Shōgun (Hulu series)

An epic saga of war, passion, and power set in Feudal Japan.

What’s Shōgun about?

Based on James Clavell’s novel, FX’s Shōgun is 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, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.

Who’s in the cast of Shōgunt?

• Hiroyuki Sanada as Lord Yoshii Toranaga – Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616)
• Cosmo Jarvis as Pilot Major John Blackthorne – William Adams (1564–1620)
• Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko – Hosokawa Gracia (1563–1600)
• Tadanobu Asano as Kashigi Yabushige – Honda Masanobu (1538–1616)
• Hiroto Kanai as Kashigi Omi – Honda Masazumi (1566–1637)
• Takehiro Hira as Ishido Kazunari – Ishida Mitsunari (1559–1600)
• Moeka Hoshi as Usami Fuji
• Shinnosuke Abe as Toda Buntaro – Hosokawa Tadaoki (1563–1646)
• Tokuma Nishioka as Toda “Iron Fist” Hiromatsu – Hosokawa Fujitaka (1534–1610)
• Yasunari Takeshima as Muraji
• Yuki Kura as Yoshii Nagakado – Matsudaira Tadayoshi (1580-1607)
• Fumi Nikaido as Ochiba No Kata – Yodo-dono (1569–1615)
• Tommy Bastow as Father Martin Alvito – João Rodrigues Tçuzu (1561–1634)
• Yuka Kouri as Kiku
• Yoriko Dōguchi as Kiri No Kata – Lady Acha (1555-1637)
• Ako as Daiyoin / Lady Iyo – Kōdai-in (1549–1624)
• Toshi Toda as Sugiyama – Maeda Toshiie (1539-1599)
• Hiro Kanagawa as Igurashi
• Junichi Tajiri as Uejiro
• Néstor Carbonell as Vasco Rodrigues
• Nobuya Shimamoto as Nebara Jozen
• Yuki Kedoin as Takemaru
• Mako Fujimoto as Shizu No Kata
• Haruno Niiyama as Natsu No Kata
• Hiromoto Ida as Kiyama ukon Sadanaga – Konishi Yukinaga (1555-1600)
• Takeshi Kurokawa as Ohno Harunobu – Otani Yoshitsugu (1558-1600)
• Yuko Miyamoto as Gin
• Yoshi Amao as Sera

Premiere date

Shōgun premieres with its first two episodes on February 27, 2024, on FX on Hulu and FX.