ShÅ gun takes place in the year 1600 in feudal Japan and is based on the real-life relationship between shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu and English shipbuilder and navigator William Adams, who became the ...

Shogun has been especially praised - in Japan ... taking viewers into an alluring and reasonably convincing version of 17th century feudal Japan. It's a big win for a pricey project that took ...

Sanada is serving dual roles in the latest production of the historical epic set in feudal Japan. He is starring in and also serving as a producer on "Shogun," which offers him more control of the ...

“There is a record that the third shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu, hunted as many as 2,135 deer in a year and a half. Although the ...

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Upon being proclaimed Shogun (feudal military dictator) of Japan in 1603, Ieyasu constructed a palace that would reflect his supreme power. Nijo Castle in central Kyoto was certainly ostentatious ...

"Shogun" starts with the arrival of Pilot Major John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) in turn-of-the-17th-century feudal Japan. Five regents rule Japan in the stead of Nakamura Yaechiyo (Sen Mars), heir ...

Luckily for fans turned on by Shogun to the cunning machinations of feudal Japanese lords, swordsmen, concubines and ladies in waiting, the well of samurai storytelling that inspired Shogun and ...

Between the tens of millions of tourists visiting and the soft power success of films and drama series set in Japan, the country has never attracted so much attention. The impact on sales and other ...

The FX series about lordly politicking in feudal Japan can still win best drama series. If “Shogun” faces competition for the best drama prize, it could come for the sixth and final season of ...

announced that they were working together to develop additional seasons of the drama set in feudal Japan. “It has been one of the greatest privileges of my life to spend the last five years at ...

“Shogun," the FX series about power struggles in feudal Japan, won best drama series, Hiroyuki Sanada won best actor in a drama, and Anna Sawai won best actress. Sanada was the first Japanese ...