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[5] [6] Clavell's Shōgun is historical fiction. The character of Blackthorne is loosely based on the historical English navigator William Adams, [7] [8] who rose to become a samurai under Tokugawa Ieyasu, a powerful feudal lord (daimyō) who later became the military ruler of Japan and the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. Ieyasu is the basis ...
[12] Tyler Johnson of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4.7 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "If this was an episode whose main purpose was "place-setting" for the conflicts to come, then it's all the more impressive for its ability to set that stage while also delving deep into the subtextual themes that do so much to elevate this show so far above ...
[11] Tyler Johnson of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "This hour of Shogun depicts a hinged moment between monumental events - a period in which time briefly slows down and offers a moment for contemplation before everything changes forever. While we know there's much more story left to tell, "A Stick of Time ...
Back in September, the show set a record with its 18 Emmy Award wins, marking the most wins for a series in a single season. That included wins for best drama series, best actor in a drama series ...
Shogun fans are not too happy about news of the show’s future.. The series has become one of the year’s most-watched, not to mention most acclaimed, successes since its premiere in February ...
Clavell was an executive producer of the 1980 NBC nine-hour miniseries "Shogun," an epic TV event watched by one-third of TV households at the time. Richard Chamberlain became an international ...
[11] Tyler Johnson of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "There's no denying that this is a series that demands the viewer's full attention - a throwback to the height of the prestige TV era, when audiences demonstrated a willingness to put in work for their favorite series. And thus far, the rewards have been ...
More seasons of “Shōgun” are (maybe) on the way. Variety has learned that FX, Hulu and the estate of James Clavell — who authored the novel on which “Shōgun” is based — are working ...