FX’s global hit drama Shōgun is expanding its world for Season 2, with five new cast members joining the Emmy®-winning series as production gets underway in Vancouver.
The upcoming season, set more than a decade after the events of Season 1, continues the sweeping, historically inspired story of two men from vastly different worlds whose destinies remain deeply intertwined.
Joining the cast for Season 2 are Risei Kukihara (“Gabriel”), Ryô Satô (“Rin”), Seishiro Nishida (“Jōshin”), Mantaro Koichi (“Saitō”), and Takashi Yamaguchi (“Kanō”), bringing a mix of rising talent and seasoned performers to the acclaimed drama.
They join a returning ensemble that includes Emmy® winner Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis, Fumi Nikaidô, Ren Meguro, and more, continuing the story following the power-shifting events of the first season.
Casting for Season 2 is once again led by Kei Kawamura and Laura Schiff, whose work on the first season earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting in a Drama Series.
About Shōgun
Based on James Clavell’s bestselling novel, Shōgun follows Lord Yoshii Toranaga as he navigates political intrigue and war, with the help of English pilot John Blackthorne, whose arrival shifts the balance of power in feudal Japan.
The first season became a global phenomenon, winning 18 Emmy® Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series — a record-setting achievement — along with major wins at the Golden Globes, SAG Awards, and more.
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About FX
FX, a division of Disney Entertainment, is a global multiplatform brand that develops, produces, commissions and markets original programming for Hulu and the FX and FXX linear channels in the U.S., and Disney+ in all other international territories.
Over the past two decades, FX has been responsible for some the most-critically acclaimed and award-winning shows on television.
Some of the brand’s current and legacy titles include the dramas Alien: Earth, American Crime Story, American Horror Story, The Americans, The Beauty, Damages, Dying for Sex, Fargo, FEUD, Justified, Love Story, Nip/Tuck, The Old Man, The Patient, Pose, Rescue Me, The Shield, Shōgun, Say Nothing, Snowfall and Sons of Anarchy; the comedies Archer, Atlanta, The Bear, Better Things, DAVE, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Reservation Dogs and What We Do in the Shadows; and a slate of docuseries and documentary films including Welcome to Wrexham, The New York Times Presents and Dear Mama.
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