tale je zadel bistvo:
I recommend reading the book. Then you'll understand that his purpose with this series isn't the same; no matter how some people are saying it is. I then recommend reading about the real life historical figures he and the other characters are based on. Then you'll understand even more that this character has been stripped down immensely because Disney, Marks and Kondo didn't want to create a certain type of narrative (i.e., stranger in a strange land and Eurocentric perspective).
So, instead of using works by Japanese creatives to tell a similar story or simply a story about that time period, which would allow for an even better focus on Japanese culture from the perspectives of those who are actually Japanese (i.e., in interviews, the claim is that this is why certain narrative choices were made -- more of the Japanese perspective), they seem to be more trying to make a "point" in line with what a specific group of modern viewers would appreciate and want to see happen to some famous fictional works written by creatives from one type of background, while making a lot of money, of course, by connecting this work to Clavell's name.
Someone might ask why they didn't just take the stories of the two main historical figures and make a show based on either one. I'd argue that they didn't go down that path because the end result would be the opposite of the point they're apparently trying to make... if they wanted to go with historical accuracy. They could have still filmed from the Japanese perspective, but given the history, they would have been stuck with ideas that wouldn't fit well with modern sensitivities and points of view about certain things.
And the biggest problem is that in attempting to make a point with Clavell's Shogun, a lot of important storytelling beats have been tossed aside. This version is missing important character, scene and story details. This show is extremely beautiful and it doesn't hold back on intense drama. The actors have done an excellent job as well. But, it's missing a lot, which I suspect if not next week, over time, more and more people will comment upon as they deconstruct it more closely once they're not sucked in by the week to week cliff hangers, intense between commercial dramatic moments, and the costumes, sets, acting, etc.