Upcoming TV Series Called Game Of Thrones But Set In Feudal Japan Has Wrapped Filming
ladbible.com -- Aug 04
An upcoming series that has been described as Game Of Thrones but set in Feudal Japan has wrapped up filming and is set to premiere next year.
FX’s Shogun has been adapted from a best-selling novel 1975 written by James Clavell and has been in development for some time.
Expect plenty of samurais, culture clashes, foreign negotiations, tales of survival, and plenty of over-the-top action scenes.
It will follow a risk-taking Englishmen who finds himself shipwrecked in Japan, a powerful daimyo who is at odds with his political rivals, and a woman with dishonourable family ties trying to prove her allegiance.
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