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Argo Carpathians/Penyimpanan/4
Episode Shōgun
Nomor episode	Musim 1 Episode 1
Sutradara	Jonathan van Tulleken
Penulis	Rachel Kondo Justin Marks
Sinematografi	Christopher Ross
Penyunting	Maria Gonzales
Durasi	70 menit
Bintang tamu
Néstor Carbonell sebagai Vasco Rodrigues Tokuma Nishioka sebagai Toda "Si Tangan Besi" Hiromatsu Hiroto Kanai sebagai Kashigi Omi Yasunari Takeshima sebagai Tonomoto Akinao Moeka Hoshi sebagai Usami Fuji Yuki Kura sebagai Yoshii Nagakado Ayo sebagai Daiyoin / Iyo Ned Dennehy sebagai Kapten-Jenderal Hiromoto Ida sebagai Kiyama ukon Sadanaga Toshi Toda sebagai Sugiyama Josui Takeshi Kurokawa sebagai Ohno Harunobu Yuki Takao sebagai Usami Tadayoshi Yuka Kouri sebagai Kiku

"Anjin" (Jepang: 按針code: ja is deprecated ) adalah episode pembuka dari Shōgun, seri televisi drama sejarah produksi Amerika Serikat, berdasarkan novel karya James Clavell. Rachel Kondo dan Justin Marks bertindak sebagai penulis skenario, sementara Jonathan van Tullekendan bertindak sebagai co-produser eksekutif. Anjin dirilis di plaform Hulu pada 27 Februari 2024, serta ditayangkan di saluran FX pada hari yang sama.

Ceritanya berlatar pada tahun 1600, dan mengikuti kisah tiga tokoh. John Blackthorne, seorang pelaut pemberani asal Inggris yang kapalnya terdampar di Jepang–suatu negeri dengan kebudayaan asing yang pada akhirnya mengubah hidupnya; Toranaga–seorang daimyo yang bijak dan berkuasa, dihadapkan dengan para rival politiknya yang berbahaya; serta Mariko–seorang wanita berkeahlian tinggi tetapi berasal dari keluarga yang tak terhormat, yang harus membuktikan eksistensi kehidupan dan kesetiaannya pada penguasa.

Menurut Nielsen Media Research, episode ini disaksikan oleh sekitar 0.764 juta penonton rumah tangga dan mendapatkan peringkat 0.14 di kalangan orang dewasa berusia 18 sampai 49 tahun. Anjin sebagai episode perdana mendapatkan pujian dan tanggapan yang baik. Pujian utamanya tertuju pada visual, penampilan akting serta bobot produksi. Tadanobu Asano dan Néstor Carbonell memanfaatkan episode ini untuk mendukung nominasi Emmy Award mereka dalam kategori Aktor Pendukung Terbaik dalam Seri Drama dan Aktor Tamu Terbaik dalam Seri Drama, yang akhirnya dimenangkan oleh Carbonell.

Alur cerita

In 1600 Osaka, the reigning Taikō has died, leaving five equal regents to maintain control of Osaka Castle. The Dutch trading ship Erasmus gets stranded off the coast of Ajiro after running into fierce storms and running out of food. A few survivors, including English pilot John Blackthorne, are taken prisoner when a party of samurai led by Kashigi Omi seize the Erasmus.

One of the regents, Yoshii Toranaga, is summoned before his colleagues: Ishido Kazunari, Kiyama ukon Sadanaga, Sugiyama Josui and Ohno Harunobu. Toranaga has been accused of consolidating his power and the other regents are seriously considering a motion by Ishido to impeach him, which would also condemn him to seppuku. Toranaga is not scared of their threat, as he claims his sole purpose is to protect the Taikō's young heir, Nakamura Yaechiyo. One of Toranaga's men, Usami Tadayoshi, insults Ishido and is forced to commit seppuku for not only himself, but also his infant son, devastating his wife Fuji, who threatens to kill herself but is persuaded not to by Toranaga’s translator Lady Toda Mariko.

Blackthorne is released from his cell and taken to face Kashigi Yabushige, Lord of Izu and a powerful vassal of Toranaga's clan. He realizes that Japan and Portugal have formed a secret trade route, with the Catholic Church's Jesuit order being the political and religious rivals of the Protestant Blackthorne. Yabushige's translator, a local Jesuit priest, immediately condemns Blackthorne as a pirate and suggests his execution. However, Yabushige decides to spare him, eager to use the Erasmus to gain Ishido's favor, and instead has one of Blackthorne's men boiled to death.

