FX’s epic samurai series Shōgun is now set to premiere on February 27, 2024, the network has confirmed. This follows the release of the show’s official trailer, which launched earlier this month.

The ten-part adaptation of James Clavell’s 1975 novel of the same name will be debuting on Hulu in the States, Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other territories, including the UK, on that same day. The premiere will include the first two episodes, followed by a new episode dropping each week.

Shōgun is set in Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war. Producer and martial arts legend Hiroyuki Sanada (seen recently in John Wick: Chapter 4) stars as Lord Yoshii Toranaga, who is fighting to survive as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him. As the official logline continues, “When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, its English pilot, John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis), comes bearing secrets that could help Toranaga tip the scales of power and devastate the formidable influence of Blackthorne’s own enemies — the Jesuit priests and Portuguese merchants. Their fates become inextricably tied to their translator, Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai, Pachinko), a mysterious Christian noblewoman and the last of a disgraced line. While serving her lord amidst this fraught political landscape, Mariko must reconcile her newfound companionship with Blackthorne, her commitment to the faith that saved her and her duty to her late father.”

Tadanobu Asano, Hiroto Kanai, Takehiro Hira, Moeka Hoshi, Tokuma Nishioka, Shinnosuke Abe, Yuki Kura, Yuka Kouri and Fumi Nikaido also star in mini series.

Shōgun is created by Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks, with Marks serving as showrunner and executive producer alongside Michaela Clavell, Edward L. McDonnell, Michael De Luca and Kondo. 

Shōgun debuts from the 27th February, 2024. Watch the trailer below: