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Shogun (1980)
An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.
Writing:
- James Clavell
Release Date:
Mon, Sep 15, 1980
Country: US
Language: Ja | En
Runtime: 160
Country: US
Language: Ja | En
Runtime: 160
Richard Chamberlain
Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san
John Rhys-Davies
Vasco Rodrigues
Orson Welles
Narrator
Alan Badel
Father Dell'Aqua
Vladek Sheybal
Captain Ferriera
Toshirō Mifune
Lord Yoshi Toranaga
Frankie Sakai
Yabu
Yûki Meguro
Omi
Yoko Shimada
Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
Michael Hordern
Friar Domingo
George Innes
Johann Vinck
Damien Thomas
Father Alvito
Hideo Takamatsu
Lord Buntarō
Hiromi Senno
Fujiko
Leon Lissek
Father Sebastio
Nobuo Kaneko
Ishido
Takeshi Ôbayashi
Urano
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Galley Captain
Akira Sera
Old Gardener
Atsuko Sano
Lady Ochiba
Miiko Taka
Kiri
Masumi Okada
Brother Michael
Edward Peel
Pieterzoon
Eric Richard
Maetsukker
Neil McCarthy
Spillbergen
Seiji Miyaguchi
Muraji
Yōsuke Natsuki
Zataki
William Morgan Sheppard
Specz
Shin Takuma
Naga
Ai Matsubara
Rako
John J. Carney
Ginsel
Anne Bancroft
Narrator
Tōru Abe
Hiromatsu
Season 1:

Set in early 17th-century Japan, shipwrecked English navigator John Blackthorne finds intrigue and culture shock in a feudal society that puts a premium on honor. A rival Lord sentences Blackthorne to death.

After Lord Toronaga rescues Blackthorn from prison, he enlists him as his aide and names him, 'Anjin-san'. Mariko is directed to tutor Anjin-san in the language and customs of Japan.

Blackthorne and Mariko begin a romance; Toronaga continues to build his army for a battle with Ishido. Anjin-san proves his mettle during an earthquake and is honored by Toranaga for bravery. Mariko's husband Buntaro, arrives in Anjiro.

Anjin-san's assimilation of Japanese ways is evident in his exemplary conduct. Toranaga decides to return the Erasmus to Anjin-san. Mariko tells Father Alvito of a plot to murder a Christian lord on the Council of Regents.

Treachery, tragedy and turns of events occur. Toronaga becomes SHOGUN after the defeat of Lord Ishido. Mariko is killed in the final battle at Osaka Castle. Heartbroken, but resolute, Blackthorne begins construction of another ship.