If you haven’t seen Shogun yet, it’s pretty good. Significantly less orientalist than the book and adds more depth to all of the characters, but especially Toranaga (the character played by OP) and the female characters like Mariko and Fuji. Great performances all around. Cool to see the award won by a Japanese actor, but specifically in the context of a show that takes place in Japan with characters speaking Japanese. Although an American production, it opens the doors to more foreign-language films to win similar awards like the South Korean film Parasite and the show Squid Game a few years ago.
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