Hiroyuki Sanada has shared an exciting update on seasons 2 and 3 of Shōgun.
Sanada won the best actor in a drama series at the Critics Choice Awards 2025. While Backstage for awards he became a series of series creators Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks, and the trio talked about the show’s upcoming seasons.
Sanada told Deadline: “In season 1, [Toranaga] did not become a shōgun yet. So I want to see him become the leader of Japan. That’s my hope. ”
Marks then shared a major update on the progress in the coming seasons and said, “We are coming out of the author room now. We are also done with the 10 episodes and we have our finale now. “
He continued: “It allows us to start figuring out how to shoot this. But we are very excited about the plan, ”he said. “I think things to remove more than anything else is how I hope people are surprised by some of the great ideas as soon as the first episode of part two. So we start there and see where it takes us to future stories. But we are really excited about it, especially for [Hiroyuki Sanada]. ”
Shōgun, Based on James Clavell’s 1975 novel with the same name, the drama series, best supportive actor in a drama series and best supportive actress in a drama series Awards for the Critics Choice Awards.
