Gold Derby can exclusively reveal that Takehiro Hira is entering the “Shōgun” episode “Crimson Sky” as his 2024 Emmy Award submission for Best Drama Supporting Actor. “Crimson Sky” aired on April 16, 2024, and is the ninth episode of the FX drama’s first season.
In “Crimson Sky,” Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis), Mariko (Anna Sawai), and Yabushige (Tadanobu Asano) arrive in Osaka to surrender to Ishido (Hira) on Toranaga’s (Hiroyuki Sanada) behalf. Yabushige requests that Ishido spare his life in exchange for his servitude but is denied. Mariko demands to leave the city with Toranaga’s family at his request, but during her attempt to leave, the guards overpower her, so she announces that she will take her own life at sunset. Mariko soon prepares to commit “seppuku,” with Blackthorne agreeing to be her second, but Ishido stops her and grants her permission to leave. Later that night, Blackthorne and Mariko profess their love for each other. Ishido agrees to spare Yabushige who allows an army of shinobi to infiltrate the castle, but Blackthorne prevents them from kidnapping Mariko. Amid the chaos, Blackthorne, Mariko, Yabushige, and Toranaga’s consorts lock themselves in a storehouse, but after the shinobi set up explosives to blow open the door, Mariko willingly stands in front of it to defy Ishido.
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“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 Hira. For this 2024 contest, he is competing against his “Shōgun” castmate Tadanobu Asano, “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.
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