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It Starts On The Page: Read ‘Shōgun’ Premiere Script “Anjin” By Rachel Kondo & Justin Marks
'Shōgun' creators Rachel Kondo & Justin Marks talk about writing the premiere.
Months after Shōgun had been greenlighted, it was headed towards production and actively casting when FX pressed the breaks, with Chairman John Landgraf telling Deadline at the time, “We need to slow down, and we’ve got to aim higher.” They also reveal why “translation” is the main theme of their script “Anjin,” titled after the Japanese word for pilot and nickname of Englishman John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis). Blackthorne’s ship getting marooned in a Japanese fishing village owned by Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) in Episode 1, directed by Jonathan van Tulleken, starts a chain of events that influence a major power struggle in 1600 Japan and marks the beginning of a tragic love story.
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