Jerry London, the director of 1980's nine-hour miniseries Shogun, has voiced his criticisms of the recent 2024 FX adaptation, claiming that it's "not entertaining" for an American audience and "difficult" to understand.
"It’s completely different from the one I did," London told The Hollywood Reporter, pointing to the renewed focus on the intricacies of Japan's complex political system in the 17th Century, one filled with warlords and regents amid the spread of Catholicism and the arrival of sailor John Blackthorne (played in the FX version by Cosmo Jarvis).
