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  • 2024
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  • FX

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...

  • 2024
  • TV-14
  • FX
  • 2024
  • TV-14
  • FX
Shogun (2024)
Season 1 Premiere: Feb 27, 2024
Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 33 Critic Reviews
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83
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 14 User Ratings
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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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Universal Acclaim Based on 33 Critic Reviews
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Universal Acclaim Based on 33 Critic Reviews
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6% Mixed
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100
Feb 27, 2024
“Shogun” is riveting. It’s gorgeous. It’s the TV equivalent of a page-turner.
By Lili Loofbourow FULL REVIEW
100
Feb 7, 2024
Shōgun stands apart as a genuine masterpiece.
By Judy Berman FULL REVIEW
89
Feb 15, 2024
The action scenes breathtaking and distinctive, ranging from battlefield assaults to a nighttime attack in the middle of a dark forest. It's the human drama, however, that makes the series work. Shōgun's three leads are well matched.
By Keith Phipps FULL REVIEW
83
Feb 26, 2024
Marks’ grand rendition of this beloved tale may be very good rather than great, yet in a TV world increasingly awash in mediocrities, that’s more than enough to earn it viewers’ recurring time and attention.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 27, 2024
With more sex and violence than the service’s usual fare, it’s an ambitious deviation. But this well-paced and considered saga will reward grown-up viewers and prove that there’s still room for a historical epic among the elves, dragons and zombies of big-budget telly.
By Nick Hilton FULL REVIEW
75
Feb 21, 2024
FX’s Shōgun adaptation is a feast for the eyes with dazzling action sequences, but the muddled story falls short.
By Dave Nemetz 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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7% Negative
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Production Company:
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  • FX Productions
  • Michael De Luca Productions
Initial Release Date: Feb 27, 2024
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
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