Anna Sawai is having a stellar 2024 thus far. Along with being arguably the very best a part of “Shōgun,” she was unimaginable in “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,” which earned a ranking of 8.5/10 in Looper’s overview. The Hollywood Reporter requested Sawai about “Shōgun” earlier than the present was launched. Having to revisit the collection and her character was clearly loads for her: “I’ve not talked about ‘Shōgun,’ and I am probably not prepared for it but, as a result of it means a lot to me. (Sawai will get visibly emotional.) I do not know why I am getting emotional. I am crying, and I am so sorry.”
She may communicate extra freely as soon as the present (and her character’s demise) got here out. All of Episode 9 is an emotional rollercoaster, with it seeming like Mariko may perish at any second, comparable to her practically performing seppuku at one level. Nevertheless it all led towards one singular objective for Mariko, as Sawai advised Leisure Weekly, “It is extra about having a purposeful dying. Your objective will be achieved by dwelling and doing one thing like Toranaga-sama [played by Hiroyuki Sanada], and it will possibly additionally imply a purposeful dying. And I feel that she understands that she will probably be getting every little thing that she desires for herself and for Toranaga-sama by way of her dying.”
Sawai resides with nice objective proper now and has yet one more TV present upcoming. She’s a part of the solid for “Pachinko” Season 2, which does not have a agency launch date but however ought to come out later in 2024. It stays to be seen if her “Pachinko” position will make audiences cry as a lot as Mariko does.