the bizarre, blood-soaked reality of Disney’s Shogun
“In Japan, you must be good!” These words, spoken by a cowering villager, mark Englishman John Blackthorne’s introduction to Japanese life. This is the opening of Disney+’s Shōgun, and much of the drama turns on the question of “good” means when these two very different cultures meet. The year is 1600, and Blackthorne is the … Read more
