Recap: Silk, Gold, and Guns Exposition takes the lead in an episode that seeks to lay everything out on the table.
  10. Episode 1 Anjin
    Shōgun Series-Premiere Recap: Turning the Tide This is a show best digested scene by scene, trusting that the seeds in this premiere will blossom in due time.
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Shōgun’s Anna Sawai Felt Freest in Lady Mariko’s Final Decision

 “Up until then I had to hold it all in.” By Nicholas Quah
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The Best TV Shows of 2024

 We’re past Peak TV, but these series prove we’re still reaching new creative heights.
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Is Shōgun the Limited Series to Beat?

 A surprisingly stacked category presents platforms with some tough decision this Emmy season. By Joe Reid

Chat Rooms

  1. Interpreting Shōgun Was More Than Just Translation By Bethy Squires
  2. Eita Okuno Relished Being Shōgun’s Flamboyant Peacock By Bethy Squires
  3. Tokuma Nishioka Brought the Shōgun Set to Tears By Roxana Hadadi

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    The Best TV Shows of 2024We’re past Peak TV, but these series prove we’re still reaching new creative heights.
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    Big, Sweeping Television Is BackWhat Shōgun’s incredible awards season performance says about the series, the Emmys, and the state of epic TV.
    By Joe Reid
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    Shōgun Breaks Records With 18 Emmy Wins for One SeasonIncluding Outstanding Drama Series and both Lead Actor and Actress in a Drama Series.
    By Bethy Squires
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    Place Your Emmys Bets on Shōgun After Creative Arts SweepThe FX drama set the all-time record for most wins by a TV program in a single year, plus more highlights from the past weekend’s two-part ceremony.
    By Joe Reid
  10. encounter
    Anna Sawai: ‘I Have This Weird Confidence’She is now the first Japanese actress to win an Emmy for her lead performance in Shōgun.
    By Nicholas Quah
  11. tv review
    Shōgun Teaches You How to WatchThe Emmy-winning Japanese saga of court intrigue luxuriates in the language of taking and holding power.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  12. exit interview
    ‘It Was So Hard to Remember, Don’t Cry’Shōgun’s Hiroyuki Sanada on off-screen methods, onscreen battles, and the scene that moved him to tears.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  13. crimson sky
    Shōgun’s Anna Sawai Felt Freest in Lady Mariko’s Final Decision“Up until then I had to hold it all in.”
    By Nicholas Quah
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    Will the ‘True Story’ of Baby Reindeer Be Its Emmys Downfall?Voting for the 2024 nominees has officially begun, and Richard Gadd’s provocative limited series is gunning for front-runner status.
    By Joe Reid
  15. vulture investigates
    The First Shōgun Is So Back (on an Official Streaming Site)Seems like people might want to check it out.
    By Eric Vilas-Boas
  16. but thankfully the wind
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    By Bethy Squires
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  18. for your consideration
    A Few Suggestions for Shōgun Season TwoYabushige flashbacks are nonnegotiable.
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  19. coming never
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  21. so now what?
    Miss Shōgun? Here’s What to Watch Next.For those not quite ready to leave the world of the series behind.
    By Keith Phipps
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    Interpreting Shōgun Was More Than Just TranslationAs the series’ bridge between cultures, producer Eriko Miyagawa had to consider everything from Sengoku-period accuracy to the nuances of “fuck.”
    By Bethy Squires
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    Shōgun Won the Attention WarWhen so much of the battle for TV viewership is getting audiences to watch a single screen, translation is Shōgun’s not-secret weapon.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
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    10 Books (and One Video Game) You Are Fated to Consume After ShōgunThis should tide you over until a season-two announcement.
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    Shōgun Has a Japanese-Superiority ComplexThe series is determined to foreground Japanese perspectives, but it doesn’t quite know what to make of Japan’s more unsavory history.
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