By michael vivar
Shogun is a TV series streaming on Hulu about Dutch ship's pilot, John Blackthorne, navigating the intrigues of a palace court during Edo-era Japan in the 1600s.
The show is based on the massively successful and sweeping 1000+ page novel by James Clavell which was published in 1975.
It wrapped earlier this year. Originally a miniseries, acclaim prompted the announcement of a second season. In the meantime, here are eight similar shows to watch.
The current show is a remake of an equally popular miniseries from 1980 starring Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune that holds up even decades later.
This is a loosely historical martial arts drama set during the 1870s Tong Wars in San Francisco. The action-packed series is based on the writings of Bruce Lee.
The adventures of an expert swordsman posing as a blind masseuse have been so popular they've spanned multiple TV series and films since 1962.
Three swashbuckling bounty hunters galivant through space in a show equal parts exciting and humorous. It shares Shogun's theme of honor in a morally ambiguous solar system.
Like Shogun, the anime is set in Edo Japan. It features two ronin reluctantly helping a woman to find her father. It lasted two seasons and has a satisfying conclusion.
Originally an epic, 28-volume manga, its popularity spawned several live-action adaptations about a fallen samurai and his child avenging the murder of their family.
A search for identity is a common theme with stories set in the samurai age. This anime is about a hāfu swordswoman who dresses as a man to hunt for her white father.