'Shogun' cast and crew celebrate winning major drama categories at the Emmys

The Manila Times

'Shogun' cast and crew celebrate winning major drama categories at the Emmys  Historical epic "Shogun" won the prestigious best drama award at the Emmy Awards on Sunday, and "Hacks" upset favorite "The Bear" to win best comedy as Hollywood celebrated the best of television.  Japanese actors Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada won best actress and actor for "Shogun", while Frederick E. O. Toye won best director for a drama series for his work on the show.  The series also picked up 14 trophies at the Creative Arts Emmys, a precursor event that recognizes guest actors and crafts such as cinematography and production design.  UNRESTRICTED POOL VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes  #worldnews  #shogun

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00:00I think the challenge for me was that, you know, looking at it

00:04from the point of view that the writers, Justin and Rachel

00:08and the team, Callen, everyone at the writing team,

00:10what they were looking for was to tell the sort

00:14of more historical context and look at it

00:17from a different point of view.

00:19So I really didn't use the original miniseries

00:22as a reference, although I revere it and I love it.

00:25As a matter of fact, I remember seeing it when I was a kid.

00:28My grandmother was obsessed with it

00:30and all she would do was talk about it.

00:32And then I finally read the book and the book is incredible.

00:36And it really can be looked at from different points of view.

00:38And I felt as though this particular point

00:41of view was fascinating to me.

00:42And so the challenge was to really learn the history,

00:44to really understand what was going on at that time.

00:48And also I love getting asked the question

00:50of what I would recommend to people.

00:52First of all, I don't feel any farther down the road really

00:56in my own head than I did when I started.

00:58And so I can speak as though it was today.

01:01And that is to have passion and to believe in your passion

01:06and to have a unique voice and as either an actor or a director

01:14or a writer to discover your inner voice and what that is,

01:17what you have to say specifically as an artist

01:21and nurture that thing.

01:22And then just go out and do it.

01:24If you want to be a director, take your iPhone,

01:26go make a film.

01:27Borrow somebody's camera, go make another film.

01:30I just would recommend you just do it.

01:32And the more you do it, the better you get at it.

01:35I would say the most important thing that I wanted

01:38to capture was what I appreciate in storytelling

01:41and that is the internal life of characters.

01:45And so my discovery through reading the scripts and working

01:49with the writers and working with the talent was

01:53to find the inner soul of the story,

01:55to find the inner depth of the story and bring

01:57that out into a visual medium.

01:59So that was my primary goal.

02:02And I was hoping that through the various tumultuous things

02:07that happened to the characters in Shogun

02:10and the historical context that they're in, that the one thing

02:12that you would connect with is the internal dialogue

02:17of the characters of Blackthorn, of Mariko,

02:22of Torunaga, of Yabushige.

02:25Their internal voice

02:26and their internal landscape was the main thing

02:28that I was looking to bring out.

02:54And I'm very happy that I was able to receive this trophy

03:02as a result of what I've done so far.

03:10Above all, I wanted to give back to the people

03:14who helped me.

03:18And I hope that the next generation of actors

03:22and producers will be able to make a difference in the world.

03:27I hope that the next generation of actors and producers will be able

03:32to make a difference in the world.

03:41Let's hold on the questions until we get the stage set.

03:44Thank you so much.

03:46I'll cue you, okay?

03:47Don't worry.

03:52Everybody in?

03:53Okay.

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