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Streaming platform Disney+ Hotstar is all set to transport its audience to medieval Japan. The highly anticipated period drama series Shogun will premiere in early 2024. The series is an official adaptation of the eponymous best-selling novel by author James Clavell.
Here’s the official trailer of the show:
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According to Outlook, Disney+ Hotstar shall release the first two episodes in the series during the premiere. The other episodes of the ten-episode limited series will follow at one episode per week.
According to Disney+ Hotstar, FX’s Shogun will be released on Tuesday, February 27, 2024. The exact time of the release is yet to be declared. The limited-period drama series will be available exclusively on Disney+ Hotstar.
Shogun will take us back to Japan in 1600. The audience will have the privilege to witness a crucial civil war that will go on to alter the course of Japanese society and will last for almost a century.
The FX show’s narrative takes a turn when a European ship capsizes near an island. John Blackthorne is the English pilot in Lord Yoshii Toranaga’s court. Toranaga’s path is beset with difficulties as the Council of Regents, comprising his enemies, are baying for his blood.
Shogun boasts an intriguing storyline in which Blackthorne subsequently comes to Toranaga’s aid. He furnishes the lord with vital secrets that could turn the tables in his favor. Toranaga sees an opportunity to strike his formidable foes – the Portuguese merchants and the Jesuit priests.
As the narrative of the FX series progresses, Toranaga and Blackthorne are bound by a common goal. They compete with each other for the attention of their translator, Toda Mariko. Mariko is an enigmatic Christian noblewoman. She is the descendent of a vanished line of nobility.
According to the official plotline of Shogun, Mariko must come to terms with her newfound relationship with Blackthorne while serving her master Toranaga faithfully.
Shogun, on Disney+ Hotstar, will bring together a large ensemble cast. The scale and magnitude of the show’s cast will come across as unprecedented among the audience. Star Hiroyuki Sanada will play the vital character of Lord Yoshii Taranaga.
Several other luminaries will join Sanaga, including Hiroto Kanai, Tadanobu Asano, Takehiro Hira, Moeka Hoshi, Tokuma Nishioka, and Shinnosuke Abe. Yuki Kura, Yuka Kouri, and Fumi Nikaido will also join the ensemble to portray key roles.
Justin Marks will helm Shogun as the show’s executive producer and showrunner. Edward L. McDonell and Michaela Clavell will join him. Erika Miyagawa and Kondo Sanada also produced the show.
Shogun premieres on Disney+ Hotstar on Tuesday, February 27, 2024.
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