Lady Ochiba is holding a grudge against Lord Toranaga in FX’s Shogun that goes back to when she was a young girl. The historical drama (now streaming on Hulu) has been a political roller coaster, weaving a complicated narrative web across its ten episodes that has thrust audiences back into time to 17th-century Japan. Throughout the series, its cast … Read more
Blackthorne’s line in the sand Shōgun episode 9 represnts his frustration with the established order and could indicate his fate in the finale. Blackthorne’s zen garden scene in Shōgun epiosde 9 could indicate his fate in the Shōgun season finale. The critically acclaimed series only has one episode left, titled “A Dream Within A Dream”, which will premiere on … Read more
The New Zealand-born actress’s itinerant upbringing and bilingual skills gave her exceptional insight into Lady Mariko, the translator at the heart of the series Late one night, in the middle of shooting “Shogun,” Anna Sawai panicked. The actress had been struggling with her role as Lady Toda Mariko and couldn’t crack the precise emotional beats … Read more
With just one episode to go in the sprawling, action-packed, emotional journey that is FX’s Shōgun—loosely inspired by real events that took place in turn-of-the-17th-century feudal Japan—the miniseries has reached one of the most devastating and pivotal moments in the best-selling 1975 James Clavell novel on which it’s based: the death of Mariko (Anna Sawei). In the run-up to … Read more
That really happened. The following story contains major spoilers for Episode 9, “Crimson Sky,” of FX’s Shōgun. Read on at your own risk. YOU KNOW YOU’RE really getting to the end of a great series when two key things start to happen: the stakes get higher and higher with each passing minute, and main characters begin to exit the story. … Read more
Discover why Fumi Nikaido is the MVP of Shogun, Hulu’s historical adventure series. Created by Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks, Hulu’s Shogun is one of the most buzzed-about new TV shows in 2024. Based on the 1975 historical novel by James Clavell, the acclaimed miniseries concerns John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis), an English navigator who becomes shipwrecked … Read more
Sawai speaks freely about her fan-favorite character and the shocking events of episode nine in FX’s acclaimed miniseries. The Japanese actor, who was born in New Zealand and raised in Japan, considers the acclaimed miniseries’ penultimate episode, “Crimson Sky,” to be her “final farewell” to her fan-favorite character. Written by Rachel Kondo/Caillin Puente and directed … Read more
Shōgun episode 9 sees the emotional culmination of Lady Mariko’s character arc and sets the stage for an intense, high-stakes series finale. Lady Mariko dies at the end of Shōgun episode 9 in what was by far the saddest and most tragic chapter of the show so far, setting up a high-stakes series finale. Lord Toranaga’s mission … Read more
Shōgun star Anna Sawai, who portrays Mariko in the miniseries, opens up about how the ending of episode 9 had one key difference from the book. Shōgun star Ana Sawai, who plays Mariko in the miniseries, has opened up about one key difference between the book and the show surrounding the end of episode 9. The … Read more
Shogun star Anna Sawai opens up about Mariko’s episode 9 fate, her relationship with Anjin coming to an end, and her hopes for Monarch season 2. Mariko’s journey has reached an emotional end in Shogun episode 9. Based on the James Clavell novel of the same name, the FX historical epic has followed the stories of English … Read more