Los Angeles [US], March 24 (HBTV): The cast of Season 2 of Shōgun has been expanded with several new actors joining the historical drama series.
Risei Kukihara, Ryô Satô, Seishiro Nishida, Mantaro Koichi and Takashi Yamaguchi have been added to the upcoming season.
According to Variety, Kukihara will play Gabriel, Satô (Silence) will portray Rin, Nishida (Tobu ga Gotoku) will be seen as Jōshin, Koichi (Emergency Room 24 Hours) will play Saitō, and Yamaguchi (Letters from Iwo Jima, Pachinko, Accused) will essay the role of Kanō.
They join previously announced cast members Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis, Fumi Nikaidô, Ren Meguro, Asami Mizukawa, Shinnosuke Abe, Hiroto Kanai, Masataka Kubota, Sho Kaneta, Yûko Miyamoto, Yuka Kouri, Tommy Bastow, Jun Kunimura, Yoriko Dôguchi, Eita Okuno and Takaaki Enoki.
FX has not revealed specific details about the new characters or the plot of Season 2, apart from stating that it is ‘set over a decade after the events of the first season and continues the historically inspired saga of these two men from different worlds, Yoshii Toranaga and John Blackthorne, whose fates are inextricably entwined.’
Shōgun is adapted from the 1975 novel of the same name by James Clavell. The series has been created by Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks, who also serve as showrunners.
Notably, in 2024, Shōgun became the first Japanese-language series to win a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series.
(ANI)