After taking Disney+ by storm, the streaming platform is preparing for the 2nd season of Shogunthe series set in feudal Japan that managed to garner 18 Emmy awards.
Starring Cosmo Jarvis and Hiroyuki Sanada, the series’ plot covers the story of John Blackthorne, a 17th century Englishman who After getting lost at sea, he wakes up in Nippon (Japan), a land that few Europeans know about..
Thrust into the closed society that is Japan at the time, in a land where the line between life and death is very thin, Blackthorne must negotiate, not only with a foreign people, with unknown customs and language, but also with his own definitions of morality, truth and freedom.
At the moment there are not many details about the next season of the series, except that it will take place ten years after the events of season 1. one of the actors anticipates a tragic fate for his character in the new episodes. Be careful, some are coming SPOILERS for Shogun next!
Takehiro Hira believes he knows his character’s tragic fate in Shogun 2nd season
During an interview for Varietythe actor who plays Ishido Kazunari in the fiction, Takehiro Hira, claims to have only read a script for the second season of Shôgun, but it is enough for him to intuit the tragic fate that his character will have in the series. Disney+.
“I can’t say much about it, but as you know, older characters Shogun They are loosely based on real historical figures. My character doesn’t survive long after the great war, the battle. So my days are numbered. I will probably have an honorable death”, shares the interpreter.
The production of the 2nd season of Shogun will start in January 2026but at the moment it is not known when the new episodes of the series will reach the Disney+ catalogue.
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