‘Shōgun’ Caps Record Emmy Run With Win No. 18 For Outstanding Drama Series As Star Hiroyuki Sanada Pays Homage To Samurai Period Dramas
deadline.comIts place in the Emmy record books already secured after the Creative Arts, Disney/FX’s Shōgun went for a historic sweep, adding four more wins tonight for a staggering total of 18 Emmys in one season, a bench mark that may never be reached again.
That included the Outstanding Drama Series trophy, accepted onstage by series co-creator/executive producer/showrunner Justin Marks and star/producer Hiroyuki Sanada.
They were joined by fellow cast members and producers, including executive producer Michaela Clavell whose father, the late James Clavell, wrote the Shōgun book and executive produced the 1980 NBC miniseries adaptation, winning the Outstanding Miniseries Emmy alongside the late Eric Bercovici.
Marks thanked Disney and FX executives for greenlighting “a very expensive subtitled Japanese period piece whose central climax revolves around a poetry competition.” “We share this award with our extraordinary cast and crew from Japan and North America,” he added. “Shōgun is a show about translation, not what is lost, but what is found when you do safety meetings in two languages and you learn not to walk on tatami mats with your utility booths.” RELATED: ‘Shōgun’s Anna Sawai Makes History As First Actress Of Asian Descent To Win Lead Actress In A Drama Series Emmy: “To All The Women Who Expect Nothing And Continue To Be An Example” Added Sanada in Japanese, with Marks reading the translation, “We would like to express our deepest gratitude to all the crew directors and masters who have inherited and supported our samurai period dramas up until now.
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