There’s not much shogun-era history left in Japan but Matsumoto, north-west of Tokyo, is a great place to relive samurai rule ...

‘Shogun’ Bosses Detail “Painstaking Process” to Re-Create Feudal Japan and Likelihood of Season 2. Husband and wife duo Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo were involved in every aspect of ...

‘Shogun’ Review: Rediscovering Japan. The FX remake of the classic mini-series is classed up, retuned for contemporary sensibilities and still an epic soap opera. Share full article.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's government and people cheered the record trophy haul for period drama "Shogun" at the Emmy Awards as yet another win for their history and culture, which are becoming ...

Japan Celebrates Record Emmy Wins for 'Shogun' TOKYO (AP) — Japan erupted with joy Monday as the samurai series “Shogun” won a record 18 Emmys for its first season. It took home prizes ...

Shogun has been especially praised — in Japan as well as the U.S. — for the cultural accuracy and ravishing detail of its world-building, taking viewers into an alluring and reasonably ...

Shogun, based on James Clavell’s bestselling 1975 doorstopper—which was previously adapted for television in 1980—is a fictionalized version of a power struggle in early 17th-century Japan ...

TOKYO >> Japan’s government and people lauded the record trophy haul for period drama “Shogun” at the Emmy Awards as yet another win for their history and culture, which are becoming ...

In the 17th century, Japan’s official head of state was the emperor, who was based in Kyoto.The emperor’s shogun was the military commander, a de facto ruler who was feared and respected by all.

I n 1600, the ailing Dutch trading ship Liefde washed ashore at Usuki Bay, on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu. Among its crew was William Adams, a 35-year-old Englishman who served as the ship ...

Shogun is an FX original mini-series set in 17th Century Japan. Shogun follows John Blackthorne, who becomes a samurai warrior but is unknowingly a pawn in Yoshii Toranaga's plan to become Shogun.

When Shogun, James Clavell's best selling novel was adapted into a powerhouse NBC miniseries in 1980. ... In the 1980 version of Shogun, Japan, ...