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ADAPTED FROM THE bestselling historical novel, FX's new limited series Shōgun is fast becoming appointment television.The show focuses on the political ascent of daimyo regent Yoshii Toranaga ...
A Council of five rulers—who are governing Japan until their late lord’s heir comes of age—looks to impeach the powerful Yoshii Toranaga (played by Hiroyuki Sanada).
Shōgun follows "the collision of two ambitious men from different worlds, John Blackthorne, a risk-taking English sailor who ends up shipwrecked in Japan, a land whose unfamiliar culture will ultimately redefine him; Lord Toranaga, a shrewd, powerful daimyo, at odds with his own dangerous political rivals; and Lady Mariko, a woman with invaluable skills but dishonorable family ties, who must ...
Yoshii Toranaga. Tokugawa Ieyasu, Toranaga’s real-life counterpart, is one of the most important figures in Japanese history. Known as one of the great unifiers of Japan, the Tokugawa shogunate ...
Toranaga revealing his real plan was slightly different from the novel. While the series has him reveal part of it to Yabushige, only the reader is told about this in the novel. Marks felt that it was important for Yabushige to know, as they knew they were "sending Yabushige into oblivion."
THE SAGA OF Lord Yoshii Toranaga's political and military ascent in feudal Japan continues in Shōgun, FX's epic miniseries based on the bestselling novel by James Clavell.Told in part from the ...
One of the regents, Yoshii Toranaga, is summoned before his colleagues: Ishido Kazunari, Kiyama ukon Sadanaga, Sugiyama Josui and Ohno Harunobu. Toranaga has been accused of consolidating his power and the other regents are seriously considering a motion by Ishido to impeach him, which would also condemn him to seppuku .
Lord Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) is a shrewd and powerful daimyo – a feudal lord subordinate to the ruling shogun – who seeks advantage over his political rivals. Lady Mariko (Anna Sawai) is an ...