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The Big Picture Disney has a new globe-conquering hit on its hands with FX's limited series, Shōgun. The Feudal Japan-set epic starring Hiroyuki Sanada has become FX's biggest streaming premiere ever, cutting down The Bear Season 2 after accruing 9 million streaming views globally in its first six days on Hulu, Disney+, and Star+, all while garnering glowing reviews from critics for its stunningly-accurate depiction of its culture and world.
"Maybe you’ll connect with this as a parent. It feels a lot like parenting, where you get really good at, like, washing bottles, or all the other things that babies require, and then suddenly they don’t need any of that anymore," Kondo said. "And you’re like, 'Aw, I got so good at that.
What Is 'Shōgun' About? Close Marks doesn't entirely close the door on Season 2 if they ever feel there's an idea, but if it did happen, it wouldn't be anytime soon. He notes that progress would likely be full-speed ahead on new episodes under normal circumstances, but that's not how Shōgun was designed:
Shōgun follows two men, Lord Yoshii Toranaga and John Blackthorne whose paths converge after the latter's ship from Europe crashes on the shores of Japan. Surrounded by political enemies and fighting for his life, Toranaga's only hope may lie with the ship and its occupants, who can give the leader a leg up in the coming power struggle. For Blackthorne, the wildly different culture will spur a change within him as he realizes just how small his part is in the epic conflict.
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