Shōgun has emerged as the 2025 Golden Globes‘ biggest winner in its TV categories – check out the show’s full list of accolades below.
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Shōgun, which wrapped in April last year, has been a critical success on all metrics. The series – which claimed the second spot in NME‘s list of the Best TV Shows of 2024 – swept the 2024 Emmys in September, winning a whopping 18 of its 24 nominations.
At the 2025 Golden Globes, the results were no different, as the hit FX series continued to win major accolades. The series was nominated for four awards today (January 6) and won all four categories.
The awards Shōgun won were Best Television Series – Drama, Best Actor in a TV Series – Drama, Best Actress in a TV Series – Drama and Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series.
Congrats to Shōgun! The Best Drama Series at the 82nd Annual #GoldenGlobes! pic.twitter.com/BsQLjttvDd
— Golden Globes (@goldenglobes) January 6, 2025
Lead actress Anna Sawai took home the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Series – Drama. In her short acceptance speech, she said: “Thank you to the voters for voting for me, even though I would vote for Kathy Bates every day.”
Congratulations to the incredible Anna Sawai on the #GoldenGlobes award WIN for Best Television Female Actor – Drama Series! pic.twitter.com/6PtPHPijwX
— Golden Globes (@goldenglobes) January 6, 2025
Hiroyuki Sanada won Best Actor in a TV Series – Drama and said while accepting his award: “Thank you, Golden Globes, for recognising me… For the young actors and creators in the world: please be yourself, believe in yourself and never give up.”
Congratulations to the winner of Best Television Male Actor – Drama Series, Hiroyuki Sanada in Shōgun! #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/YlPlB4ibzQ
— Golden Globes (@goldenglobes) January 6, 2025
Tadanobu Asano, who won Best Supporting Actor – Television, said: “Maybe you don’t know me, I’m an actor from Japan and my name is Tadanobu Asano. This is a very big present for me, thank you so much! Thank you Shōgun team, I’m very happy!”
Big congratulations to Tadanobu Asano, #GoldenGlobes winner for Best Supporting Male Actor – Television! pic.twitter.com/BsXgmldbWN
— Golden Globes (@goldenglobes) January 6, 2025
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The @shogunfx squad has it all and reflects on this extra special night at the #GoldenGlobes. pic.twitter.com/1WUFOoXL1m
— Golden Globes (@goldenglobes) January 6, 2025
Shōgun depicts Japan in the year 1600, with some labelling it early on as “the new Game of Thrones”. In it, Sanada’s Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby village, where the character of John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) is introduced.
Based on the 1975 novel of the same name by James Clavell, the show was overseen by the husband-and-wife creative team of Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks, the latter of whom was a co-writer of Top Gun: Maverick. The ten-episode series was broadcast on Hulu and FX in the US, while UK viewers were able to watch it via Disney+.
It was confirmed in May, shortly after the show completed in first season, that two more seasons were now in development, with writers’ rooms being assembled. Despite already covering the bulk of the narrative arc of Clavell’s original novel, FX said they would be working with the writer’s estate to piece together the action for seasons two and three.
It does not mean that the two new seasons have been officially commissioned, as that will depend on the progress made in the writers’ room to the satisfaction of all involved.
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