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  • FX
  • Feb 27, 2024
  • FX
  • Feb 27, 2024

Summary In feudal Japan, Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada), British captain John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) and translator Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai) are brought together as a civil war looms in this limited series adaptation from Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks of James Clavell's novel of the same name (that was also made into a 1980 miniserie...

  • FX
  • Feb 27, 2024
  • FX
  • Feb 27, 2024
Shogun (2024)
Season 1
Season Premiere: Feb 27, 2024
Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 39 Critic Reviews
must-watch
85
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 62 User Ratings
8.4
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Summary In feudal Japan, Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada), British captain John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) and translator Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai) are brought together as a civil war looms in this limited series adaptation from Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks of James Clavell's novel of the same name (that was also made into a 1980 miniserie...

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Episode 1 • Feb 27, 2024 • 1 h 10 m
Anjin
Destinies converge in Japan after a barbarian ship washes ashore in a poor fishing village. Meanwhile, in Osaka, Lord Toranaga finds himself outplayed by his enemies.
Episode 2 • Feb 27, 2024 • 58 m
Servants of Two Masters
Blackthorne's arrival in Osaka stirs up a hornet's nest of rivalries. Mariko is trapped between her cause and her faith when she must translate for the barbarian in Lord Toranaga's custody.
Episode 3 • Mar 5, 2024 • 53 m
Tomorrow Is Tomorrow
After Blackthorne survives a brazen assassination attempt, Toranaga realizes he must ferry his allies out of Osaka or risk certain defeat.
Episode 4 • Mar 12, 2024 • 57 m
The Eightfold Fence
Blackthorne and Mariko test their new alliance as they train Toranaga's gun regiment for war. Yabushige must navigate his past promises to Ishido when an old friend comes to the village.
Episode 5 • Mar 19, 2024 • 56 m
Broken to the Fist
Blackthorne and Mariko struggle to contain the secret that could get them both killed. Yabushige searches for the spy who has betrayed his intentions to Lord Toranaga.
Episode 6 • Mar 26, 2024 • 57 m
Ladies of the Willow World
Lady Ochiba returns to Osaka in order to accelerate the Regents' campaign against Toranaga. In Ajiro, Toranaga tests Mariko's loyalty to his cause.
Episode 7 • Apr 2, 2024 • 55 m
A Stick of Time
Outplayed by new alliances in Osaka, Toranaga is forced to carve out a new deal with a long lost family member.
Episode 8 • Apr 9, 2024 • 58 m
The Abyss of Life
Toranaga's defeated clan moves to Edo; Blackthorne must decide who he fights for.
Episode 9 • Apr 16, 2024 • 1 h
Crimson Sky
Mariko arrives in Osaka for the fight of her life. Blackthorne and Yabushige scramble to save their own heads as their options dwindle.
Episode 10 • Apr 23, 2024 • 1 h 3 m
A Dream of a Dream
In the wake of a tragic death, Blackthorne finally considers the true nature of Toranaga's plan.

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 39 Critic Reviews
85
95% Positive
37 Reviews
5% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 39 Critic Reviews
85
95% Positive
37 Reviews
5% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
Mar 7, 2024
Majestic. .... I never wanted to leave this world. Please, FX, never stop aiming this high. [11 - 31 Mar 2024, p.4]
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
100
Feb 26, 2024
There are superficial similarities to “Game of Thrones” — five contenders for an empty throne, a storyline about two girlhood friends on opposite sides of a power struggle. But it’s this focus on people that truly unites the two series, and qualifies “Shōgun” to take up the mantle of thrillingly transportive event TV.
By Alison Herman FULL REVIEW
91
Feb 27, 2024
The long-gestating production — first announced in 2018 — was worth the wait. Gorgeous and immersive from the very first frame, the new Shōgun is a stunning epic that never lets big-budget set pieces overshadow the human drama at its core.
By Kristen Baldwin FULL REVIEW
88
Feb 26, 2024
Co-creators Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks have assembled a fine team of directors and a greatly talented ensemble cast to deliver engrossing appointment-TV with a cinematic level of achievement.
By Richard Roeper FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 27, 2024
If you come here expecting the Battle of Sekigahara, you’ll be disappointed. But subtlety and cleverness can be exciting too.
By Robert Lloyd FULL REVIEW
75
Feb 23, 2024
Watching “Shōgun" is a you-are-there-you-are-not-there experience — both bracing and chilly, not consistently engaging yet (paradoxically) always engaging, “Shōgun" draws you in, but never quite makes you feel welcome to be there.
By Verne Gay FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 26, 2024
His [Blackthorne's] journey toward “enlightenment” and his unconvincing affair with Mariko are thinly sketched—and, because “Shōgun” is at pains to foreground the regents’ war, he has more to offer the narrative as a source of discord and of new martial technology than as a romantic hero. In theory, elevating Mariko and Toranaga to primary characters is the “correct” update, helping to avoid another “whitewashed” tale about Japan. But both are so bound by repression and secrecy that they’re almost doomed to be dramatically inert.
By Inkoo Kang FULL REVIEW

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Universal Acclaim Based on 62 User Ratings
8.4
85% Positive
53 Ratings
0% Mixed
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15% Negative
9 Ratings

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Universal Acclaim Based on 62 User Ratings
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85% Positive
53 Ratings
0% Mixed
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15% Negative
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