Is anyone else watching Shōgun?

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I'm really enjoying this offering from Disney+!

What an episode that was last night! DH and I sat watching, not moving a muscle, then in stunned silence afterwards. Absolutely brilliant TV.

I had to have a look at who made this so I can see what else they've made. A Van Tulleken sibling (not one of the twins) is part of the production. That's a very talented family!

It was a totally gripping episode!
I am going to re-watch it again tonight.

where the hell was buntaro for this whole episode?

In Edo with Toranaga I imagine!

hmm. I swear I saw him get on the boat with mariko at the end of the previous episode?

maybe he disembarked before they set off

Just finished the episode. Wow. Absolutely gripping, I'm emotionally drained!

Only one episode left :(

The amount of respect blackthorne has for her just slayed me. It’s not his culture, he doesn’t fully appreciate why she is taking this stand, but he doesn’t intervene, then he agrees to be her second. It’s so refreshing.

I re-watched Episode 9. I think its possibly the most exquisite tv I have ever seen.

I'm going to try and rewatch them all ahead of Tuesday. This has to be the best thing I've ever watched on TV, bar none. Well worth the Disney+ subscription on its own.

@BlueRidgeMountain great to find a fellow fan!

Did you all see there are loads of extras on the Disney plus? Podcasts, behind the scenes etc. I’d highly recommend the one called “A Day with Hiroyuki Sanada “🥰 I wish I knew how to link on the phone!

That’s tonight’s TV sorted now!

Unless I've missed it, I cannot believe we have not had a post here smirking at Yabu's name!

For me it's nowhere near as good as the Richard Chamberlain one but that's mainly because, as other people say, Blackthorne actor is no Richard Chamberlain!

For anyone who is interested in the book but hasn't read it it's part of a series of four by James Clavell (although this one is slightly tenuously linked due to time frame!) My favourite book from them is Noble House.

I also didn't realise until recently he wrote To Sir, with Love!

Where can I watch the original?

@Theraininspainfalls sadly it isn't streamed online anywhere but there are usually DVD box sets available on eBay/amazon.

I know it feels quite old fashioned now to have a DVD player!

I have one! Thanks.

just watched the finale. soooo good. the dialogue, the moments of stillness.

I think I am going to watch from the beginning again to really relish it.

for everyone who enjoyed this, I really reccommend the blue eyed samurai on netflix

Can't wait to finish work and get home and watch it!

I watched the final episode this afternoon.
Spectacular. Beautiful. Stunning.
This is likely to be the best thing on tv this year and if it doesn't win Hiroyuki Sanada a Golden Globe then I will be amazed.
I'm going to leave it a bit and then rewatch it all over again. Blackthorn's journey and transformation is touching to watch. I really disliked him at the beginning but he finally comes into his own at the end which is heart breaking as we know that he will never go home.

I need more of it! I enjoyed Blackthorne and hated Toranaga by the end of this one. Yabu was just Yabu wasn't he!

I've had to have a quiet hour after finishing watching while I mulled it all over.

Bloody Yabu being so very Yabu - I was worried the slimy duplicitous fecker would get away with it once again. He was entertaining, I'll give him that (proper snorting laugh at the death poem). But I'm glad he met his end.

Toranga and his 6D chess match against the world was fascinating and very in keeping with who he was all along. Once we accept he was prepared to ask his very best friend to commit seppuku in public to convince Osaka he was honestly surrendering, we should have known all bets were off in ruthlessness.

Like Blackthorne, I was so hollowed out by the loss of Mariko that everything felt a little pointless without her.

I need another cuppa and a little more time to think about it all.

It was entrancing - such a dramatic finale without being loud or full of explosions etc.

Did anyone notice how Toranaga says to Yabu "Why tell a dead man the future?" - which is what Yabu quipped to his nephew (about Toranaga!) in E01? So many circles!

this is why I need to watch it again. I'm pretty sure I will discover so many more subtle details

"Unless I win" - masterful.