Browsing: “Akane No Mai”

HBO series Westworld certainly has taken some interesting turns this season, perhaps none so exciting and promising as introducing Shogun World host Akane, played by Rinko Kikuchi. The majority of American audiences will no doubt recognize Rinko Kikuchi from her role as Mako Mori in Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim film, where she held her own against Charlie Hunnam and […]

First and foremost: if you have not watched the most recent episode of HBO’s drama series Westworld (season 2, episode 5, ‘Akane No Mai’), you will most definitely want to do that before reading what star Evan Rachel Wood has to say about one of the big twists. Okay — if you’re still here, we’re going to […]

HBO’s highly acclaimed series Westworld is back, season 2 continuing in earnest last week with episode 4, “Riddle of the Sphinx”. The wait has been long for fans of the show, the ending of season 1 leaving most viewers with more questions than answers. The premiere, following in the same first-season footpaths, did similar, leaving the […]

The tail end of last week’s Westworld episode teased the final reveal of the Shogun World part of Delos’s Park. There was a (literal) flash of a man with a katana, and the preview for season 2, episode 5 showed even more of the rich Japanese-themed area. Today, HBO released four first-look images of the new […]