The series Shogun has been one of the winners of the Emmy awards which were just delivered on September 15 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles along with others like the originals Hacks, The Bear and My stuffed reindeer. An original FX series that has won 18 statuettes, including the Emmy for best drama series, and has become the most awarded series in a single edition in the entire history of the awards. Also the actors Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai, its protagonists, are the first Asian actors to have won these awards. And, furthermore, the series Shogun was filmed in Japanese, making it the first series filmed in a language other than English to win the Emmy for best series. The first season of Shogun It has only 10 episodes that are already available on the streaming platform Disney+.
The series Shogun is a new adaptation of the well-known novel by James Clavell and it is the big bet of the Disney streaming platform for the return of summer. For many, those responsible for its success are its dosage of suspense and intrigue, the recreation of historical events and its impressive production. In the eighties, a miniseries triumphed that was a success on NBC and starred the well-known actor Richard Chamberlain and the Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune. This miniseries told the adventures of an English navigator in feudal Japan and won the Emmy for best miniseries, the Golden Globe in its category and a Peabody Award.
The series ‘Shōgun’ has won 18 Emmy Awards.
What happens in the movie Shōgun on Disney+?
This original series is an epic saga of war, passion and power Set in feudal Japan. According to the official synopsis: “Set in 1600s Japan, Lord Yoshii Toranaga fights for his life while his enemies on the Council of Regents ally against him when a mysterious European ship appears abandoned near a fishing village. ”
Although the story told is based on the real history of Japan at the end of the 16th century, the protagonist is a fictional feudal lord: Lord Yoshii Toranaga. One year after the death of the reigning Taikō, a Council of Regents has been established to govern Japan until the late leader’s young son is old enough to take his place. One of the regents, Lord Yoshii Toranaga, an aging war hero based in Edo, has fallen out with the other four who have become aware of his newfound power.
In the end they summon him to Osaka and Toranaga is threatened with dismissal. The war hero will fight to stay alive as his enemies from the Council of Regents unite against him. At that moment a mysterious abandoned European ship appears in a nearby fishing village. His English patron, John Blackthorne, knows some secrets that could help Toranaga tip the balance of power and end the enormous influence of Blackthorne’s own enemies: Jesuit priests and Portuguese merchants.
The series ‘Shōgun’ has won 18 Emmy Awards.
The cast of this drama set in medieval Japan
The series Shogun stars actor Hiroyuki Sanada who plays the role of Yoshii Toranaga and actor Cosmo Javis as John Blackthorne. In addition, it has an award-winning Japanese cast, including Tadanobu Asano as Kashigi Yabushige, a well-known traitor and close ally of Toranaga. Hiroto Kanai as Kashigi Omi, the young leader of the fishing village where Blackthorne’s ship was found.
The actor Takehiro Hira plays the role of Ishido Kazunaria powerful bureaucrat and Toranaga’s main rival, Moeka Hoshi as Usami Fuji, a widow who must find her purpose in the midst of her lord’s struggle, and Tokuma Nishioka is Toda Hiromatsu, Toranaga’s trusted general and close friend.
Together with them, The actor Shinnosuke Abe gives life to Toda Hirokatsu (Buntaro), Mariko’s jealous husband, actor Yuki Kura as Yoshii Nagakado, Toranaga’s impetuous son who longs to prove his worth, and actress Fumi Nikaido as Ochiba no Kata, the respected mother of the heir who will try to take down Toranaga since He endangers his son’s power.
The series Shogun is one of the bets of this 2024 from the Disney+ streaming platform, but there are also other very interesting ones such as the series Agatha, who else? which premieres on September 19, the animated film Inside Out 2 on September 24, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Daredevil: Born Again either Andor 2. Disney+ users can now enjoy the series Shogun which now has the accolade of 18 Emmy Award statuettes.
