Name: The Making of Shōgun – Chapter Eight: Building the World
Uploaded: 20250527
Duration: 5 min 23 s
Description: “The story has to be everything.” Sit down with Production Designer Helen Jarvis and the team that painstakingly reconstructed 1600s Japan in modern Vancouver, from palaces to villages, with an eye for detail that carried all the way down to the smallest prop.FX's Shōgun is now streaming on Hulu.

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Set in Japan in the year 1600, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life when a mysterious ship is found marooned in a nearby village.

Lord Toranaga dressed in gold ō-yoroi armor riding a white horse with teal-colored silhouetted army and red sky background

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“The story has to be everything.” Sit down with Production Designer Helen Jarvis and the team that painstakingly reconstructed 1600s Japan in modern Vancouver, from palaces to villages, with an eye for detail that carried all the way down to the smallest prop.FX's Shōgun is now streaming on Hulu.

The Making of Shōgun – Chapter Eight: Building the World