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Still, Buntaro is able to save Mariko from death due to their marriage. His actions mirror how Akechi Tama survived the usual punishment for a traitor's daughter in feudal Japan, even if she was ...
Yoko Shimada (Japanese: 島田 陽子, Hepburn: Shimada Yōko, 17 May 1953 – 25 July 2022) was a Japanese actress, best known to Western audiences for her portrayal of Mariko in the 1980 miniseries Shōgun. [1]
Mariko's death is adapted from the novel, but the writers originally planned to end the episode with the shinobi infiltrating the castle, with Mariko's death moved for the next episode. Justin Marks then suggested moving the scene to the end of the ninth episode, explaining that her death would get the episode "to feel complete."
James Clavell's Shōgun (1975) is a historical novel chronicling the end of Japan’s Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1600) and the dawn of the Edo period (1603-1868). Loosely based on actual events and figures Shōgun narrates how European interests and internal conflicts within Japan brought about the Shogunate restoration.
Japanese actress Yoko Shimada, known for her portrayal of Mariko in the 1980 miniseries Shōgun, a role which earned her a Golden Globe award and an Emmy nomination, has died. According to ...
Except Mariko rejects that, telling him death is an escape and not a way to be united. By episode nine, Mariko goes head-to-head with Ishido Kazunari (Takehiro Hira), the warlord, and confronts him.
Blackthorne mourns over Mariko's body, imagining a dream of him as an old man back in England with her cross necklace, while Yabushige privately asks for forgiveness for his role in her death. After her funeral, the Council unanimously votes to declare war on Toranaga, although they do not believe Ishido's claims that Toranaga orchestrated the ...
Anna Sawai as Lady Toda Mariko in 'Shogun' season 1. It turns out that Mariko (who dies in the show’s penultimate episode) and Toranaga planned her death in Osaka to sway Ochiba to their side.