FX is bolstering the cast of its Emmy-winning drama series Shōgun ahead of its upcoming second season, adding newcomer Risei Kukihara, Ryô Satô (Silence), Seishiro Nishida (Atsuhime), Mantaro Koichi (Emergency Room 24 Hours) and Takashi Yamaguchi (Pachinko). Production is underway in Vancouver.
They join previously announced Emmy winner 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.
In the first season of Shōgun, Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Sanada) fought for his survival as his enemies in the Council of Regents united against him. When a mysterious European ship was found marooned in a nearby village, its English pilot John Blackthorne (Jarvis) shared vital strategic secrets with Toranaga that tipped the scales of power in his favor to win a century-defining civil war.
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