{"id":102568,"date":"2024-03-09T00:39:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T00:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/?p=1669422"},"modified":"2024-03-09T00:39:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T00:39:52","slug":"the-forgotten-event-that-unintentionally-helped-the-original-shogun-series-succeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/09\/the-forgotten-event-that-unintentionally-helped-the-original-shogun-series-succeed\/","title":{"rendered":"The forgotten event that unintentionally helped the original \u2018Sh\u014dgun\u2019 series succeed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With the critically acclaimed remake of Sh\u014dgun<\/a><\/strong><\/em> exciting fans everywhere, it seems that the most expensive show in FX history was a gamble that may pay off. However, it was nothing like NBC\u2019s Sh\u014dgun<\/em> gamble in 1980.<\/p>\n

Of course, 44 years removed now from that original mini-series, Americans are much more educated about Japanese history. In 1980, there was an intense curiosity, peaked by samurai films<\/a> that were seeing a resurgence in 1970\u2019s America, thanks initially to the king-fu boom earlier in the decade, courtesy of Bruce Lee<\/a>. Sh\u014dgun<\/em> was about to benefit from it all, but one major occurrence in the summer of 1980 helped it to make television history.<\/p>\n

NBC\u2019s Sh\u014dgun<\/em> gamble<\/h2>\n
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Here\u2019s the tweet\u2026 SHOGUN. <\/p>\n

That is all.<\/p>\n

— JOE MANGANIELLO (@JoeManganiello) March 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n