Balancing the need to be authentic and cinematic while respectful of the audiences’ expectations is the perpetual struggle when depicting any historical events, and such was the case for the FX adaptation of the acclaimed James Clavell novel Shōgun.
“Most of what we'd consider to be samurai stories of today usually took place within the Edo period,” states Justin Marks, the series’ creator, executive producer and showrunner. “Our story is set in 1600, which was the Sengoku period [also known as the Warring States period], which occurred before [shōgun] Tokugawa Ieyasu won the Battle of Sekigahara, took over Japan, and created 260 years of peace.”
SHŌGUN
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Set in Japan in the year 1600, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.
VENDORS
Important Looking Pirates
SSVFX
Goodbye Kansas Studios
Refuge VFX
Barnstorm VFX
Pixelloid Studios
Render Imagination
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The initial plan was to shoot the 10
