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Hiroyuki Sanada on the Idea of Filming ‘Shogun’ Season 2 in Japan: “We Are Finding the Possibilities”

www.hollywoodreporter.com Hiroyuki Sanada on the Idea of Filming ‘Shogun’ Season 2 in Japan: “We Are Finding the Possibilities”

Ahead of the 2024 Emmys on Sunday, the breakout drama leads the nominations with 25 nods.

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I haven't finished it yet but I have read the book. Didn't they basically cover all the content from the book in season 1? I can't imagine additional seasons would be nearly as good with show runners just making things up off the cuff.

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- This is my worry as well. I didn’t read the book but as far as I know season 1 already covered it. If they base successive seasons on actual historical events that the book was based on, maybe it can work?
  
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  I mean it's also possible that they simply get good writers that can actually write good new content.
  
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The first season was phenomenal and an example of the best story telling tv can offer. I have no interest though in watching additional season that goes beyond the book. It will inevitably dissapoint and be a waste of time.

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Season 1 was, like everything else, filmed in Vancouver.

I think it's only pretty recently that Japan has opened up the possibilities for filming there, to make shows like Tokyo Vice possible. Ridley Scott had a nightmare filming Black Rain there a couple of decades ago - partly because as far a they're concerned, a filmmaker's need to close down a street is outweighed by any citizen's need to use the street.

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I have not watched. Should I?

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- It was actually good, it's basically a political drama set in feudal Japan. Also it is very interesting with a translation twist, like oil and water that don't mix yet they make it work.
  
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  Ugh. Politics.
  
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Do they really need to thou there's not many places they could film that still look like there from that time period without a ton of cgi anyway.

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