Episode Details

Toranaga looks beaten but don't count him out. Derek and John chat all about the twists and turns of Shogun Chapter 8 "The Abyss of Life" in our latest spoiler filled episode.

Shogun Chapter8 The Abyss of Life Details

Based on the 1975 novel Shogun by James Clavell

Head Writers: Rachel Kondo & Justin Marks

Chapter 8 Written by: Shannon Goss

Chapter 8 Directed by: Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour

Toranaga’s defeated clan moves to Edo to mourn the death of his son for the traditional 49 days. As Toranaga and his trusted generals await their fate, John Blackthorne must decide who he fights for — the lord who has turned his back on him, or the ambition that brought him to Japan in the first place.

Shogun Cast and characters

• Cosmo Jarvis as Pilot Major John Blackthorne
• Hiroyuki Sanada as Lord Yoshii Toranaga
• Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko
• Tadanobu Asano as Kashigi Yabushige
• Fumi Nikaido as Ochiba No Kata
• Tokuma Nishioka as Toda "Iron Fist" Hiromatsu
• Takehiro Hira as Lord Ishido Kazunari
• Ako as Daiyoin Lady Iyo
• Shinnosuke Abe as Toda Buntaro
• Yasunari Takeshima as Muraji
• Hiroto Kanai as Kashigi Omi
• Toshi Toda as Sugiyama
• Hiro Kanagawa as Igurashi
• Néstor Carbonell as Vasco Rodrigues
• Yuki Kura as Yoshii Nagakado
• Tommy Bastow as Father Martin Alvito
• Moeka Hoshi as Usami Fuji
• Nobuya Shimamoto as Nebara Jozen
• Yoriko Dōguchi as Kiri No Kata
• Yuka Kouri as Kiku
• Yuki Kedoin as Takemaru
• Mako Fujimoto as Shizu No Kata

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