I would really love to watch the new Shogun. My first filter -- not too many chicks -- worked! But then... a chick was the 3rd actress listed, so do we have to suffer through a 'strong female character'?
Is she just as good as the men?
Please -- I have a string of hope -- someone tell me that she's just a concubine.
Just had a topic on it yesterday. Those who evaluated it seemed to like it quite a bit, with minimal reservations: https://kotakuinaction2.win/p/17si5FsEDx/is-the-new-shogun-show-any-good/
I'm worried about the coming rugpull, they typically throw it into woke overdrive in the 2nd or 3rd season. Going to just wait on this one for now, might check it out much later when I know what I'm getting into.
It is a miniseries of 10 episodes. No second season.
So far it has been pretty faithful to the book. They've obviously had to cut some stuff out, because even a 10-hour season of television is not enough to portray all of the material in a James Clavell doorstopper. But the scene with Mariko picking up the naginata and attacking Ishido's men is in the novel if I recall.
Yeah, and it's not like she managed to kill any of them.