From the golden age of the miniseries comes Shogun, the 10-hour, Golden Globe-winning saga based on James Clavell's bestselling epic novel. In his award-winning performance, Richard Chamberlain stars as John Blackthorne, the 17th-century English navigator on a Dutch trading ship. A storm runs the ship aground off the coast of Japan, a "torn and cruelly divided country" locked in a power struggle between Toranaga (the venerable Toshiro Mifune) and Ishido, two warlords who would be Shogun. Blackthorne gets over his initial culture shock ("I piss on you and your country",... he defiantly proclaims to his samurai captors, which to his humiliation turns out to be an unfortunate choice of words) to become a trusted ally of Toranaga and the lover of the beautiful interpreter Lady Mariko (Yoko Shimada). Their forbidden, ill-fated romance--and Blackthorne's total assimilation into Japanese culture--is set against political intrigue as Toranaga prepares for the inevitable showdown with Ishido, and Blackthorne's growing influence threatens the local Jesuits who had built up a lucrative trade monopoly. Shogun was a production blessed with good karma, and it remains an awesome achievement from a bygone era when the miniseries was king. --Donald Liebenson [show more]
A excellent film set in japan which sets samurai against samurai and with loads of action.
I have had this on vhs for a long time and it is one of the few series we will watch from start to finish over 3 nights running. It is still a captivating story but only slightly dated.Recommend it for any age.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A British sea captain becomes an honored Samurai after being shipwrecked in 17th century Japan An epic mini-series that is a blend of politics romance history culture religion and high adventure Based on the James Clavell best-seller 12 hour mini-serie s premiered on NBC in 6 parts
The entire Emmy winning television series. Richard Chamberlain plays an English sailor who finds himself cast ashore in 17th Century Japan, and it's not long before he is taken under the wing of a powerful warlord to become the first Western samurai warrior. Adapted from James Clavell's novel, the early dialogue scenes were in Japanese and when the series was re-broadcast in 1983, as a result of initial complaints, these scenes were narrated by Orson Welles. The series also caused a stir due to scenes of violence and nudity.
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