FX’s historical drama Shogun has been years in the making, and all the hard work on this series is finally paying off. The show’s premiere episode hit nine million views globally across Hulu, Disney+, and Star+, scoring Hulu’s top premiere for an FX series.
FX’s logline describes Shogun as “an epic saga of war, passion, and power set in Feudal Japan.” It’s based on James Clavell’s novel of the same and tales the tale of Lord Yoshii Toranaga, who’s fighting for his life as his enemies unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.
Hiroyuki Sanada plays Lord Yoshii Toranaga, while the rest of the main cast includes Cosmo Jarvis as John Blackthorne, Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko, Tadanobu Asano as Kashigi Yabushige, Takehiro Hira as Ishido Kazunari, Tommy Bastow as Father Martin Alvito, and Fumi Nikaido as Ochiba No Kata.
The first two episodes of Shogun premiered on February 27, and the debut episode pulled in nine million views across Hulu, Disney+, and Star+ in its first six days of availability. This number is quite impressive, and it helped Shogun score the most-watched premiere of an FX series on Hulu, breaking the record previously held by the second season of The Bear.
This limited series will feature ten episodes, released weekly on FX and Hulu, and it will end its run on April 23.
