![]() ![]() “And there’s a lot of really fun and fascinating work going on to try to balance the story out and tell it from both points of view. ![]() “I referenced, I think, in my comments that it’s really told from multiple points of view, not just the singular Western, white male point of view, so it’s told through many Japanese points of view,” Landgraf said when asked how the show would avoid “exoticizing” feudal Japan, in comparison to the ’80s miniseries adaptation starring Richard Chamberlain. Shgun is an upcoming American period drama television limited series based on the 1975 novel of the same name by James Clavell that is set to premiere on FX on Hulu. Prior to them joining, FX chief John Landgraf said the series would not be “exoticizing” Japanese culture when it was announced during a panel at the Television Critics Association press tour in August 2018. The married writers were brought on to revamp the project a few months after it was first ordered by FX in Summer 2018. Shgun After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen-Nippon. ![]() Marks and his wife Kondo, who is of Japanese descent, adapted Clavell’s novel for the FX series, with Marks executive producing alongside Clavell’s daughter, Michaela Clavell, and Kondo co-executive producing. Asian Saga Book Series BY James Clavell: Shgun, Tai-Pan, Gai-Jin, King Rat, Noble House, Whirlwind. ![]() ‘Shogun’ Won’t ‘Fetishize’ Japanese Culture Through ‘Western Eyes and Male Gaze,’ FX Promises ![]()
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