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Disney+ drama Shogun: Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis and Anna Sawai lead thrilling new adaptation of James Clavell’s bestselling novel

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 …

Shogun writers and producers talk about the Disney+ series, creating a manual for directors, and why filming moved to Canada

by Haddis Thomas

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 …

Star of Shōgun on Disney+ Cosmo Jarvis talks James Clavell’s novel, studying feudal Japan and working with Hiroyuki Sanada

by Haddis Thomas

“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 …