Shōgun returns this week with an episode that is overall lighter in plot than previous weeks’, but writer Matt Lambert and returning director Frederick E.O. Toye did their best to make it feel extremely important for the story of the...
Up until this week’s episode, I’ve been enjoying though not loving FX’s Shōgun. The series, based on the 1975 James Clavell novel of the same name (which was already adapted into a miniseries back in 1980), has been rather slow...
In the wake of the assassination attempt featured at the end of last week’s two-episode premiere of Shōgun, Lord Toranaga realizes he must leave Osaka as quickly and as undetected as possible. That simple premise sets up this week’s nail-biter...
The story of Shōgun, which FX is adapting from the 1975 novel by James Clavell and the 1980 miniseries, is as vast and overwhelming to follow as it must been to make. That was my immediate conclusion after finishing the...