In 2017, when exec producers Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo approached Hiroyuki Sanada about starring in the new version of “Shōgun” they were developing, the actor agreed on one condition: that the production hire Japanese professionals with experience in making samurai dramas. Seven years and one producer credit later, Sanada is now on the other side of one of the most critically acclaimed drama series of 2024.
“I’m so happy,” he said. “I’m proud of our team.”
“Shōgun” is the second miniseries to be adapted from the James Clavell book of the same name, following NBC’s Emmy-winning 1980 version starring Richard Chamberlain. The new series begins in 1600, when an English seafaring pilot named John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) lands in feudal Japan.
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