With just one episode to go in the sprawling, action-packed, emotional journey that is FX’s Shōgun—loosely inspired by real events that took place in turn-of-the-17th-century…

The New Zealand-born actress’s itinerant upbringing and bilingual skills gave her exceptional insight into Lady Mariko, the translator at the heart of the…

Blackthorne’s line in the sand Shōgun episode 9 represnts his frustration with the established order and could indicate his fate in the finale.…

Lady Ochiba is holding a grudge against Lord Toranaga in FX’s Shogun that goes back to when she was a young girl. The historical drama (now…

Mariko’s “leafless branch” poem in Shōgun intentionally uses winter imagery despite it being spring in Japan, sending a cryptic message to Ochiba. Lady…