Season 2 of 'Shogun' to begin production in January

Hiroyuki Sanada (L) and Cosmo Jarvis will return to star in "Shogun" Season 2. Photo courtesy of FX Hiroyuki Sanada arrives on the red carpet at the TIME100 Gala Jazz at Lincoln Center on Thursday. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Cosmo Jarvis arrives for the Primetime Emmy Awards in September. File Photo by Chris Chew/UPI Hiroyuki Sanada, winner of the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series award for "Shōgun," appears backstage during theSAG Awards on February 23. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Cast members (L-R) Cosmo Jarvis, Anna Sawai, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Tadanobu Asano attend the premiere of the Hulu TV mini series "Shogun" at the Academy Museum in 2024. File Photo by Greg Grudt/UPI Hiroyuki Sanada arrives for the Film Independent Spirit Awards in February. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

April 30 (UPI) -- FX Entertainment announced Wednesday that Shogun Season 2 will begin filming in January.

The second chapter of the drama inspired by James Clavell's novel will pick up a decade after Season 1 took place.

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Hiroyuki Sanada returns to star as Lord Yoshii Toranaga, who "fought for his survival as his enemies in the Council of Regents united against him," an official synopsis says.

Cosmo Jarvis reprises Jon Blackthorne, the English sailor who "shared vital strategic secrets with Toranaga that tipped the scales of power in his favor to win a century-defining civil war," the description continues.

Season 2 will further the further the stories of Toranaga and Blackthorne, "whose fates are inextricably entwined."

Season 1 was highly acclaimed, earning 18 Emmy awards and four Golden Globes. The first season also starred Anna Sawai, Tadanobu Asano, Takehiro Hira, Tommy Bastow and Fumi Nikaido.