The most acclaimed television series of the year, FX’s historical samurai saga Shōgun took home eighteen Emmy awards last month, the biggest haul ever for a show in a single year. Based on the 1975 best-selling novel by James Clavell, which was turned into a hit 1980 miniseries, this version was lauded for its authenticity—it’s mostly in Japanese, with subtitles, and uses a mostly Japanese cast—as well as its refreshing focus on strong female characters. This painstaking attention to detail is a testament to its creators, the married team of Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks. They spent more than five years on the show—their first time working together—during a tumultuous time that spanned a pandemic, the birth of their two children, and a move to Maui.The couple…
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