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Shogun (TV Series)

Shôgun

2024

Justin Marks (Creator), Rachel Kondo (Creator) ...

Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis, Anna Sawai, Nestor Carbonell ...

7.6

5,078

TV Series. Adventure. Drama. Mystery TV Series (2024). 10 Episodes. In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.

	Media	Author	Review
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"Big, bold and beautiful (...) The balance of Machiavellian machinations and well-executed action is consistently gripping"
		Jake Cunningham Empire	"'Shōgun' makes for gripping television. Look past the knotty bureaucracy and you’ll find striking performances and stunning visuals."
		Brian Tallerico The Playlist	"Yes, it’s talky. Yes, it takes itself very seriously. But it justifies that scope and that pretentiousness with imagery that feels resonant and characters that feel grounded"
		Alison Herman Variety	"The most transportive TV epic since 'Game of Thrones’"
		Meghan O'Keefe Decider	"['Shōgun']'s story goes hard at every turn, gleefully serving up gore alongside eloquent sequences of poetry contests"
		Brandon Yu The Wrap	"'Shōgun' stands to be one of the most engaging, impressive shows of the year"
		Amy West Total Film	"While... far from perfect, it does enough right to leave us wanting more. If it irons out its kinks in a follow-up, it could very well end up being TV's next big book-based phenomenon (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Chase Hutchinson Collider	"While the series is building up to an immense confrontation that threatens to subsume all the characters in its bloody wake, the grounding presence of Sanada and Sawai is what holds 'Shōgun' together"
		Meredith Hobbs Coons AV Club	"FX's historical drama kicks off with two brutal, skillfully woven episodes (...) In Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo's rendering of 1600s Japan, authenticity is the name of the game"
		Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"Forget the 1980 white-savior version starring Richard Chamberlain — FX/Hulu's redo of James Clavell's novel shifts the focus and ups the scale. It's terrific"
		Kristen Baldwin Entertainment Weekly	"A thrilling and emotional historical saga"
		Ben Travers IndieWire	"[It] is an old-school epic with dazzling new vision (...) FX's long-in-the-works adaptation proves worth the wait, as a lavish production and nuanced performances revive a classic action epic with more on its mind than whose heads will roll"
		Matthew Simpson Exclaim!	"A good show —but it sometimes feels like something is missing, and that something is holding it back from being great"
		Nick Clark London Evening Standard	"It’s about fear of the unknown, a closed society having to face change and the people caught in the middle – all told in a gloriously, thrillingly realised package. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Mae Abdulbaki Screen Rant	"'Shōgun' should be a priority watch, as it dazzles us with political intrigue, culture, and an intensity that brings everything together nicely."
		Ricky Valero Ready Steady Cut	"[It] delivers a cold, calculated, but heartfelt journey on a massive scale, making it one of the best TV shows of the 21st Century (...) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Kaiya Shunyata rogerebert.com	"From its sprawling monologues to its expertly crafted sets, the series stands out immediately in a landscape where content appears to be more important than art (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"It tells the engrossing tale with cinematic-level sweep (...) There’s political gamesmanship and forbidden romance in FX’s visually spectacular 10-part epic. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Alex Maidy JoBlo	"The new version of 'Shogun' is a far grander take on the source material with a nuanced balance of Japanese culture as viewed by an outsider from Europe."
		Ross McIndoe Slant	"[It's] more than another elegantly staged historical drama, using three distinct perspectives to turn it into a rumination on life and death. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Nick Schager The Daily Beast	"Marks' grand rendition of this beloved tale is more than enough to earn it viewers' recurring time and attention"
		G. Allen Johnson San Francisco Chronicle	"'Shogun' is immersive world-building, feeling at once like an old-fashioned epic and something modern in style (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		John Anderson The Wall Street Journal	"'Shōgun' has the look of money all over it -meaning it is visually lush, bountiful and believable; there is action aplenty, fountains of blood and enough characters to populate a fishing village"
		Keith Phipps TV Guide	"There's a lot going on in 'Shōgun' —thematically, historically, and dramatically. This adaptation handles it all adeptly without ever surrendering the forward momentum of its compelling plot"
		Matt Zoller Seitz rogerebert.com	"A rich text that has been expertly reinvented for the screen, proving that shows of this likeness can not only still be made, but can still achieve greatness (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Samantha Nelson IGN	"Television at its best, using its budget to create a gorgeous, immersive world but never letting spectacle detract from its emphasis on complex character arcs"
		Rebecca Nicholson The Guardian	"This lavish adaptation of the classic samurai novel is beautiful, intellectual fare that amply rewards your full attention. But be warned: it's gruesome from the get-go (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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