Shōgun: With Cosmo Jarvis, Anna Sawai, Tadanobu Asano, Hiroyuki Sanada. When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby Japanese fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.

Shōgun (Japanese: 将軍, pronounced [ɕoːɡɯɴ] ⓘ) is an American historical drama television series created by Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks. It is based on the 1975 novel by James Clavell, which was previously adapted into a 1980 miniseries.

See how it all began in The World of Shōgun. Experience the history behind the rise of Warlords, Samurai, and a powerful new empire in Feudal Japan. Watch in 4K HDR.

Start your free trial to watch Shōgun and other popular TV shows and movies including new releases, classics, Hulu Originals, and more. It’s all on Hulu. Based on James Clavell’s novel, FX’s Shōgun is set in Japan in the year 1600 at the dawn of a century-defining civil war.

Shōgun is a 1975 historical novel by author James Clavell that chronicles the end of Japan’s Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1600) and the dawn of the Edo period (1603-1868). Loosely based on actual events and figures, Shōgun narrates how European interests and internal conflicts within Japan brought about the Shogunate restoration .

Shogun (English: / ˈʃoʊɡʌn / SHOH-gun; [1] Japanese: 将軍, romanized:shōgun, pronounced [ɕoːɡɯɴ] ⓘ), officially sei-i taishōgun (征夷大将軍, " Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force Against the Barbarians"), [2] was the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. [3] .

Oct 11, 2024 · Faithful to James Clavell's best-selling historical novel from 1975, Shōgun is based off real political events in Japan from the year 1600. Shōgun details the events leading...

Sep 16, 2024 · The 2024 Emmys took place last night, and to no one's surprise, FX's smash hit Shōgun, a period drama set in feudal Japan based on James Clavell's book of the same name, took home...

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Mar 26, 2024 · Shōgun follows a similar power struggle involving lords vying to be king—just change king to shōgun. The early episodes also spend a fair amount of time introducing...