Jarvis’ John Blackthorne is a restless English pilot in search of a destiny far from the world he was born into. But little does anyone realize that Toranaga is a brilliant strategist, a master of the long game, and the holder of Japan’s ultimate fate. He is a powerful daimyo from a feared lineage, isolated and outnumbered by his enemies in Osaka Castle when the story begins. Sanada’s Yoshii Toranaga is a living legend. In the highly rated 1980 Shōgun miniseries, the parts of Blackthorne, Toranaga and Mariko were played by Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune and Yoko Shimada, respectively. The series’ third lead, the role of Lady Mariko, is currently being cast. It charts the collision of two ambitious men from different worlds and a mysterious female samurai: John Blackthorne (Jarvis), a risk-taking English pilot major who ends up shipwrecked in Japan, a land whose unfamiliar culture will ultimately redefine him Lord Toranaga (Sanada), a shrewd, powerful daimyo, at odds with his own dangerous, political rivals and Lady Mariko, a woman with invaluable skills but dishonorable family ties who must prove her value and allegiance. Written by Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo, Shōgun is set in feudal Japan.
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