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Streaming Shogun (use spoilers for big story events)
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It's already over. Go forth!
There’s a Strong Chance ‘Shogun’ Will Return for Season 2
Series star and producer Hiroyuki Sanada has signed a deal that could see him return — but there are other factors at play, sources say.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
Obvious cash-in by FX in a lot of respects, but Hiroyuki Sanada (who produced, as as well as playing Toranaga) seems to be genuinely invested in making sure it's high quality and true to the Japanese history and culture.
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As much as I would love for it to be a stand alone, greediness wants at least a season 2. Which focuses on the war battles would be sick.
The show is based on a book by James Clavell. He wrote several books set in Asia, but none of the others are related to the Shogun storyline. It's possible they may try to come up with their own story for a 2nd season, but it's unlikely.
He did write a trilogy of books following the Struan clan - Tai-Pan, Gai-Jin, and Noble House. The first & last are set in Hong Kong, the middle book in Japan (albeit 200+ years after Shogun).
Then there's Whirlwind (set in Iran), and King Rat (set in a WWII POW camp in Singapore), neither of which are connected to the other books (other than being set in Asia).
Shogun & Noble House were previously made into mini-series in the 1980s. Shogun starred Richard Chamberlain as Blackthorne, while Noble House starred Pierce Brosnan. The Shogun mini-series was by far the better of the two.
I would like to see Tai-Pan and Gai-Jin made into TV series.
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I've seen on X that Season 2 is confirmed with the return of Hiroyuki Sanada playing Yoshii Toranaga
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What a show. Unbelievably awesome.
Interesting, given that the writers will have to come up with all of it themselves. Clavell only wrote the material used in S1.
Hopefully the Shogun writers do a better job than the Game of Thrones writers did, after they overtook their source material.
Ideally, they would have adapted Shogun into two seasons from the jump.
The Leftovers is a similar comp. Seasons two and three were complete inventions, and were practically perfect seasons of television. Most of the cast carried over though, so the degree of difficulty here is going to be high. Keen to seem them try though.
The Leftovers is a similar comp. Seasons two and three were complete inventions, and were practically perfect seasons of television. Most of the cast carried over though, so the degree of difficulty here is going to be high. Keen to seem them try though.
Actually, "Whirlwind" was a direct continuation of the Struan family's story; in that several characters were from "Noble House" and the British company in Iran was a Struan holding. "King Rat" and "Noble House" also had some common characters.
I recently watched the Richard Chamberlain "Shogun" series and agree it's better than the Pierce Brosnan "Noble House". The problem with the latter is that all the drama is around the world of business and finance. Battles and political intrigue are much more interesting.
There was also a movie of "Tai-Pan" with Bryan Brown in the title role. It was fairly forgettable.
I'm halfway through the 2024 "Shogun" remake and thoroughly enjoying it. Cosmo Jarvis' voice sounds almost exactly like Richard Burton's.
One thing I dislike is the idiotic euphemism of "pillowing". It's straight out of Clavell's writing and I always though it silly that 17th century Japanese, 19th century Hong Kong Brits and Chinese, and 20th century Brits and Chinese all use the same term for sex.
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I also enjoyed the series. Anna Sawai is a goddess stemming from her time in Monarch. Maybe Lady Mariko becomes Cate Randa in her reincarnation to do more good things.
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I agree crafty sama.
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Well, as I reported, Season 2 is a goer, but it looks like they're going for a third season as well.
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It won't be the same without Mariko. 
Well if it is being done by your typical American production company, she would be there in flashbacks, dreams, and visions.It won't be the same without Mariko.
It won't be the same without Mariko.
I fancied Lady Fuji more
While Clavell's material is done, there's a fair bit to work with in the real life inspirations for Toranaga and Blackthorne.
Tokugawa Ieyasu - Wikipedia
William Adams (pilot) - Wikipedia
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