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“SHOGUN” was originally produced as a one-season limited series, but just before submitting it to the Emmy Awards, it was announced that it would be renewed for season 2. This resulted in the show competing in the more competitive Drama Series category rather than the Limited Series category.
Although it was successfully nominated for Best Drama Series, the competition is tough, including such acclaimed shows as “The Crown” (Netflix), “Fallout” (Prime Video), “The Gilded Age” (Max), “The Morning Show” (Apple TV+), “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” (Prime Video), “The Spy in the Window” (Apple TV+), and “The Three-Body Problem” (Netflix).
However, “SHOGUN” boasts an ironclad Rotten Tomatoes critic score of 99% and audience score of 91%, and was praised by the US media as having won the post-“Game of Thrones” race upon release. It has been a big break especially in the US, and is a promising candidate for an award.
Other nominations that “SHOGUN” has received include:
- Best Picture – Drama Series
- Best Actor: Hiroyuki Sanada
- Best Actress: Anna Sawai
- Best Supporting Actor: Tadanobu Asano/Takehiro Hira
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series: Nestor Carbonell
- Casting Award: Kawamura Megumi
- Best Sound Mixing: Takashi Akaku
- Best Sound Editing: Ayako Yamauchi
- Stunt Performance Award: Hiroo Minami/Nobuyuki Obikane
- Period Costume Award: Kenichi Tanaka
- Historical Drama/Fantasy Category (Over 1 hour)
- Casting Award – Drama Series
- Cinematography Award in the Series Program (1 hour) category for “Anjin” and “Kouten”
- Costume Award Historical Drama Category
- Best Director – Drama Series
- Best Editing in a Drama Series
- Main Title Design Award
- Music Award: Original Main Title and Theme Music Category
- Best Sound Editing in a Comedy or Drama Series (1 hour)
- Best Sound in a Comedy/Drama Series (1 hour)
- Best Visual Effects – Season/TV Movie
- Screenplay Award in the Drama Series category: “Anjin” and “Kouten”
Following his nomination, Hiroyuki Sanada released a statement.
“I am extremely happy and honored to have been nominated for the prestigious Emmy Award for “Shogun”. Once again, I would like to thank everyone who was involved in the production.
And thank you very much to all the viewers who supported “SHOGUN”.
We will use this as encouragement to strive for an even better second season.”
The nomination in the music category was also a great achievement. It is very rare for a Japanese person to be nominated in two music categories at the Emmy Awards, and this is the first time in history that music related to traditional Japanese music and gagaku has been nominated. Taro Ishida, a composer from Tochigi Prefecture who was in charge of arranging and recording the music in the drama and the theme song, was asked by Atticus Ross and the Los Angeles composing team to arrange and record various pieces related to gagaku and traditional Japanese music, and through this drama he has spread the appeal of traditional Japanese music to the world.
“SHOGUN” is the first time in history that Japan and Hollywood have worked together in earnest with deep cooperation, and is a period drama that takes on the world head-on. Through this work, the skills of Japanese actors and the attention to detail of the production have attracted attention from all over the world.
The Emmy Award winners will be announced on September 16, 2024 (Japan time). Will “SHOGUN” take over the world?
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