David Hunter is a writer for Collider who focuses on science fiction and prestige television, drawing on his experience as an indie film producer.
The Big Picture FX's popular limited series Shōgun introduces viewers to Japan in the 17th century, through the perspective of John Blackthorne , a European sailor. Blackthorne arrives as an emissary of the Dutch and British Empires, to disrupt the relationship between Japan and Portugal. The Portuguese were the first Europeans to visit Japan, and introduced Catholicism, the dominant religion in Portugal, to the country.
Silence RDramaDocumentaryHistory In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism. The film jumps ahead to introduce young Jesuit priests Sebastião Rodrigues and Francisco Garupe . They're former students of Ferreira who seek to disprove rumors that their teacher has apostatized – renounced his faith – bowing to Japanese persecution. Rodrigues, the film's protagonist, refers in voiceover to the 1637 Shimabara Rebellion, a months-long clash between working-class militias and the Shogun.
Related 'Shōgun’s Toranaga Is Radically Different From the Man He’s Based On You wouldn't want to cross him. How Do the Events of ‘Shōgun’ Lead to Those in ‘Silence’? Close FX's miniseries, which will conclude its ten-episode run on April 23, is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by James Clavell and is a loose retelling of actual events during Japan's Edo period which occurred from 1603 to 1868.
In Shōgun, Blackthorne first wins Torunaga to his side by telling him of the Treaty of Tordesillas, a pact between the kingdoms of Spain and Portugal to divide the world in half and colonize their own half. While, in reality, the Japanese did not need a random white guy to tell them that the Portuguese saw Japan as a source of resources to drain, the Treaty of Tordesillas was real.
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