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[yocalio]

SHŌGUN Chapter Seven: A Stick of Time

[cinematic-phosphenes]

Shōgun (2024) | E07 — Dir. Takeshi Fukunaga

[dannypinot]

SHOGUN: 1.07: A Stick of Time

[redsamuraiii]

Shogun (Ep 7)

I like how Yabu slowly looked up at the mention of his province, looking perplexed, like a mix of amusement and insult. While in the background Blackthorne is asking Mariko what is going on now.

One thing I love about this show is the attention to detail. The characters may not be speaking but their actions and expressions tells a story. You may missed them the first time you watch it.

[nicdevera]

i liked saeki's helmet, i thought is that supposed to be a shark fin? orca fin? but apparently it's an eboshi kabuto, a helmet designed to look like a court cap

[lafiametta]

As much as I'd like Shōgun to return to the dynamic pacing that characterized the first part of the show (have we really spent the last four episodes in Ajiro?), slowing the action down has allowed for some fascinating explorations of character and theme.

One that featured heavily in this week's episode (as well as in the previous one) is the idea of myth-making and story.

Toranaga, of course, is the center of one such myth. The “boy warlord,” he won his first battle at age twelve and then served as second to his defeated enemy, taking off his head with one blow. This is the story that Saeki Nobutatsu tells at dinner, a tale that delights his young, impressionable nephew. Nagakato, who wants to prove himself to his father, takes such story as truth and wants to emulate him by riding off to battle, where he will likely be killed, but as a glorious end that will be told and retold. (“Will we die with blood on our swords?” he asks, which is the only honorable way to die.)

Lady Ochiba is surrounded by her own legends. Whereas Toranaga's exploits are the stuff of dinner party entertainment, she literally watches her own life be made into drama. The play performed at the Noh theater depicts her courtship by the Taikō, a courteous affair where her character does not speak, an frozen mask covering any expression she might make. (“Dear Lady Ochiba,” the fictionalized Taikō tells her, “if we have a son, prestige will spread in every direction...”)

(Mariko is also haunted by a story, that of her father's actions against Kuroda. But unlike Toranaga and Ochiba, she has no desire to disillusion herself. In her mind, her father died a hero, the man he killed a tyrant, and for fourteen years she has suffered by not being able to fulfill her duty to him by joining him in death.)

But what Shōgun is also trying to tell us is that life is nothing like the myth. A glorious death, the honor of one's family, the prestige of bearing the Taikō's only son, these require far more of us that we can ever imagine, pain and horror laced through every act.

The true story is one we never want to tell. It is being drugged and assaulted on a nightly basis by your consort and his wife, all in the hopes that you will give them a child. It is hacking at the bloody neck of your defeated enemy, until the ninth blow finally severs his head. It is attempting to kill your uncle in the darkened garden of a tea house, only to slip on a wet stone and dash your brains against the rocks, not a single drop of blood on your sword.

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

Shōgun makes history, Crushes ‘Game Of Thrones’ Record!

“Shōgun” an epic night at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday. Japanese historical drama Shōgun** has secured top gongs at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, alongside The Bear and Baby Reindeer. Shōgun has made Emmys history as the first-ever non-English language series to win for best drama.

It was impossible to slow the roll of “Shōgun.”With its 14 wins at the precursor Creative Arts Emmy Awards lasThis weekend, the FX series about lordly politicking in feudal Japan has already set a record for most Emmys for a single season of a series. It won the top three categories in the show, Best Drama, Best Actor in a Drama and Best Actress in a Drama, in addition to Best Directing for Fredrick E.O. Toye.

Lead drama acting awards for Japanese cast member actor Hiroyuki Sanada, who plays embattled samurai warlord Lord Yoshii Toranaga, while his co-star Anna Sawai won best lead actress plays Lady Toda Mariko to make the pair the first Japanese to win the awards. Hiroyuki Sanada also won an award for producing Shogun, a Japanese historical drama based on James Clavell’s best-selling novel, set during the 1600s, on the eve of the Battle of Sekigahara, Sanada plays a military commander modelled after shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Shōgun’s Hiroyuki Sanada celebrated with the show’s other stars and makers. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

"Shōgun" star Hiroyuki Sanada holds up an Emmy after the show won the award for Outstanding Drama Series on Sunday, September 15. Sanada, who also won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, gave one of his speeches in Japanese.

In the drama category, the historical drama “Shōgun,” which was only the second non-English language program to be nominated in the outstanding drama category (the first was “Squid Game” was the first in 2022), picked up four awards. The show winning the Outstanding Drama Award as well as Outstanding Directing at the 76th Emmy Awards, "Shōgun" collected a total of 18 awards, the most Emmys won for a single season of a TV series.

Hiroyuki Sanada in ‘Shōgun’

Hiroyuki Sanada accepts the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for "Shōgun" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 15, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP/Kyodo)

**A Shōgun was the military leader and de facto ruler of Japan from 1192 to 1867. The full title of this position was "Sei'i Tai Shōgun," or "military protector." Officially, the shogun served the emperor, but the vast majority of power rested with the shogun.

