By Jake Hackney Disney+ is just days away from launching its hotly anticipated samurai epic, Shōgun. Premiering later this month, the action-drama takes place in 1600 Japan and centres around a military leader who fights for his life at the dawn of a civil war. The story is told from the perspective of British hero John Blackthorne, an English sailor who rises from outsider to samurai while being used as a pawn in Lord Yoshii Toranaga’s struggle to reach the top of the ruling chain – or Shōgun. The 10-episode limited series is based on James Clavell’s 1975 bestselling novel of the same name – …