Anna Sawai, Hiroyuki Sanada to star in restricted sequence ‘Shogun’

By Express News Service

F9 star Anna Sawai will be part of Hiroyuki Sanada and Cosmo Jarvis within the upcoming restricted sequence titled Shogun. Apart from Sawai, the present has additionally roped in Tadanobu Asano, Fumi Nikaido, Tokuma Nishioka, Takehiro Hira, Ako, Shinnosuke Abe, Yasunari Takeshima, and Hiroto Kanai, who will be part of the beforehand introduced forged that features Toshi Toda, Hiro Kanagawa, Nestor Carbonell, Yuki Kura, Tommy Bastow, Moeka Hoshi, Yoriko Doguchi and Yuka Kouri.

Based on the best-selling novel by James Clavell, Shogun charts the collision of two bold males from totally different worlds and a mysterious feminine samurai.

These characters are John Blackthorne (Jarvis), a risk-taking English sailor who finally ends up shipwrecked in Japan, a land whose unfamiliar tradition finally will redefine him; Lord Toranaga (Sanada), a shrewd, highly effective daimyo, at odds together with his personal harmful, political rivals; and Lady Mariko (Sawai), a lady with invaluable abilities, however with dishonourable household ties, who should show her worth and allegiance.

The sequence is written by Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo. The first two episodes shall be directed by Jonathan van Tulleken. Production is at the moment underway in Vancouver, Canada.