Shōgun
A prestige FX historical drama set in feudal Japan circa 1600, rated TV-MA, covering political intrigue, samurai culture, and brutal warfare across 10 episodes. Violence is the dominant concern, with gore, ritual suicide, and several intensely disturbing set-pieces; sexual content and self-harm themes are also significant.
Episodes to know about
An infant is sentenced to death and killed off-screen; the mother is shown threatening to take her own life immediately beforehand. One of the most emotionally intense scenes in the series.
The lead character is kicked, beaten, and urinated on by a group of men as a degrading punishment.
A man is decapitated suddenly and realistically with a brief blood spurt; separately, another man is boiled alive over an extended period with audible screaming and close-ups of his scalded body as he thrashes in agony. Both scenes are in the premiere.