Take a look at more footage from "Shōgun", the new 10-episode live-action limited TV series, adapting author James Clavell's novel, created for TV by Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks, streaming February 27, 2024 on Hulu and FX:

"...set in Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, 'Lord Yoshii Toranaga' is fighting for his life as his enemies on the 'Council of Regents' unite against him.

"Then when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, its English pilot 'John Blackthorne', comes bearing secrets that could help Toranaga tip the scales of power and devastate the formidable influence of Blackthorne's own enemies - the 'Jesuit' priests and Portuguese merchants.

"Toranaga's and Blackthorne's fates become inextricably tied to their translator, 'Toda Mariko' (Anna Sawai), a mysterious Christian noblewoman and the last of a disgraced line. While serving her lord amidst this fraught political landscape,...