“Shogun” jumped out to an early lead in the television categories at the Golden Globes with wins in best actor and supporting actor categories.
The FX series, which dominated the Emmy Awards in September, was nominated for four Golden Globes this year – one less than the most-nominated series this year, the FX series “The Bear” – and actors Hiroyuki Sanada and Tadanobu Asano won for best male performance in a television drama and best male supporting actor, respectively.
“Wow! So maybe you don’t know me,” Asano began in his very excited and happy acceptance. “I’m an actor from Japan and my name is Tadanobu Asano. Wow. Thank you so much.
“I have to come back to Tokyo tonight, tomorrow morning I’m shooting again,” he continued. “This is better. This is a very big present for me. I’m very happy.”
The first hour of the show focused mostly on television categories, but the film “Conclave,” which follows power moves in the Vatican as the cardinals gather to select a new pope, picked up best screenplay for a motion picture for writer Peter Straughan, who thanked novelist Robert Harris, whose book Straughan adapted.
“A third of this is yours,” Straughan said. “And Edward Berger, our director, you get a third of this. To the cast (which includes Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci), I can’t give you a third of this, I’ve just done the maths. You can borrow this anytime you want.”
The film “Emilia Perez,” which earned Zoe Saldana best supporting female actor in a motion picture, won best international film which was accepted by director-writer-producer Jacques Audiard.
“Thank you from the bottom of my heart,” Audiard said in French, speaking through a translator. “Thank for selecting us with a certain kind of lunacy.”
“In these troubled times, I hope ‘Emilia Perez’ will be a beacon of light,” he continued, referencing in part the film’s themes of sisterhood, which include a nomination for lead actress Karla Sofia Gascon, the first transgender woman to be nominated for a Golden Globe.