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Shōgun (upcoming TV Series)
''Shōgun'' is an upcoming American period drama television limited series based on the 1975 novel of the same name by James Clavell that is set to premiere on FX on Hulu. Premise ''Shōgun'' follows "the collision of two ambitious men from different worlds and a mysterious female samurai: John Blackthorne, a risk-taking English sailor who ends up shipwrecked in Japan, a land whose unfamiliar culture will ultimately redefine him; Lord Toranaga, a shrewd, powerful daimyo, at odds with his own dangerous, political rivals; and Lady Mariko, a woman with invaluable skills but dishonorable family ties, who must prove her value and allegiance". Cast * Cosmo Jarvis as John Blackthorne * Hiroyuki Sanada as Lord Toranaga * Anna Sawai as Lady Mariko * Tadanobu Asano as Kashigi Yabushige * Fumi Nikaido as Ochiba No Kata * Tokuma Nishioka as Toda Hiromatsu * Takehiro Hira as Ishido Kazunari * Ako as Daiyoin Lady Iyo * Shinnosuke Abe as Toda Hiroshige "Buntaro * Yasunari Takeshima as Mura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Period Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship Films set in historical times have always been some of the most popular works. D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' and Buster Keaton's '' The General'' are examples of popular early American works set during the U.S. Civil War. In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated North American cinema in the 1950s. The ''costume drama'' is often separated as a genre of historical dramas. Early critics defined them as films focusing on romance and relationships in sumptuous surroundings, contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blackthorne
John Blackthorne is the hero of James Clavell's 1975 novel ''Shōgun'', and is loosely based on the life of the 17th-century English navigator William Adams, who was the first Englishman to visit Japan. The character also appears in the 1980 TV miniseries ''Shōgun'', played by Richard Chamberlain. Fictional biography In the novel, Blackthorne is a described as a navigator, who is the "first English pilot ever to get through Magellan's Pass", working for Dutch traders in 1598 who navigates his ship, the ''Erasmus'', to Japan, where he and the surviving crew are immediately imprisoned. A Protestant like his crewmates, Blackthorne is branded as a heretic by the Portuguese Jesuits who control all foreign trade in Japan, though the Jesuits are powerless to kill him outright due to local political considerations. Blackthorne is taken to Lord Toranaga (also based on an historical figure, Tokugawa Ieyasu), the ''daimyō'' in control of the territory in which Blackthorne and the ''Eras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Bastow
Thomas Derek Bastow (born 26 August 1991) is an English actor and musician from Epsom, Surrey. He is best known for playing the character Dave the Laugh in Paramount Pictures' '' Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'', as Joe in the British Telecom (BT) adverts and as the lead singer in the band FranKo. Education Bastow attended the independent City of London Freemen's School, and later transferred to the BRIT School in Croydon, a state school that specialises in the performing arts . Bastow then graduated with a BA Acting from the Drama Centre London (Class of 2015/2016). Acting career Bastow wanted to become an actor after watching films like ''A Clockwork Orange'', ''Pulp Fiction'' and ''American Psycho'' with his dad and being inspired by the performances of the actors, "Watching those great performances sent tingles down my spine and I wanted to have that ability myself. I wanted other people to watch me and get that same feeling, I wanted to entertain." Bastow first got in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Néstor Carbonell
Néstor Gastón Carbonell (; born December 1, 1967) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. He came to prominence for his role as Luis Rivera in the NBC sitcom ''Suddenly Susan''. He is known for his roles as Richard Alpert in the ABC drama series '' Lost'', Sheriff Alex Romero in the A&E drama series '' Bates Motel'', and Yanko Flores in the Apple TV+ drama series ''The Morning Show''. Carbonell also starred as Mayor Anthony Garcia in Christopher Nolan's superhero films ''The Dark Knight'' (2008) and ''The Dark Knight Rises'' (2012). Early life Carbonell was born in New York City to Cuban parents Néstor Tulio Carbonell Cortina and Rosa Ramírez de Arellano Cárdenas. His parents are of Spanish descent (his grandparents were of Catalan, Basque, Navarran, and Andalusian origins). Carbonell was raised a Roman Catholic. Carbonell's father worked for PepsiCo, which required the family to live for periods of time in London, Mexico City, the Bahamas, and Caracas. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiro Kanagawa
is a Japanese-Canadian actor and playwright based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has appeared in numerous high-profile films and television series shot in the Vancouver area, including '' Smallville'', '' Caprica'', ''Godzilla'', ''The Man in the High Castle'', ''Altered Carbon'', '' iZombie'', ''Legends of Tomorrow'', '' Heroes Reborn'' and ''Kim's Convenience'' and was a writer on ''Da Vinci's City Hall''. As a voice-over artist, he was the original English-language voice of Gihren Zabi in the ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' franchise and played Reed Richards in '' Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes''. Kanagawa has also written several stage dramas. He won the Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language Drama for his 2017 play ''Indian Arm''. Early life and education Kanagawa was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan and grew up in Guelph, Ontario; Sterling Heights, Michigan and Tokyo. Kanagawa conducted his undergraduate studies in sculpting at Middlebury Colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ako (actress)
Ako, or Ako Dachs, is a Japanese actress and founding Artistic Director of Amaterasu Za theatre company. Early life and education Ako was a child actress in Japan and she came to the United States to study at Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. Ako worked the Takarazuka Revue Company, all-female theater company in Japan. Acting career Stage Ako starred Off-Broadway in ''God Said This'' by Leah Nanako Winkler by Prospect Theatre at Cherry Lane Theatre and at Humana Festival. She received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress. Also, Kentucky by Leah Nanako Winkler by Ensemble Studio Theatre. Ako performed in repertory at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in their 2010 and 2011 seasons. Notably, in '' Julius Caesar (play)'', Ako played Caius Ligarius as well as Soothsayer, speaking the nightmare scene in Japanese, from a 19th century translation. She played the Lady Macbeth character in Ping Chong's ''Throne of Blood'', a stage adaptation of Kurosawa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takehiro Hira
is a Japanese theatre, film, and television actor. Early life and education Hira was born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan to actors Mikijirō Hira and Yoshiko Sakuma. He was raised in Japan until he was 15 years old. He went to high school at Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, and then attended Brown University. Career He made his theatrical debut in 2002 with ''Rokumeikan'' which was written by Yukio Mishima. He worked closely with his father Mikijirō Hira, who was also a Japanese actor. Takehiro played the role of Iago in the production of ''Othello'' with his father playing Othello. He received major recognition when he played the last shogun Yoshinobu Tokugawa in the NHK taiga drama '' Atsuhime''. He has appeared in several films of Takashi Miike, including '' Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai'', ''Ace Attorney'' and '' Aku no Kyoten''. He plays Natsuka Masaie in the big-budget film ''Nobou's Castle''. International experience He played the role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
