Shogunthe Disney+ series not to be missed
From February 27, Disney+ will offer a new, very ambitious historical series Shogun. The program will take us there on the Japanese side, in 1600, at the dawn of a civil war that will mark the century. Different protagonists will fight for power. But the show will focus on three characters. First Lord Yoshii Toranaga, while his enemies in the Council of Regents gang up on him. Then John Blackthorne, the English commander of a ship stranded in a fishing village. And finally Toda Mariko, a woman with impressive fighting skills who serves Lord Toranaga.
Created by Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo, the series is a new version of the novel Shogunpublished in 1975 and already been adapted into series in 1980 with Toshiro Mifune. It’s this time Hiroyuki Sanada (John Wick 4, Westworld) who plays the main role. Alongside him we will find Cosmo Jarvis (Annihilation, The young lady) and Anna Sawai (Pachinko, Monarch: Monster Legacy). As soon as the trailer was released, the visual qualities of the series impressed. And a bit of a buzz began to build around this historical drama in which war and politics mix.
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A 100% rating
While the spread of Shogun it’s getting closer, the feedback is absolutely great. It’s very simple, since 17 first reviews shared by the site Rotten tomatoesthe series gets a perfect score of 100%. A rating that could drop a bit in the next few days with the addition of other reviews, but which remains impressive. The site Screenrant also allows a comparison with game of Thrones and the hype that the HBO show has generated since its first season. The American site recalls that seven out of eight seasons had obtained a rating above 90%. Rotten tomatoes.
Regard Shogunwe can read among the grouped texts Rotten tomatoes that the series is “captivating“(Empire), OR “one of the most engaging and evocative shows of the year“(The casing). Inverse writes for him that “Shogun is a rich adult drama (…) who knows how to find the subtle balance between spectacle and spectacularity“. Total film is a little more measured by specifying that the series is “far from perfect“, but believes that by erasing some defects the show could become “a phenomenon“. Finally, The JoBlo Movie Network he doesn’t mince words by stating that Shōgun is “an instant masterpiece“, a series “beautiful, powerful, moving and captivating, giving the great Hiroyuki Sanada a long-awaited major role to reach a wide audience“.
This gives us hope Shogun that will be discovered from February 27 on Disney+.
Source: Cine Serie
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