Eita Okuno as Saeki Nobutatsu, Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko, Hiromoto Ida as Kiyama Ukon Sadanaga in Shōgun. Photograph: Katie Yu/AP

Anna Sawai accepts the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series award for "Shōgun" onstage during the 76th Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theatre at L.A.Robert Gauthier/Getty Images

Shōgun" stars Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada won the top acting awards for a drama series. (Mike Blake/Reuters)

The Shōgun cast and crew celebrate their record-breaking Emmys wins. Pic: AP Photo/Jae C Hong

Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada (C), along with cast and crew, accept the Outstanding Drama Series award for ‘Shōgun’ onstage during the 76th Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles on September 15, 2024. (VALERIE MACON / AFP)

Shōgun’ has set a new bar for excellence in television, proving that when every detail is crafted to perfection, history is made. This achievement isn't just about awards—it's a celebration of groundbreaking storytelling and unmatched artistry. A true cultural moment! 👏

Shōgun is a majestic TV that is very clearly prestigious. Here is the final list of all the Emmys Shogun won between both shows.

1. Best Drama

2. Best Actress in a Drama Series – Anna Sawai

3. Best Actor in a Drama Series - Hiroyuki Sanada

4. Best Directing for a Drama Series - Frederick E.O. Toye

5. Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Néstor Carbonell)

6. Best Sound Mixing

7. Best Sound Editing

8. Best Period Costumes

9. Best Production Design

10. Best Main Title Design

11. Best Special Visual Effects

12. Best Period/Fantasy Makeup

13. Best Prosthetic Makeup

14. Best Stunt Performance

15. Best Casting for a Drama Series

16. Best Period/Fantasy Hairstyling

17. Best Picture Editing

18. Best Cinematography

Emmys 2024: Full winners list

#Shōgun #Emmy #JamesClavell #book #LordYoshiiToranaga #Japan #series #feudalsystem #HiroyukiSanada #AnnaSawai #Lady Toda Mariko #Fredrick E.O.Toye #FX #Hulu #Disney+

Posted 16th September 2024

[yocalio]

Toranaga's brother, Saeki:

[lafiametta]

Toranaga and Ishido are definitely the hottest to me. They're handsome men. I'd still take any of them I could get my hands on though. Even leprosy dude, to make him feel better. I'm a giver 🤣

I feel like we should really put this question to the masses, Anon. I suspect I know what the top pick(s) will be, but I'm also curious to see the full range of responses... ;)

[lafiametta]

Honestly hope Ishido and the other regents for that matter get slaughtered. Bunch of assholes

I hear you, Anon. And it's not an improbable outcome. I mean, considering all the time we've spent with the Toranaga Crew, I suspect that the show will not end with Ishido crowned in victory, getting a ticker tape parade. (And even though Shōgun is fictional, the history it's based on can also give us a hint of what's to come!)

If I had to rank the biggest asshole/most deserving of slaughter, though, Ishido wouldn't end up on top, surprisingly!

5) Ito — The man just wants to be a star of the Noh theater! How was he to know accepting the offer of a seat on the council would mean having to neglect his art for politics (and pesky little things like plotting kidnappings and ninja attacks)? 4) Ohno — Having leprosy means never having to say you're sorry. 3) Kiyama — Terrible at assassinating heretic barbarians and also terrible at insulting them ("pirate"? that's really the worst you could do?). Also, he left my girl Mariko out to dry even though he promised to be her second; did he actually think she was going to let her son marry into his family after ghosting her like that? 2) Ishido — Continues to fail upwards after he gets Ochiba to agree to marry him. He's a dead-eyed bureaucrat who's come to believe he's a strategic genius, like the manger of your local post office deciding to start a war with the CEO of FedEx. 1) Saeki Nobutatsu — Love your hats, but you're officially the worst. Double-crosses Toranaga, fucks Kiku perfunctorily, dismisses Ochiba when she's trying to give the regents actual good (if scary) advice about how to deal with Mariko. Let him burn.

[lafiametta]

What's up with the other regents not having any power? Are they also prisoners in the castle? What's the point of them sitting around voting if they can't actually have their own opinion?

So officially they do have power, Anon, but Ishido has two of them in his pocket, so at best the vote — if they're even bothering to vote any more — would be three to two.

After Toranaga resigned, Ishido couldn't find a candidate to fill his seat that all the other regents would agree on. Ishido's political game, I think we can all agree, is weak, and it is Ochiba (upon her return to Osaka) who tells him to start playing hardball, which involves putting the other regents and their families into protective custody (i.e. making them hostages) with the fictional plot against the heir as the pretext. (Toranaga's family, it seems, was already being held as prisoners, following his escape.) My understanding is that Ochiba was also the one to recommend Lord Ito to the open seat, which he accepts after all the flattery she and Ishido offer him at the theater performance. Lord Sugiyama resists all these power plays — he clearly resents the influence that Ochiba now seems to yield — and refuses to participate in any voting or acts of governance. He and his family also try to flee Osaka, but they're all massacred by Ishido and his men.

Sugiyama's open seat then is offered to Toranaga's half-brother, Saeki Nobutatsu, in exchange, I assume, for having turned against Toranaga and capturing him in Ajiro.

By Episode 9, Ishido is firmly in control of the regents: two of them he's essentially elevated to the regency and the other two are held as hostages (along with their families) in Osaka. It's unclear whether or not Kiyama and Ohno would support Ishido regardless of the hostage situation, although Kiyama ultimately refuses his role as Mariko's second, presumably because Ishido had pressured him to do so. What is clear is that the true power in Osaka is held by Ochiba, even though she holds no other title beyond mother of the Heir. At the meeting of the regents, she's there with the other men, sitting slightly behind Ichido, but hers is the dominant voice.

At this point, it's even a question if Ichido is even truly in charge of anything. Through her manipulations and machinations (and maybe even the murder of her dead husband's wife), Ochiba has become the unofficial authority. Ichido is simply the sword she wields to enact her vengeance against Toranaga — and against Mariko, both for the actions of her father and her continued loyalty to Toranaga.