I’m surprised that there hasn’t been a thread on it yet, but FX’s Shogun is an utterly sensational adaptation of James Clavell’s novel. Masterfully crafted and acted, it’s a must watch for anybody with a smidgen of interest in Japanese history.
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On my to watch list. Currently watching Series 2 of From on MGM. Great horror show but I am hoping we start to get some answers to the various plotlines.
That’s another fave.
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Yeah, it’s really good.
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One of the best series I’ve seen lately
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I guess I need to watch this. Is this set in the Tokugawa era or in War period (When Oda Nobunaga ran around and killed enough people to create a the Tokugawa Shogunate in the first place). Or is it set it before all that?
It’s the very start of the Tokugowa period
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Ah the consolidation period. One of the most defining periods in Japanese history. Lots of folks were getting ran through with swords at the time. I think Nobunaga had already been assassinated at that point.
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Toranaga is loosely based on Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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Ah the key lynchpin who gave final birth to the Shogunate because he was the last man standing.
And I think he was born a commoner.
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