Shogun Season 2 Coming: Sets A Date For The Start of Filming For The Second Season
Shogun Season 2 Announced: Shogun, the acclaimed FX series, has confirmed its renewal for a second season. Fiction, based on the eponymous novel by James Clavell, which was very successful in its first round, has already set a date for the start of filming and has temporarily leapt in its plots. Recording of new chapters of Shogun, as announced by Gina Balian, president of FX Entertainment, will start in January 2026 in Vancouver. Dramatic fiction, the most viewed in FX history, is produced by FX Productions. In the first season, Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) fought to survive as his regent council enemies joined him. When a mysterious European ship appeared abandoned in a nearby town, its English pilot, John Blackthorne (Jarvis), shared with Toranaga vital strategic secrets that tipped the balance of power in his favor and allowed him to win a civil war that would mark a century. The second season of Shogun takes place ten years later of the events of the first season, and the saga inspired by historical events of these two men from different worlds, whose destinies are inextricably intertwined, continues.
Shogun Season 2 Coming: Sets A Date For The Start of Filming For The Second Season
Coinciding with the fact that this past week marks the year of the closing of its first season, and after many months of rumors and news without official backing, this Wednesday, finally, it has been announced by FX that Shogun will have a second season. The acclaimed adaptation of James Clavell returns to work in January 2026, confirmed date for the start of production of its new delivery.
Hiroyuki Sanada and Jarvis are the first actors announced as their protagonists, resuming their roles as Lord Yoshii Toranaga and John Blackthorne. According to the American network, this second season begins 10 years after the events with which the first ended, and it will be a new original story, beyond the novel. We recall that ‘Shogun’ is set in Japan in 1600, at the dawn of a civil war that will define a century, and that its plot follows Toranaga, a man who struggles to stay alive while his Council enemies of Regents unite against him. When a mysterious European ship appears abandoned in a nearby fishing village, its English skipper, John Blackthorne, arrives loaded with secrets that could help Toranaga tip the balance of power and end the enormous influence of Blackthorne’s enemies: the Jesuit priests and the Portuguese merchants.
The destinations of Toranaga and Blackthorne are hopelessly linked to their translator, Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai), the last of a disgraced lineage. While serving her lord, immersed in this tense political landscape, Mariko must combine her recent friendship with Blackthorne, her commitment to the faith that saved her, and her loyalty to her late father. Mariko must combine her recent friendship with Blackthorne, her commitment to the faith that saved her, and her loyalty to her late father. Winner of multiple awards, including 18 Emmys and 4 Golden Globes, the series comes from the writers Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks, who will also resume their functions in the second season. Michaela Clavell, Edward L. McDonnell, and Michael De Luca complete their team of executive producers, while Tadanobu Asano as Kashigi Yabushige, Hiroto Kanai as Kashigi Omi, Takehiro Hira as Ishido Kazunari, Moeka Hoshi as Usami Fuji, Tokuma Nishioka as All Hiromatsu, and Shinnosu.
‘Shogun’ Continues After Its Acclaimed First Season
The first season of Shogun won 18 Emmy Awards, what supposed an Emmy award record for a series in a single season. It was the first FX series to win the award for best drama series. Hiroyuki Sanada became the first Japanese actor to win the Emmy the best leading actor, and Anna Sawai made history by being the first actress of Asian descent to win the award for best leading actress.
What Awaits Us in the Shogun Season 2?
In the first season, he faithfully adapted to James Clavell’s novel ‘Shōgun’, Lord Yoshii Toranaga faced a tough battle for his survival as regent council members conspired against him. The arrival of an enigmatic European ship, found adrift in a nearby town, changed the course of events. Its pilot, the English John Blackthorne, revealed to Toranaga valuable strategic secrets that gave him the decisive advantage to prevail in a civil war that would define the century. But the second season seems to explore new story paths, starting because will set ten years later of the events that occurred in the first season. Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks, creators of the series, have decided to follow this path with the writers to give a new vision of the series.
In this new season, the plot will resume the intertwined lives of Toranaga and Blackthorne, now central figures in a Japan in full transformation. At the end of the first installment, both managed to survive a historical conflict, while other characters, such as those played by Anna Sawai and Tadanobu Asano, found their final destination. The new season will delve into the evolution of these two men and their constant struggle for power, loyalty, and survival in a relentless environment.
Do I Rummage in Japan?
Although at this time we have heard rumors about a possible transfer of production to Japan, it seems that this will not finally be the case. FX has confirmed that the recording of the second season of the series will take place in Vancouver, as in the case of the first season. It is true that this limits the filming team since recording in authentic Japanese locations is impossible. Still, they will go back to work and do their best to make it look as real as possible.
