Hiroyuki Sanada, the acclaimed star, actor, and producer of the popular series Shogun, has reportedly agreed to move forward with season 2. This information comes from a report from Deadline.
According to the report, the producer has agreed to reprise the role of Toranaga Yoshii in the second season of the popular Shogun series. The exact details of the new deal are still unknown.
Shogun is definitely moving on to season 2
However, what is clear is that Hiroyuki Sanada’s new deal aims to ensure that the Shogun series will have a new season in the future.
Shogun itself is an epic series that tells the story of an attempt to create a time where all power is under a single control, with the aim of avoiding prolonged wars for territorial power.
Shogun, originally written by James Caldwell in 1975, has been adapted into a very popular series. Although there was a similar adaptation in the 1980s, it was not as popular as the recent Shogun adaptation released in 2024.
Hiroyuki Sanada’s Shogun series is meticulously crafted with authenticity in mind. The praise for the series is overwhelming, with Shogun even getting an almost perfect rating on the movie rating website.
Fans are actually hoping that the story in this series does not continue into the next season. This is because the ending of the recent first season episode matches the ending in the novel.
However, Hiroyuki Sanada’s decision to make a second season, which will most likely not be based on the novel, is a bold one.
If the series doesn’t fully adapt the novel, it could feature other stories for the second season in the future. For example, we could see how Blackthorne’s role plays out after the events of the first season finale.
In addition, this series can also explain what caused Blackthorne to have a dream in the last episode. Let’s just wait for the next information about this Shogun season 2 project.
