‘Shogun’ Shatters Emmy Record With 18 Wins in One Season
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans Editor FX’s drama “Shōgun” headed into the Primetime Emmys, having already broken the record for most wins in one season at the Creative Arts Emmys last weekend.
Now, it’s extended its record even further with 18 total wins. On stage, the cast and crew gathered while Executive Producer Justin Marks thanked their partners at Disney Television, Dana Walden, Eric Schrier, Hulu and FX, “You guys green lit a very expensive, subtitled, Japanese period piece whose central climax revolves around a poetry competition.
I have no idea why you did that, but thank you for your faith in this incredible team.” With 14 Creative Arts Emmys, “Shōgun” already broke the record that was previously held by HBO’s 2008 miniseries “John Adams,” which won 13 awards. “Shōgun” ruled the main acting categories with wins in best drama, lead actor (Hiroyuki Sanada) and lead actress (Anna Sawai).
Based on James Clavell’s novel of the same name, “Shōgun” is a retelling of the Emmy-winning 1980s NBC miniseries. Set in 1600 feudal Japan, the show features Sawai as Lady Mariko, who is placed in charge of translating for Lord Toranaga (Sanada), and John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis), an English ship captain who enters Japanese society as it prepares for war.
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