In addition to honouring visually outstanding films and television series, this year it gave the award for best performance in a TV series to Japanese star Hiroyuki Sanada for his role in Shogun.
It took almost 30 years for Japan head coach Hajime Moriyasu to exorcise the demons that have caused him heartbreak at the World Cup. The Samurai Blue’s stirring come-from-behind 2-1 win over ...
According to the author, American Shogun is an attempt to weave the lives of two leaders, General Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito of Japan, into a single narrative ‘told from both sides’.
“A guy comes into your office and says, ‘I’d like to make a limited series set hundreds of years ago, and it will be virtually all in Japanese ... the success of “Shogun” helped ...
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