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FX is bolstering nan formed of its Emmy-winning play bid Shōgun up of its upcoming 2nd season, adding newcomer Risei Kukihara, Ryô Satô (Silence), Seishiro Nishida (Atsuhime), Mantaro Koichi (Emergency Room 24 Hours) and Takashi Yamaguchi (Pachinko). Production is underway successful Vancouver.
They subordinate antecedently announced Emmy victor Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis, Fumi Nikaidô, Ren Meguro, Asami Mizukawa, Shinnosuke Abe, Hiroto Kanai, Masataka Kubota, Sho Kaneta, Yûko Miyamoto, Yuka Kouri, Tommy Bastow, Jun Kunimura, Yoriko Dôguchi, Eita Okuno and Takaaki Enoki.
In nan first play of Shōgun, Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Sanada) fought for his endurance arsenic his enemies successful nan Council of Regents agreed against him. When a mysterious European vessel was recovered marooned successful a adjacent village, its English aviator John Blackthorne (Jarvis) shared captious strategical secrets pinch Toranaga that tipped nan scales of powerfulness successful his favour to triumph a century-defining civilian war.
Kukihara will play Gabriel, Satô will represent Rin, Nishida will play Jōshin, Koichi is Saitō and Yamaguchi will represent Kanō.
Shōgun, an original adjustment of James Clavell’s bestselling novel, is created for tv by Rachel Kondo & Justin Marks and produced by FX Productions. Kondo and Marks are Executive Producers alongside Michaela Clavell, Edward L. McDonnell, Michael De Luca and Hiroyuki Sanada. The bid is produced by FX Productions.
Season 2 casting has been handled by Kei Kawamura and Laura Schiff, whose activity connected nan first play won nan Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting successful a Drama Series.
The first play of nan highly praised bid won 18 Emmy Awards, mounting nan grounds for nan astir Emmy Awards by a bid successful a azygous season. It was FX’s first bid to triumph Outstanding Drama Series. Hiroyuki Sanada became nan first Japanese character to triumph nan Emmy for Lead Actor successful a Drama Series, and Anna Sawai made history arsenic nan first character of Asian descent to triumph Lead Actress successful nan aforesaid category. Other awards see nan Golden Globe for Best Television Series – Drama, AFI TV Program of nan Year, and apical honors from SAG, WGA, DGA, PGA, TCA, nan Independent Spirit Awards, among others.
Season 2 of Shōgun will watercourse connected Hulu successful nan U.S. and Disney+ internationally and aerial connected nan FX channel.
Kukihara is represented by 42 and CAA. Satô is repped by Theatre de Poche successful Japan. Koichi is repped by Clione Co. successful Japan and Yamaguchi is repped by Park Artists Group and Energy Talent Management.
