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1. • • The samurai miniseries places characters over combat. FX’s 10-episode limited series Shōgun is a masterpiece, with an extremely talented cast performing in Japanese and English to tell a fascinating story about faith, sacrifice, and ambition.
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   Is shogun a Samurai series?

   • The samurai miniseries places characters over combat. FX’s 10-episode limited series Shōgun is a masterpiece, with an extremely talented cast performing in Japanese and English to tell a fascinating story about faith, sacrifice, and ambition. (Here's where to watch Shogun season one so far).

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   Is the Samurai a 'death-seeking warrior'?

   • Clavell had originally framed the samurai as a “death-seeking warrior,” but as Smith points out in Learning From Shōgun, the reality of the samurai standard involved being able to face death “not with yearning, but with indifference.” That’s a lesson Marks learned as he worked on the series’ scenes of seppuku.

   Shōgun Is Challenging Hollywood’s Most Revered Stereotype

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   Are Samurai a mercenary?

   • There is a lot of history to untangle, after all. The samurai were a class of people whose role changed dramatically over time. Before the 1500s, they were essentially mercenaries, skilled but largely poor and selling their services to make ends meet. From the late 1500s to the mid-1800s, they served as nobles who also governed on a local level.

   Shōgun Is Challenging Hollywood’s Most Revered Stereotype

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   Are Samurai a symbol of cultural exchange?

   • Depictions of them exemplify cultural exchange—the great Japanese director Akira Kurosawa found much inspiration in American Westerns for his samurai films—yet they hold a rather curious place in Hollywood. They’re not negatively represented but are instead revered, usually appearing as unassailable symbols of duty and morality.

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   Why do Japanese storytellers have a mystical existence?

   • Their relatively rapid evolution as a status group led to them, and their practices, taking on an “utterly mystical existence” for Japanese storytellers, explains Henry Smith, a professor emeritus of Japanese history at Columbia University and the editor of Learning From Shōgun, a 1980 essay collection about the influence of Clavell’s novel.

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   Where are the real warlords & samurai in Japan?

   • No one is safe. Metro.co.uk recently had the opportunity to visit several key locations in Japan where the real-life warlords and samurai convened, bringing the show to life to an even greater degree at magnificently preserved sites including Osaka Castle, Nijo Castle and Edo Castle in Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo.

   Brutal reality of Shōgun, from boiling men alive to secret assassins

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3. www.theatlantic.com › culture › archiveShōgun Is Challenging Hollywood’s Most Revered Stereotype

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   Mar 8, 2024 · An adaptation of James Clavell’s 1975 novel, Shōgun is a lush, big-budget update to the 1980 NBC miniseries that broke ratings records and helped usher in an era of American interest in Japanese...

4. time.com › 6692336FX's 'Shōgun' Isn't a Remake—It's a Revelation | TIME

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   Feb 7, 2024 · The answer, remarkably, is yes. The new Shōgun, whose two-episode premiere comes to FX and Hulu on Feb. 27, is not a remake so much as a radical reimagining.

   • Author: Judy Berman

5. metro.co.uk › 2024/03/17 › brutal-reality-shogunBrutal reality of Shōgun, from boiling men alive to secret ...

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   Mar 17, 2024 · Critics and fans of Shōgun have already hailed the drama as a ‘masterpiece’ in reviews and across social media for its brilliant performances and authentic representation of Japanese culture.

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7. www.ign.com › articles › shogun-review-fx-huluShōgun Review - IGN

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   The samurai miniseries places characters over combat. FX’s 10-episode limited series Shōgun is a masterpiece, with an extremely talented cast performing in Japanese and English to tell a...

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8. www.cbr.com › how-the-original-shogun-was-evenShōgun Is a Hit, But the Original Show Was a Phenomenon - CBR

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   May 5, 2024 · After all, these two nearly 50-year-old depictions of a European in the land of the samurai are why the world has the modern Shōgun, and both the James Clavell novel and the Richard Chamberlain-led miniseries were runaway hits in their own times.

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9. editorial.rottentomatoes.com › article › shogunShōgun First Reviews: 'A Sweeping Historical Epic,' Critics Say

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   Feb 27, 2024 · Shogun is instantly a masterpiece and supplants the 1980 version of the story. This series is beautiful, powerful, stirring, and engrossing and gives the great Hiroyuki Sanada a long-awaited lead...

10. www.bbc.com › news › entertainment-arts-68881283Shogun: A guide to the hit Japanese samurai epic as its ... - BBC

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    Apr 23, 2024 · Shogun - the razor-sharp, critically-acclaimed samurai epic that's transported viewers back to feudal, war-torn Japan since February, reached its finale on Tuesday. Here's everything you need to...