Shōgun’s Tadanobu Asano Had to Consider Every Side of Yabushige

Spoilers follow for Shōgun finale “A Dream of a Dream.” 

Tadanobu Asano’s Lord Yabushige was always good for a laugh, especially when the character’s sarcastic humor met his morbid obsession with death. Amid Shōgun’s threat of impending nationwide war in Japan and the political maneuvering of his liege lord, Lord Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada), Yabushige ranking expiry avenues was an absurdist dalliance. When he tells an underling to include a...