Historical drama Shogun, the sweeping story of a struggle for power in feudal Japan, racked up 25 nominations on Wednesday to lead this year’s contenders for television’s Emmy Awards. The …
FX’s Shogun is unlikely to have the same seismic impact as its predecessor – if only because of the wealth of content now perpetually at our fingertips – but this …
But perhaps the best known of the bunch is Shōgun (1975), the fictionalised history of an expedition to Japan in 1600, feuding warlords, and the culturally and politically seismic role …
“I wasn’t aware of anything to do with Shōgun until the audition process began,” Jarvis says, when we speak over Zoom. Likewise, his knowledge of this era of Japanese history …
Bullet Train, as the name says, is set on the eponymous Japanese hyper-speed rail network, formally known as the Shinkansen. For a movie, that delivers two things: unmatched (narrative) momentum, …