Ishido's men almost catch on to the ruse, but John Blackthorne's (Cosmo Jarvis ... The whole episode focuses on Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai) as she enacts the next stages of Toranaga's plan for ...

Mariko engineers a diplomatic crisis, undermines Ishido Kazunari (Takehiro Hira), and threatens to commit seppuku, despite pleas not to from both John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) and Ochiba no Kata ...

You may like 'Shogun' season 2 just got an ominous update from a prominent Disney ... John Blackthorne, Anna Sawai, Tadanobu Asano and Takehiro Hira will most likely not be returning as Toda ...

Although his translator and love interest, Mariko ... was truly the greatest. Shogun is an FX original mini-series set in 17th Century Japan. Shogun follows John Blackthorne, who becomes a ...

Based on James Clavell’s best-selling 1975 novel, the original five-episode project starred Richard Chamberlain as English navigator John ... of Shogun between Blackthorne and Mariko, and ...

Mainly that it differs from his version. “Mine was based on the love story of Shogun between Blackthorne and Mariko, and this new one is based on Japanese history, and it’s more about Toranaga ...

“Mine was based on the love story of Shogun between Blackthorne and Mariko, and this new one is based on Japanese history, and it’s more about Toranaga, who was the Shogun.” The director ...

The recent first season of the FX series Shogun ... navigator John Blackthorne as he dealt with political concerns involving Lord Toranaga (Toshiro Mifune) and romantic feelings for Mariko ...