Warning: This post contains spoilers for the first two episodes of FX’s Shōgun. When the Dutch warship Erasmus is wrecked off the coast of turn-of-the-17th-century feudal Japan in the opening scene of FX’s new Shōgun miniseries, it sets in motion a sweeping saga of clashing cultures, political intrigue, and forbidden romance that also serves as a fictionalized account of one of the most momentous periods in Japanese history. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Co-created by husband-and-wife duo Justin Marks (Top Gun: Maverick) and Rachel Kondo, the historical epic—the first two installments of which are now streaming on Hulu—opens with a series of title cards that lay out the stakes at hand: “The year is 1600.

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