Cover From left: Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada from ‘Shōgun’ (Photo: Getty Images)
From left: Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada from ‘Shōgun’ (Photo: Getty Images)
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Historical epic ‘Shōgun’, which is set in Japan, becomes the first non-English language winner of the best drama series at the Emmy Awards this year
American historical drama series Shōgun created history by winning 18 awards at this year’s Emmy Awards. Announced yesterday (September 16, 2024) in Los Angeles, the series took home the Outstanding Drama Series, making it the first non-English-language series to win in this category. The two leads, Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai, also became the first Japanese actors to win Best Actor and Best Actress in a Drama respectively. Japanese actor and musician Tadanobu Asano received the Best Supporting Actor for the series.
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Above The cast and crew of ‘Shōgun’ accepted the Outstanding Drama Series award (Photo: Getty Images)
The cast and crew of ‘Shōgun’ accepted the Outstanding Drama Series award (Photo: Getty Images)
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A week earlier, Shōgun had already claimed 14 Emmys at the precursor Creative Arts Emmys, breaking the record previously held by HBO’s 2008 miniseries John Adams, which had won 13 awards.
Premiered in February 2024 on FX, Shōgun depicts the warring dynasties in the late Sengoku-era Japan in 1600. “Shōgun taught me when we work together, we can make miracles,” Sanada said in his acceptance speech. “It was an East-meets-West dream project, [made] with respect.”
Zabrina is the Senior Editor, Arts and Culture of Tatler Hong Kong. She specialises in performing arts, visual art and film. Her wanderlust was first fuelled by the Mighty Rovers Antarctica Expedition 2010. Over the years, she has interviewed A-list artists and filmmakers, including Oscar winners Chlóe Zhao and Tim Yip, Golden Horse winner Sylvia Chang, In the Mood for Love cinematographer Christopher Doyle, Pachinko author Min Jin Lee, and Coachella’s first Chinese solo singer Jackson Wang. She won gold at the WAN-IFRA Asian Media Awards for her 2021 feature on the waves of hate crimes targeting Asian Americans.
