🔴How FX's Epic New Historical Drama Is Different From Game Of Thrones Detailed By Director🔴
0Shōgun director Jonathan van Tulleken has weighed in on his new show’s comparisons to Game of Thrones, explaining how the historical drama differs from HBO’s hit fantasy show. Based on the 1975 novel of the same name by James Clavell, FX’s latest adaptation follows on the heels of a previous 1980 television miniseries and even a Broadway musical. Set in feudal Japan during the 17th century, the first few episodes of Shōgun have garnered rave reviews and drawn multiple comparisons to Game of Thrones.
While speaking with Deadline, however, van Tulleken did not quite agree with his show’s comparisons to HBO’s Game of Thrones. Instead, he explained that Shōgun is truly “a character piece” centered on political intrigue, where conversations are as potentially deadly as anything else. Instead, the show’s director posited that either Succession or House of Cards would be a far more apt comparison. He also spoke about the importance of Japanese voices in the show’s creative process. Check out his comments below:
Truly, it is a character piece and it is about this intrigue. This is a dangerous world where violence can come out of nowhere, but the real danger is in the machinations. A conversation can be as dangerous as anything else. A better comparison [than Game of Thrones] would be Succession or House of Cards. This is made hand in hand with the Japanese because it is a story about two cultures encountering each other and seeing ourselves in each other. We are way past [the western gaze] in terms of audience sophistication and the stories we want to tell. What we really want to tell is a story of political intrigue, imprisonment and entrapment.
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