Will there be a ‘Shōgun’ season two?
nme.comShōgun is set to conclude tonight (April 23), but will there be a second season? Read on for all of the latest info. The ten-episode first series premiered back on February 27, and the climactic final episode airs tonight.
It is available to be streamed via Hulu and FX in the United States. UK viewers, meanwhile, can watch the show via Disney+. Shōgun depicts Japan in the year 1600, and some have labelled the series as the “new Game of Thrones”.
In it, Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) is fighting for his life as his enemies unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby village, where the character of John Blackthorne (Jarvis) is introduced.
The historical drama is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by James Clavell, which had previously been adapted into a 1980 American miniseries.
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