The Golden Globes have come and gone. One of the evening’s groups celebrating was Shōgun. It appears that the Shōgun team had their dreams come true when all four of its nominations for Best Drama Series, TV Drama Actor, Drama Actress, and Supporting Actor won for actors Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai, Tadanobu Asano.
This monumental win for them is one thing, but it makes things doubly wonderous as it is a repeat-winning performance from the original series back in 1980. This epic series of imperial Japan continues to be successful, counting back to the 76th Emmy Awards, where the series picked up 14 record-breaking 14 awards. It has received awards from the Creative Arts Emmys, trophies, acting, and series awards.
James Clavell’s Work Changes Actors Lives
James Clavell’s novel adaptation won our approval at the 38th Golden Globes Awards in 1981. It beaten the competition and won in three categories for best drama series. Richard Chamberlain earned Best Actor, and the actress went to Yoko Shimada. The tradition of success started strong from its first show when the Golden Globes awarded them the winner in all three drama categories, making it the first show to take all of them at once.
Shōgun: A History Of Success
In our own year, back in September at the Golden Globes, Shōgun won a record-breaking 18 Emmys. Thanks to the work of Sanada and Sawai acting, many of the awards revolved around this best-drama series. It couldn’t be topped in the best acting, actresses, and drama series categories. Both the original and modern-day take on Shōgun have done very well but there could be more coming?
Unlike the original series, FX has already made plans for a second and third season in the making. The first drama series was a miniseries and didn’t air like today’s. It showed over five straight nights that started in September 1980. Today, Shōgun began with a 10-episode first season. Clavell, which gives us a glimpse of Japan’s civil war, has become the most-watched show across the globe in streaming hours for FX. If this win weren’t big enough for those working on Shōgun, it also has six nominations for the Critic Choice Awards.
Who Else Came Away A Winner?
In our own year, back in September at the Golden Globes, Shōgun won a record-breaking 18 Emmys. Thanks to the work of Sanada and Sawai acting, many of the awards revolved around this best-drama series. It couldn’t be topped in the best acting, actresses, and drama series categories. So after all that and the end of the first season, what’s next with season 2 coming? Season one creators Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks followed James Clavell’s novel Shōgun for the series. With season one ended, they used all the information from Clavell’s work.
The second and third season will continue to follow the original story. At the Golden Globes ceremony, Kondo and Marks gave an update on season 2. From the red carpet, Kondo informed Variety that the work on season 2 was “ongoing.” In the meantime, Marks also teased that they were about six weeks from finishing their work in the writers’ room. With all the original information given from Clavell’s work, season 2 and eventually three will neededed to be an original story.
Season 2 Update
We know that they are working on Season 2 but no one has given any release date yet. We can extrapolate some speculation as to when we might see more. Since we can estimate that writing should be finished by late February, with announcements to follow and production starting soon after, we might see filming begin in about 6 months. That date estimation can very in so many ways. For example, Season 1 was filmed in Western Canada, and there have been rumors that Season 2 will be filmed in Japan.
There are also more things to hope for and information given at the Golden Globes. When Hiroyuki Sanada won his Golden Globe, he informed The Hollywood Reporter that he could be part of the next season. He also hinted that the show might be filmed partly from the Season 1 location in Vancouver and, when needed or able, in Japan. If the locations have been determined and secured, then they might be able to keep the momentum from Season 1 with the release of Season 2 coming sometime at the end of 2026.
Shōgun’s Bright Future
There never has been a night like it at the Golden Globes, but hopefully, we will have more for FX’s Shōgun seasons 2 and 3. The show’s future is rich, but will high expectations choke the thrill of this 1600 feudal Japan drama? It has everything going for it, and the future is bright. Hopefully, more awards will be given in the future for this television drama series to take home more prizes.
