FX renews Emmy-sweeping 'Shōgun' for a second season, set 10 years later
FX plans a return to the intriguing world of feudal Japan as it announced the second installment of its critically-acclaimed Emmy-winning series, 'Shōgun'.
Originally announced as a limited series, the historical drama broke records by cleaning up at the Emmy Awards last year with 18 wins—14 awards at the Creative Arts Emmys, and four important awards at the Primetime Emmys.
It became the first non-English-language series to win Best Drama, while lead stars Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai became the first-ever Japanese actors to win Emmy awards. Frederick E.O. Toye, who directed four out of 10 episodes, also won an Emmy: Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.
The second season is set to begin filming in Vancouver in January 2026, helmed in-house by FX Productions, as per an announcement by Gina Balian, President at FX Entertainment. The FX release also stated that co-creators and showrunners Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks recently wrapped up a writers' room for the upcoming season, which would extrapolate the original source matter for season one: the eponymous 1975 novel by James Clavell.
Hiroyuki Sanada is set to reprise his role as Lord Yoshii Toranaga, now elevated to Executive Producer for the second season. Cosmo Jarvis will also reprise his role as English sailor John Blackthorne, serving as a Co-Executive Producer. Marks and Kondo will be Executive Producers alongside Michaela Clavell, Edward L. McDonnell and Michael De Luca. The remainder of the cast is yet to be announced.
According to FX, the second season takes place “10 years after the events of the first season”, continuing “the historically-inspired saga of these two men from different worlds, whose fates are inextricably entwined”.
After wrapping up filming of the 10-episode first season in April 2024, 'Shōgun' went on to quickly garner attention for its aesthetic (and thematic) strength and narrative power, leading the Disney-owned network to announce plans to release a second and third season.
A deeply moving chronicle of duty, honour and ambition in 17th-century Japan, the novel was previously adapted by Paramount Television in 1980. Shot on location in Japan with the biggest budget ever spent on a TV series at the time, the first 'Shōgun' turned heads when it aired on NBC, grabbing 12 Emmy nominations at the 1981 Emmys, out of which it won Outstanding Limited Series, Outstanding Costumes for a Series, and Outstanding Main Title Design.
Season one of the legendary TV series is currently available to watch on JioHotstar.
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