X FX recently released a new version of the wildly popular 1980s TV miniseries Shōgun. Shōgun is based on a famous novel by James Clavell and is set in Japan in the 1600’s. The network shares, “FX’s Shōgun, based on James Clavell’s bestselling novel, is set in Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war. “Lord Yoshii Toranaga” (Hiroyuki Sanada) 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.” However, at least one writer is...
