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BC-Filmed SHOGUN Makes History with 25 Emmy Nominations

Game of Thrones in Feudal Japan.

FX’s acclaimed global series Shogun leads the Emmy nominations with 25, including Best Drama series.

Lead Actor nominee: Hiroyuki Sanada as Lord Toranaga, the future Shogun. – Winner.

Lead Actress nominee: Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko.

2 Supporting Actor nominees: Tadanobu Asano as Kashigi Yabushige and Takehiro Hira as Ishido Kazunari.

Guest Actor nominee: , Néstor Carbonell as Spanish pilot Vasco Rodrigues. Winner.

Frenemies.

Not nominated: Cosmo Jarvis.

2 Writing nominees. Rachel Kondo & Justin Marks; Rachel Kondo &, Caillin Puente.

Directing nominese. Frederick E.O. Tye. Winner.

2 Cinematography nominees: Christopher Ross, Sam McCurdy. Winner.

Picture Editing nominee: Winner.

Production Design nominee: Production Designer: Helen Jarvis. Art Director: Chris Beach. Set Decorators: Lisa and Jonathan Lancaster. Winner.

Period Costumes nominee: Winner.

Period Hairstyling nominee. Winner.

Period Makeup nominee: Winner.

Prosthetic Makeup nominee. Winner.

Stunt performance nominee. Winner.

Casting nominee: Laura Schiff, Carrie Audino, Kei Kawamura, Maureen Webb, Colleen Bolton. Winner.

Special Visual Effects nominee. Winner.

Music composition nominee.

Main Title Theme Music nominee.

Sound Mixing nominee. Winner.

Sound Editing nominee. Winner.

Main title design nominee. Winner.

Main Title Theme Music nominee. 

Music composition nominee.

After its massive success, FX renewed Shogun for two more seasons. Where will the new seasons film?

Filming in BC:

Fishing village of Ajiro: location — Minaty Bay on the Sea to Sky Highway to Whistler.

Blackthorne’s house in upper Ajiro location — built in a RV parking lot at the Swiss Canadian Mountain Range Association Gun Club in Coquitlam.

Osaka harbour location: the closed-down Flavelle sawmill on the Port Moody waterfront. Crew built jetties into the water and fishermen’s houses that wrapped around the inlet.

Osaka castle location: the closed-down Flavelle sawmill on the Port Moody waterfront