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Shōgun – Limited Series, Episode 4 The Eightfold Fence

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Shōgun – Limited Series, Episode 4

The Eightfold Fence

Aired Mar 12, 2024

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War

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Blackthorne and Mariko test their new alliance as they train Toranaga's gun regiment for war; Yabushige must navigate his past promises to Ishido when an old friend comes to the village.

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Rachel Kondo

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Justin Marks

Creator

Hiroyuki Sanada

Lord Yoshii Toranaga

Cosmo Jarvis

John Blackthorne

Anna Sawai

Toda Mariko

James Clavell

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Jesse Raub

New York Magazine/Vulture

03/13/2024

4/5

After three episodes of sword fights, sweeping landscapes, and political maneuvering, Shōgun finally pulls out the missing piece of its historical-epic puzzle: romance.

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Meredith Hobbs Coons

AV Club

03/12/2024

A

Tenderhearted friends, when I say it gets a bit gorier in this fourth episode of Shōgun, I really mean it.

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Maria Lattila

Film Stories

04/12/2024

Just as you think that Shōgun is losing its edge and taking a break from the extreme violence, the shocking ending provides all the gore you might want from a show like this.

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Carly Lane

Collider

03/19/2024

8/10

Toranaga has moved one step closer to asserting himself against his enemies, but as Episode 4, "The Eightfold Fence," reveals in its shocking final minutes, one of his allies has undoubtedly forced his hand in declaring all-out war.

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Tyler Johnson

TV Fanatic

03/13/2024

4.5/5

Once again, we marvel at this show's ability to make absolutely bonkers circumstances seem completely plausible.

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Synopsis

Blackthorne and Mariko test their new alliance as they train Toranaga's gun regiment for war; Yabushige must navigate his past promises to Ishido when an old friend comes to the village.

Director: Frederick E.O. Toye
Creator: Rachel Kondo, Justin Marks
Executive Producer: Rachel Kondo, Justin Marks, Edward L. McDonnell, Michael De Luca
Screenwriter: James Clavell, Emily Yoshida
Network: Hulu
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama, War
Original Language: English
Release Date: Mar 12, 2024