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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 ...
[7] Jesse Raub of Vulture gave the episode a 4 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "To this point, it's been easy to read Shōgun as a story about powerful men making important decisions. "Ladies of the Willow World," however, invites us to reckon with how the show's women have dealt with the ramifications of these decisions."
The show has a wide cast of characters, each with their own motivations and ambitions, but it primarily focuses on two key men: a powerful lord named Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) who is one ...
IN FOCUS: The new FX/Disney+ series, adapted from James Clavell’s 1975 novel, is the most-nominated show at this year’s Emmy Awards. As Kevin E G Perry writes, both the book and show take ...
The new drama series based on feudal Japan makes its debut.
[5] Meredith Hobbs Coons of The A.V. Club gave the episode an "A–" and wrote, "The violence in Shōgun is staggered, but when it shows up, it's staggering. Men with katanas slice heads clean off, characters go on throat slashing sprees, arrows pierce through people in the woods, a guy gets boiled alive.
In episode 5, Lord Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) gifts John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) a game bird. Wanting to age the pheasant, Johnny B. hangs it in front of his house. He tells everyone that ...