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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).
That said, we see Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) take significant interest in Mariko throughout the FX drama. He places great trust in her judgment and reasoning, often going to her for ...
A prominent member among the five was Tokugawa Ieyasu, renamed Yoshii Toranaga in Shōgun and brought to life by Sanada. Over the span of just two years, he leveraged his power and close ...
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 ...
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 100% approval rating for the episode, based on 7 reviews, with an average rating of 9.3/10. [ 12 ] Meredith Hobbs Coons of The A.V. Club gave the episode an "A–" and wrote, "Yabushige hopes his [words] will resonate, too, as he leaves a poem and shares his sincere feelings with Omi ...
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 .