Bringing 'Shogun' to life was a decade-long journey, with authenticity serving as a guiding principle throughout the production, from identifying the team, to the casting and language choice.
Bringing "Shogun" to life was a decade-long journey, with authenticity serving as a guiding principle from the casting, language choice and production.recently made headlines for its findings about the box office success of diverse films.
Upon joining FX to build a new limited series division, Balian was notified by an agent that James Clavell 's estate was interested in producing an updated miniseries of the book, "Shōgun." When she received the book, she realized the original miniseries in the '80s was very different from the book. Series stars Hiroyuki Sanada expressed his excitement when he was offered the job because of the power that the portrayal of his character, Toronaga, could represent in modern times. He explained that Toronaga was modeled after the historical figure, Tokugawa Ieyasu.
As a Japanese person, Sawai expressed how incredibly proud she is of the work they have done and hopes this series reshapes the perceptions of Japanese women.
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