Shōgun's Tadanobu Asano Introduces Himself to Hollywood After 2025 Golden Globes Win: 'A Very Big Present!'

Mar. 15, 2025

Tadanobu Asano at the 2025 Golden Globes.Photo:CBS

CBS

Asano walked away with the prize, beating fellow nomineesJavier BardeminMonsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,Harrison FordinShrinking, Jack Lowden inSlow Horses, Diego Luna inLa Máquinaand Ebon Moss-Bachrach inThe Bear.

“Wow, maybe you dont' know me. I’m an actor from Japan and my name is Tadanobu Asano,” the actor said Sunday, Jan. 5, after climbing on stage at the Beverly Hilton Hotel to accept the trophy. “This is a very big present for me! I’m very happy. Thank you!”

Tadanobu Asano.Katie Yu/FX

Katie Yu/FX

This is 51-year-old Asano’s first-ever Golden Globe nomination, which he received for his role as Kashigi Yabushige inShōgun.The FX drama was the second most nominated show at this year’s Golden Globes, raking in four nominations — including best television drama series — alongsideOnly Murders in the Building(both landed with just one less thanThe Bear). Asano’s costars Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai are also nominees.

Shōgunwas also largely recognized at the 2024 Emmys, where it received 25 nominations and took home 18 wins — more than any other show. It is slated for a three-season run, but it is unknown if Asano will return after season 1 ended with him being killed in a ritualistic suicide.

In an interview withThe Hollywood Reporter, co-creator Justin Marks shared, “The third season is really an ending. We know where it starts, and we know where it ends, and we know who is there on that journey.”

He continued, “We’re just focusing on part two right now to really make sure we can get to that point.”

Though only one actor could walk away with the award, the category was filled with notable performances this year.

Javier Bardem.Miles Crist/Netflix

Miles Crist/Netflix

In November, the Spanish actor toldVarietyhowhe got into characterfor the award-worthy part, saying, “I didn’t know much or more basically anything about the story when [series co-creator] Ryan Murphy talked to me, because it wasn’t that big in Spain."

“And then once I dig in, I was like, ‘Wow, this is really, really sensitive material,’” he added. “I knew I had to trust the research Ryan and [co-creator] Ian Brennan did. It was all there in the writing. So I said, ‘I don’t need to talk to anybody.’ And also I was very, very…the word is not scared, but I never felt for a second that I would be able to sit down with the murderers.”

The legendary Ford, 82, plays psychiatrist Paul Rhodes, who is navigating his diagnosis with Parkinson’s disease, inShrinking. He has been applauded for his portrayal of the character,telling PEOPLE in Decemberthat he takes the role “deadly f—ing seriously.”

“There’s no intention to make it into a joke,” he explained. “But there are people that absorb these kinds of experiences with grace and courage and a little bit of wisdom. And that is not to say that some people do not.”

“It’s just to say that this is a person particularly equipped to communicate what it is that it’s like, and that is something that I feel that is worth sharing with our audience,” he added.

Diego Luna.Cristian Salvatierra/Hulu

Cristian Salvatierra/Hulu

Luna, 45, is up for his second Golden Globe nomination forLa Máquina,Hulu’s first Spanish-language series. He is the only person from the show nominated following its six-episode release, which examined the life and final fight of a career boxer (Gael Garcia Bernal).

In October, Lunaexplained to PEOPLEhow he and Bernal, who he had known since childhood, worked together in the coming-of-age drama.

“We’ve done a lot to cultivate this friendship, and we’ve asked each other many times in life, ‘You’ve got to wake up here. We have to take care of this.’ Sometimes him, sometimes me, sometimes someone else comes and says like, ‘Guys, are you sure you’re doing what you have to be doing?’” Luna said. “But there is something bigger that keeps us together.”

Ebon Moss-Bachrach.FX

FX

Moss-Bachrach, 47, was one of five nominations FX’sThe Bearreceived this year. He was also nominated in the same category in the 2024 Golden Globes before winning for his role of Richard “Richie” Jeromovich at the 2024 Emmys (his first ever).

“This job is such a gift. It’s such a privilege to work with these wonderful actors. We have the best crew. We have this incredible Chicago crew,” hesaid in his acceptance speechin January 2024, before thanking more loved ones and colleagues.

He later toldThe Guardianthat it was “one of the most joyful nights of my life.”

The series, which follows the eclectic workers at a Chicago sandwich shop, was also nominated for best musical or comedy television series, along with nominations for starsAyo Edebiri,Jeremy Allen WhiteandLiza Colón-Zayas, at this year’s Golden Globes.

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