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 including Outstanding Drama Series, as star and co-producer Hi...
09.15.2024 yahoo.com , independent.co.uk and 69 sitesWhen Shōgun arrived on our screens earlier this year, it did so weighted with expectations as heavy as a samurai in full armour. A sprawling historical drama set in feudal Japan ’s tumultuous Sengoku ...
09.15.2024 independent.co.uk , yahoo.comClose Hiroyuki Sanada. Photo: ABC Shōgun star Hiroyuki Sanada won big at the 2024 Emmy Awards . The star, 63, won outstanding actor in a drama series for the FX show on Sunday, Sept. 15. Sanada said i...
09.15.2024 Yahoo.com and 2 sitesThe man who would be “Shōgun” has once again ascended to the top of his field. Hiroyuki Sanada , who played Lord Yoshii Toranaga in the FX historical epic , won the Emmy for Best Actor in a Drama Seri...
09.16.2024 Yahoo.comIn September 1980, following the five consecutive nights of the hit American TV drama 'Shogun, ' former U. S. Ambassador to Japan and then-Harvard professor Edwin O. Reischauer is said to have stated that 120 million Americans had learned more about Japanese culture than ever before. The TV miniseries was based on the best-selling novel of the same name by James Clavell, who was also a Hollywood screenwriter. It depicted the 'land of the samurai' during Japan's Sengoku (warring states) period. T...
09.19.2024 Mainichi.jpThe Scumdance Film Festival makes a glorious return visit to the Bay Area on September 28, 2024. The Lost Church SF (988 Columbus, SF) plays host once again to a film festival that would cause the pre...
09.19.2024 Brokeassstuart.comJapanese cinema has produced incredible talents over the past 100 years. From directors such as Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu to actors like Toshiro Mifune and Rinko Kikuchi. One of the standout nam...
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