#yoshi toranaga

[yocalio]

SHŌGUN Chapter Two: Servants of Two Masters

[drrav3nb]

There's a shadow on both of you

Bonus:

[the-ridiculous-blog]

I frickin love Shogun.

I love the cinematography, the filming style, the narrative, the pacing

I love that they let the characters speak their native languages and did not just have them all speak one langauge; adds a lot of authenticity and depth

And I really really love how they're constantly cussing each other out but at the same time there are no consequences of it bc they can't understand each other and are constantly like "????????" whenever the other one is speaking it's hilarious

[aegonx]

SHÕGUN 1x02 - "Servants of Two Masters"

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[redsamuraiii]

Shogun (2024)

Based on James Clavell’s novel, FX’s Shōgun is set in Japan in the year 1600 at the dawn of a century-defining civil war. Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him.

Caught in between, is John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis), an English sailor who finds himself marooned on the land of the rising sun. And how his fateful encounter with Lord Toranaga and Lady Mariko (Anna Sawai) would change his destiny.

While the characters are fictional, they are based on actual historical characters. Take for example, the three main leads:

Yoshi Toranaga is inspired by Tokugawa Ieyasu.

John Blackthorne is inspired by William Adams.

Toda Mariko is inspired by Hosokawa Gracia.

I enjoyed the 1980s film of the same name which is based on the same book and would very much look forward to watch this.

A tumultuous time where a rising Shogun attempts to unify Japan while Europe is at war between Catholics and Protestants.

[iwasnotaslasher]

Lord Yoshii Toranaga every time someone begs him to be allowed to commit seppuku or acts overly excited at the idea of going into battle:

[the-beskar-alchemist]

Needless to say, Shogun is fucking brilliant and I'm a tad bit obsessed.

The scenery? Beautiful. The lighting? Perfect. The cast? Phenomenal.

👆👆👆👆 This man got me in a simp bind ngl

(GIFs not mine)

[chibi213]

With the show over I can say that Hiroyuki Sanada really embodied Tokugawa's best trait(never read the book so I dont know how close book Toranaga was to Tokugawa). That is patience. Something he said was the key to his success and would be the key for his decendants to rule(the shogunate lasted for 260 years, safe to say they listened). We see it all throughout the show how he waits and thinks things through. Because if he keeps his emotions in check he will think of something. Sometimes if you are patient something will just happen in your favor. We see this happen both ways in the show sometimes it was him thinking up a plan(Hiromatsu or changing Crimson Sky to be Mariko) or just pure dumb luck( his son tripping and dying). The point is he always waited and stalled for as much time as he could to think things through or to see if something would happen no matter how much shit he was in.

[marymunchkiin]

I just know it

[rockatanskette]

Tumblrinas getting all starry-eyed in over Jack FitzBritface or whatever in the Shōgun tags when Hiroyuki Sanada and Takehiro Hira are right there are why we can't have nice things.

[yocalio]

SHŌGUN Chapter Six: Ladies of the Willow World

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[kyliafanfiction]

I suppose a TV show has to do it differently, but it does feel odd Toranaga baring his plan, the whole reality, to Yabushige.

But even Toranaga has to talk to someone, I suppose.,

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toshirô mifune as lord yoshi toranaga in shōgun

primetime emmy award nominee for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie

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