Through eight episodes of FX's "Shogun," Anna Sawai has instilled steely resolve into Lady Mariko, the inscrutable noblewoman maneuvering the ever-evolving political maelstrom of 16th-century feudal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the first episode, I feel that she’s very closed up. She’s never been tasked to become an interpreter or have any kind of ...

Co-creators Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo break down why Mariko's attempted exit from Osaka Castle was the scene in the book that made them want to make the series. “Crimson Sky,” the penultimate ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Shōgun Episode 9 “Crimson Sky” — the penultimate installment in FX‘s epic hit series — could have very well been called the “Mariko” Episode. Shōgun star Anna Sawai pulls ...

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Shōgun's Lady Mariko finds power in her voice, and the same is true of Anna Sawai, the New Zealand-born Japanese star who plays her. "I don't know if I go into a project being like, 'Okay, this is ...

One of the first questions Anna Sawai had for showrunner Justin Marks when they first met to discuss “Shōgun” was, “Why are you remaking this?” Co-created by Marks and Rachel Kondo, FX’s adaptation of ...

Every time there's a flashback involving Mariko, a new layer of tragedy is added to her story. This time, we're reminded that her sadly understandable desire to take her own life has persisted for ...

This article originally appeared in Entertainment Weekly's Awardist Emmys Kickoff special print issue. Shōgun’s penultimate episode is quite possibly the series’ best, for several reasons. Among them ...

Shōgun Episode 4 “The Eightfold Fence” sees John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) getting closer to his assigned translator, Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai), than ever before. The latest episode of the FX show — ...

Anatomy of a Character: Color palettes, patterns and music all helped tell the story of "Shogun's" Lady Mariko. In the first episode, I feel that she’s very closed up. She’s never been tasked to ...