On Sunday, the FX series Shogun won the Emmy for Best Drama, marking the first time a non-English-language series has claimed the award in this category. The last foreign language film to be nominated for this category was the South Korean series Squid Game,

Hiroyuki Sanada won best actor in a drama for “Shogun” on Sunday night at the Emmy Awards, and Anna Sawai won best actress as they became the first two Japanese actors to win Emmys. Their wins gave the FX series momentum going into one of the night’s top awards, where “Shogun” won best drama series.

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Shogun’ wins 18 Emmys, including best drama and acting awards Japanese government encourages creators to pursue overseas productions Tourists inspired by ‘Shogun’ to explore Japan’s Edo period culture TOKYO — Japan’s government and people cheered the record trophy haul for period drama “Shogun” at the Emmy Awards as yet another win for their history and culture,