Shogun star: "We need that kind of hero"

This is not your father’s "Shogun."

FX's new adaptation of James Clavell's 1975 bestselling novel challenges the idea of whose story gets told. The 1980s miniseries version of "Shogun" is shown from the point of view of an English sailor (Richard Chamberlain) taken hostage in Japan who eventually helps a daimyo (Toshirô Mifune) rise to the shogunate. The new series, however, re-centers the Japanese perspective of feudal Japan, creating more understanding and relying less on exoticizing. Produced by and starring veteran Japanese superstar Hiroyuki Sanada, the 10-episode limited series streaming on Hulu is rooted in authentic representations of Japan and the Japanese in the 1600s.