This article contains spoilers for the FX series “Shōgun.” In the sixth episode of “Shōgun,” Lord Toranaga asks Mariko about her childhood. The warlord (portrayed by Hiroyuki Sanada) is curious to hear what his vassal (Anna Sawai) thinks turned her childhood friend Ochiba-no-kata (Fumi Nikaido), into his fierce adversary. The mother of the young heir Yaechiyo wants to see Toranaga dead. After suggesting that fate and hardship are what forged Lady Ochiba into the woman she has become, Mariko also... Read this story
