Shogun Chapter8 The Abyss of Life Details
Based on the 1975 novel Shogun by James Clavell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clavell)
Head Writers: Rachel Kondo (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12138076/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5) & Justin Marks (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1098479/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr7)
Chapter 8 Written by: Shannon Goss (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1557867/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4)
Chapter 8 Directed by: Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3222363/?ref_=ttfc_fc_dr1)
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 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmo_Jarvis) as Pilot Major John Blackthorne
• Hiroyuki Sanada (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyuki_Sanada) as Lord Yoshii Toranaga
• Anna Sawai (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Sawai) as Toda Mariko
• Tadanobu Asano (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadanobu_Asano) as Kashigi Yabushige
• Fumi Nikaido (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumi_Nikaido) as Ochiba No Kata
• Tokuma Nishioka (https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E5%B2%A1%E5%BE%B3%E9%A6%AC) as Toda "Iron Fist" Hiromatsu
• Takehiro Hira (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takehiro_Hira) as Lord Ishido Kazunari
• Ako (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ako_(actress)) as Daiyoin Lady Iyo
• Shinnosuke Abe (https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E9%83%A8%E9%80%B2%E4%B9%8B%E4%BB%8B) as Toda Buntaro
• Yasunari Takeshima (https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AB%B9%E5%B6%8B%E5%BA%B7%E6%88%90) as Muraji
• Hiroto Kanai (https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E4%BA%95%E6%B5%A9%E4%BA%BA) as Kashigi Omi
• Toshi Toda (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshi_Toda) as Sugiyama
• Hiro Kanagawa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiro_Kanagawa) as Igurashi
• Néstor Carbonell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A9stor_Carbonell) as Vasco Rodrigues
• Yuki Kura (https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%80%89%E6%82%A0%E8%B2%B4) as Yoshii Nagakado
• Tommy Bastow (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Bastow) as Father Martin Alvito
• Moeka Hoshi (https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A9%82%E5%BF%97%E3%82%82%E3%81%88%E3%81%8B) as Usami Fuji
• Nobuya Shimamoto (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1593219/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t18) as Nebara Jozen
• Yoriko Dōguchi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoriko_D%C5%8Dguchi) as Kiri No Kata
• Yuka Kouri (https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%91%E9%87%8C%E7%A5%90%E9%A6%99) as Kiku
• Yuki Kedoin (https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A5%81%E7%AD%94%E9%99%A2%E9%9B%84%E8%B2%B4) as Takemaru
• Mako Fujimoto (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12079954/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t19) as Shizu No Kata
• Haruno Niiyama (https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E5%B1%B1%E3%81%AF%E3%82%8B%E3%81%AE) as Natsu No Kata
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