The Samurai series Shōgun, which swept a historic 18 Emmys, is gearing up for a second and third season. The historical drama based on the hit 1975 James Clavell novel, is the first-ever Japanese-language series to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, alongside earning over 25 Emmy nominations for its debut installment alone. Now, FX boss John Landgraf has dropped a major update about its upcoming offerings.
Though seasons 2 and 3 will continue the storyline, they’ll contain ‘separate narratives’. In an interview with Deadline, John teased, “I don’t know that we’re certain there will three seasons, but in really looking at the characters in the history that’s being depicted here, albeit in a fictionalized manner, it still feels to us like three is the right number of seasons to really do it justice." A post shared by Emmys / Television Academy (@televisionacad) While commenting on how much of season 2 has been materialised John added, “We’re moving forward.
Scripts are coming in, outlines are coming in. We’re trying to figure out where we’re going to shoot it, whether we’re going to shoot in the exact same manner and place we did before, or whether we’re going to make some changes." A post shared by Emmys / Television Academy (@televisionacad) Set in 1600 Japan, Shōgun chronicles the collision of two ambitious men from different worlds: Lord Yoshii Toranaga, a shrewd yet powerful daimyo, who is at odds with his politics rivals and John Blackthorne, a mysterious risk-taking English sailor whose European ship is found marooned in a nearby Japanese fishing village.
A post shared by Emmys / Television Academy (@televisionacad) Shōgun took home many trophies including Outstanding Drama Series, as actor and co-producer Hiroyuki Sanada became the first Japanese actor to win the Emmy for best lead actor in a dramatic series. Additionally, co-star Anna Sawai won best actress in a dramatic series, also a first for Japan..
