Shogun (2024)

FX's 2024 remake of James Clavell's epic historical novel — set in feudal Japan during the chaos before the first Shogunate — won the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series and shattered the glass ceiling for non-English dialogue in American prestige television. Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai are extraordinary. Though technically historical drama rather than fantasy, Shogun's Japan feels as mythological and distant as any invented world.