Tadanobu Asano (‘Shōgun’): 2024 Emmys episode submission revealed

Gold Derby can exclusively reveal that Tadanobu Asano is entering the “Shōgun” episode “Anjin” as his 2024 Emmy Award submission for Best Drama Supporting Actor. “Anjin” aired on February 27, 2024, and is the premiere episode of the FX drama’s first season.

In “Anjin,” the Taikō has recently died, leaving the rule split among five equal regents, who protect the Taikō’s child heir at Osaka Castle. The Dutch trading ship Erasmus and its starving crew arrive at Ajiro on the coast of Japan; the survivors, including English pilot John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis), are taken prisoner by local samurai. The entrenched Portuguese traders and the Catholic Church’s Jesuit order are the political and religious rivals of the Protestant Blackthorne. The local Jesuit priest immediately attempts to have Blackthorne executed, claiming him to be a pirate, but the fief’s ruler, Kashigi Yabushige (Asano), dismisses the request and plans to use the Erasmus and its weapons to his benefit.

SEE Tadanobu Asano (‘Shogun’): The scheming Yabushige ‘doesn’t notice that he’s bad’

“Shōgun” received 25 Emmy nominations this year, including Best Drama Series, along with bids for five of its actors as well as writing and directing.

This year marks the first Emmy nomination for Asano. For this 2024 contest, he is competing against his “Shōgun” castmate Takehiro Hira, “The Morning Show” trio of Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass and Jon Hamm, as well as Jack Lowden (“Slow Horses”) and Jonathan Pryce (“The Crown”).

For a complete list of all episode submissions announced so far, join our special discussion in the Gold Derby forums. Television Academy voters are asked to watch each of the episodes submitted for that category before marking their ballots.

PREDICT the 2024 Emmy winners through September 15

Make your predictions at Gold Derby now. Download our free and easy app for Apple/iPhone devices or Android (Google Play) to compete against legions of other fans plus our experts and editors for best prediction accuracy scores. See our latest prediction champs. Can you top our esteemed leaderboards next? Always remember to keep your predictions updated because they impact our latest racetrack odds, which terrify Hollywood chiefs and stars. Don’t miss the fun. Speak up and share your huffy opinions in our famous forums where 5,000 showbiz leaders lurk every day to track latest awards buzz. Everybody wants to know: What do you think? Who do you predict and why?

SIGN UP for Gold Derby’s free newsletter with latest predictions