Toranaga's general, Toda "Iron Fist" Hiromatsu, arrives in Ajiro and forces Yabushige to turn over ownership of both Eramus and Blackthorne to him; the latter is placed under the supervision of Spanish navigator Vasco Rodrigues. As they return to Osaka, the ship is hit by a severe storm, forcing Blackthorne to assume command as he reorganizes the crew. However, Rodrigues is swept by the tides and washes ashore near a cliff. Blackthorne manipulates Yabushige into helping him rescue Rodrigues. Yabushige's rope breaks and he falls into the water; unable to swim, he draws his sword to commit suicide. However, he and Rodrigues are saved when a group of samurai bring them a new rope. Blackthorne is then taken to Osaka Castle. Coming face to face with Toranaga and Mariko, Blackthorne bows before them.

Produksi

Pengembangan

Pada Januari 2024, Hulu memastikan bahwa episode perdana akan diberi judul "Anjin". Rachel Kondo dan Justin Marks akan menulis skenarionya, kemudian Jonathan van Tulleken bertindak selaku co-produser eksekutif. Ini merupakan kali pertama Kondo dan Marks dikreditkan sebagai penulis skenario, senada dengan van Tulleken yang juga turut dikreditkan sebagai sutradara untuk pertama kalinya.

Penulisan skenario

Justin Marks explained that the writers hoped they would not make tropes related to the "stranger on a strange land" depictions on other projects. Marks said he wanted "a story about globalization", exploring the culture through different lens.^:3:43–4:40 For the Japanese dialogues, the writers would make the scripts in English and, after consulting with researchers, send them to a team of translators in Tokyo to change it to a modern Japanese. Subsequently, the scripts were sent to an unnamed Japanese playwright specialized in jidaigeki to rewrite the dialogues into "a more polished prose."^{(5:50–7:18)}

Syuting

Hiroyuki Sanada, juga bertindak selaku produser, merupakan sosok penting dalam memastikan keabsahan cerita. Ia mampu meyakinkan para kru untuk mempekerjakan orang-orang asli Jepang pada divisi-divisi produksi yang berbeda, dan muncul di tempat syuting setiap hari demi mengecek bobot nilai produksi, bahkan sebelum sutradara tiba di sana. Sebelum proses syuting dimulai, para aktor diharuskan untuk mengikuti kamp pelatihan untuk berlatih. Salah satu latihan yang diwajibkan adalah belajar menjinakkan elang, dan Sanada menjelaskan bahwa adegannya bersama dengan seekor elang merupakan hari pertamanya melakukan syuting.^{(8:51–12:50)}

Penerimaan publik

Penonton

In its original FX broadcast, "Anjin" was seen by an estimated 0.764 million household viewers and gained a 0.14 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research. This means that 0.14 percent of all households with televisions watched the episode.

Tanggapan kritikus

Néstor Carbonell's performance in the episode garnered critical acclaim and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.

"Anjin" received critical acclaim. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 100% approval rating for the episode, based on 5 reviews, with an average rating of 8.4/10.

Meredith Hobbs Coons of The A.V. Club gave the episode an "A–" and wrote, "With one of these actors serving as a producer on the show, Clavell's daughter Michaela signing on as an executive producer, and a seemingly massive budget to get the historical and cultural details right, authenticity is the name of the game. And it shows." Jesse Raub of Vulture gave the episode a 4 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "When we're first introduced to Lord Toranaga, he's riding a horse through a field with his entourage, watching his falcon dive out of the sky to take down a pheasant. It's bright and sunny, and the audience gets a taste of just how gorgeous Shōgun can be, with its incredible costuming and wide shots of jaw-dropping locations and sets."

Sean T. Collins of The New York Times wrote, "Of the two episodes in this initial offering, the former is by far the weaker. For one thing, it falls victim to a bad case of first episode syndrome: a tendency to front-load shows with attention-grabbing material that is much blunter and broader than what follows." Erik Kain of Forbes wrote, "I'm deeply impressed so far and can't wait to see how this plays out. There's a lot of bad TV out there right now, but Shogun goes to show that there is still genuinely great TV being made as well."

Johnny Loftus of Decider wrote, "Shōgun fits a ton of character backstory, setting of the seventeenth century Japan political scene, foreboding about the pivotal conflict to come, and cultural insight into this first episode, and by its conclusion, not only has Blackthorne learned to speak a few words of Japanese, but we've become immersed in this layered world full of metaphor and bursts of righteous violence." Tyler Johnson of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "A sweeping shot of feudal Osaka concludes with Blackthorne bowing before Toranaga, and the skill with which this pilot (the episode, not the beleaguered Brit who holds that job) handled such complex material leaves us as awed as any of the stunning visuals delivered by director Jonathan Van Tulleken."

Pranala luar

• "Argo Carpathians/Penyimpanan/4" di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)