He boils a man alive in the first episode of FX’s vaunted 10-part series “Shōgun,” but somehow we’re still charmed by Kashigi Yabushige, played by Tadanobu Asano. I would say he probably grew up a little bit throughout the series, but his basic animal instincts haven’t changed.” He’s a weasel with a sword, the drunken-samurai trope like the tragic buffoon …
And here we are again, with your beloved Buzzers predicting who and what will win this season’s top Emmys. Tracy Brown says Sawai “should be a lock for this, especially since this is likely the only season for which she’ll be eligible.” Lorraine Ali says, “Her performance in the FX series is wonderfully subtle, making it hard to imagine that …
Shōgun, FX’s runaway hit of a historical epic set in feudal Japan, aired its final episode Tuesday. By the end of the saga—a fictionalized tale loosely based on the birth of the Tokugawa shogunate, adapted from James Clavell’s 1975 novel—the Englishman John Blackthorne has not found the deliverance he seeks. Marks: We felt there was a little bit of, I …
To play the English major taken prisoner by the Japanese in World War II in his 1983 film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, director Nagisa Ōshima cast David Bowie. “With Tom Conti and me, he said, ‘Please do whatever it is you people do’.” I was reminded of this story while watching the American limited series Shōgun, which premiered in February. …
