r/ShogunTVShow

Took me a long time but I’ve finally watched Shogun. All I can say is wow, this show could be the next GoT!

Ren Meguro as Kazutada

https://preview.redd.it/2cn1eyqbu7wg1.png?width=607&format=png&auto=webp&s=4bf60254def949c4b42838e841a912b81a93295a

is that Omi next to him? Kazutada was previously seen in Shareholder's video fighting or training:

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This scene from the new video is the same scene from the Shareholder video:

https://preview.redd.it/rvz1nd65w7wg1.png?width=609&format=png&auto=webp&s=60519f049ff920d7b450126cb22755a55d65d1a3

This could be Sho Kaneta as Hidenobu

https://preview.redd.it/2bq5jhoiv7wg1.png?width=606&format=png&auto=webp&s=0a89f759ad6c255f835be1316bd8bdb5985c54ef

Ladies or courtesans?

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I’m almost done with the show, about to wrap up episode 9. I’ve been unemployed for 4 months now and have been really down in the dumps because of it.

I know that keeping perspective is important for mental health, but watching something like this really helps drives the point home. Life could REALLY suck if I had been born 500 years ago lol. Watching all those guys die completely needlessly when Mariko tried walking out of Osaka and their bodies all stacked up on the wagon - jeez. Not like I didn’t know all this stuff existed before, but the show is making me more grateful for everything I do have and a nice reality check.

Tried posting this ai-formated (thanks for help) complaint in r/Disney+ and Reddit has blocked the post outright! What is going on?! Are we living in 1984?!

TLDR: The show is literally unwatchable as I don't speak Japanese and the fact that the app default to no subtitles just adds insult to injury!

I’m watching Shōgun on Disney+ in Canada and I’m honestly exhausted and wondering if I’m the crazy one here.

To be clear: this is not a criticism of the director, cast, or writers. The show itself is fantastic. I actually like the idea of using Japanese for authenticity, and the acting and production are top‑tier. I’m not asking them to change the art.

My problem is how its done in my region:There’s no full English dub track on Disney+ Canada, even though Hulu/FX in the US has one. I’m forced into the “original” bilingual mix whether that works for me or not.Subtitles were not enabled by default, even though a huge amount of essential dialogue is in Japanese. I literally started out missing plot because the app didn’t bother to turn them on.The subtitles themselves are poorly handled: fast, sometimes delayed or missing, and I keep having to pause or rewind just to understand basic conversations. Watching a prestige show should not feel like doing homework.

I’m done blaming myself or my settings. This feels like a platform and localization failure: region‑locked language options, bad defaults, and buggy subtitle behavior that make it harder than it should be to follow the story in 2026 on a paid service.

Is anyone else outside the US (especially in Canada) having the same experience with Shōgun on Disney+? Has Disney ever actually responded to complaints like this

Oh, and by the way, if anyone from Disney reads this - learn how to take feedback, please! You make wonderful content, but, man, the mistakes you make can be made in the movie of their own!

!SPOILERS ABAIXO!

no livro, Toranaga explica o plano “céu carmesim” como um ataque noturno e silencioso ao castelo de Osaka para que seus vassalos morram com honra, lutando contra Ishido. Mas o céu carmesim era na verdade o plano de Toranaga com Mariko, isso por que, quando ela falha em sair do castelo e diz que vai cometer sepukku, seu quimono é descrito como branco, o mais brilhante que John já viu e os tatames são da cor carmesim, Mariko sendo a lua e o céu vermelho sendo os tatames. Mostrando que o plano que a própria Mariko fez para libertar os reféns e seu sepukku era o início do céu carmesim.

é loucura da minha cabeça essa teoria? por que acho que se encaixou perfeitamente

hey! this is a YouTube video I made with fellow YouTuber Dan's Screen Takes a few months back.

Just wrapped it up with a 9/11. Better than expected! How did you all do?

Does anyone know if there has been any talk of a novelization of the upcoming Season 2? would love to have something on the shelf next to my new hardcover copy of Shogun

Hey guys, I’d like to buy the series as a physical DVD, does anyone have a reliable website? I couldn’t find it on Amazon, and it seems to be sold only in some weird limited capacity. Thanks guys!

Am I reading too much into this?

When Father Alvito is translating he is described as being accurate and honest in his translation. By having Mariko present, Toranaga all but guarantees this. All good and it seems he is entirely forthcoming (maybe even overdoing it a bit like when he goes out of his way to explain to Anjin or the "teki" thing). He is also very precise in his translations.

The only discrepancy I noticed was when Anjin mentioned Portugal and England. When Anjin describes it he says "1000 miles north of Portugal" but when Alvito translates it, he says "1000 miles from Portugal". He omits "north". Perhaps unimportant, but I think he is protecting what info he can regarding his nation.

Just curious if anyone else noticed and thought the same.