Disappointing news. Let a masterpiece breathe for once, but understand Sanada pursuing the opportunity for Japanese actors and culture.
FX does enough good television that i'll give them the benefit of the doubt and will give the sequel a chance but i was very happy with it being a mini-series. and personally, at no point of the show was i wanting to watch a big battle.
I'll give Sanada the benefit of the doubt to make whatever story they try to tell a badass and very authentic one. He's definitely earned it.
Dark still the GOAT foreign language series imo. Also an argument for GOAT series regardless of language.
almost a sweep. best Drama, best actor, best actress, best directing, best guest actor. Tadanobu Asano (Yabushige) didn't win and Moeka Hoshi (Fuji) wasn't nominated but otherwise they cleaned house. hugely important wins for a number of reasons, should open the doors between the US and Japan for more actors/actresses and potential shows. really happy for Sanada, seems like amazing 11th hour career validation. he's been a terrific actor for a long time and finally got put in the right vehicle to be recognized. Anna Sawai was a gift, she was dynamite every single episode. e: 18 Emmy wins, a new record.
Hoshi not even getting a nomination while three people from the same show did blew my mind. she was every bit as good as Sawai. there wasn't a bit of bad acting in that entire show. I had a bad feeling about Asano not winning, though, his nom felt the most vulnerable. btw they tried to play Sanada off after the Best Drama win and he started speaking Japanese and they stopped lmao
Especially with that shit ass show Morning Show getting the W, I love Crudup but there’s no comparison. Insane that that show got so many nominations. Asano was incredible
Haven't read the thread, but very interested in watching. Curious, is there much sex and nudity? Thanks ...
So I just binged this, great show. I will say, the over-arcing storyline of the main 3-4 characters (or who they're based on) followed history almost exactly to a T, obviously with some color and character development worked in there. Wonder how they will continue the show since Torinaga's basis has a pretty clear story arc.
Hopefully they can bring in a teenage Miyamoto Musashi in some way. They will need to take some liberties but he was alive during the Showgun time period.
Just finished last night, thought it was great. The Emmy award winners who played Toranaga and Mariko were very well deserving. The other guy. I thought it was especially great was the guy who played Yabushige or as I referred to him, the comic relief guy ...
Was just thinking about T saying that to Y at the end and how it struck me as callous. T clearly had spies everywhere. Thanks for posting this, helps to make sense of it ...
swept SAG as well. ensemble award, stunt ensemble, outstanding male (Sanada) and outstanding female (Sawai). only loss was Asano but he lost to Sanada as SAG only does supporting actor awards for film and not television. the show is in rarified air as far as popular and critical acclaim goes for one season shows. you can make legitimate arguments for this season against any other single season of television ever.