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Shogun ()

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Season: 1 Year: 1980
An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan.
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  • Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 5 wins & 13 nominations.
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  Lord Yoshi Toranaga (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Yabu (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Father Dell'Aqua (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Father Alvito (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Vasco Rodrigues (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Captain Ferriera (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Omi (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Lord Buntaro (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Friar Domingo (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Ishido (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Fujiko (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Vinck (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Father Sebastio (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Gingel / ... (5 episodes, 1980)
Ian Jentle ...
  Salamon (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Hiromatsu (5 episodes, 1980)
Stewart MacKenzie ...
  Croocq (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Pieterzoon (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Maetsukker (5 episodes, 1980)
Hyôe Enoki ...
  Jirobei (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Spillbergen (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Muraji (5 episodes, 1980)
Hiroshi Hasegawa ...
  Galley Captain (5 episodes, 1980)
Steve Ubels ...
  Roper (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Rako (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Specz (5 episodes, 1980)
Yûko Kada ...
  Sazuko (5 episodes, 1980)
Yumiko Morishita ...
  Asa (5 episodes, 1980)
Masashi Ebara ...
  Suga (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Naga (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Kiri (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Sono (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Zataki (5 episodes, 1980)
Masumi Okada ...
  Brother Michael (5 episodes, 1980)
Akira Sera ...
  Old Gardener (5 episodes, 1980)
Takeshi Ôbayashi ...
  Urano (5 episodes, 1980)
Rin'ichi Yamamoto ...
  Yoshinaka (5 episodes, 1980)
Setsuko Sekine ...
  Genjiko (5 episodes, 1980)
Atsuko Sano ...
  Lady Ochiba (5 episodes, 1980)
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  Narrator (5 episodes, 1980)
Mika Kitagawa ...
  Kiku (4 episodes, 1980)
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  Sailor (uncredited) (1 episode, 1980)

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Plot Summary

Pilot-Major John Blackthorne (Richard Chamberlain), an English ship pilot, whose vessel wrecked upon the Japanese coast in the early seventeenth century is forced to deal with the two most powerful men in Japan in these days. He is thrown in the midst of a war between Lord Yoshi Toranaga (Toshirô Mifune) and Ishido (Nobuo Kaneko), who struggle for the title of "Shogun", which will give ultimate power to the one who possesses it. Written by Harald Mayr

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Taglines The epic adventure of feudal Japan, its magnificent warriors and a love it would not allow. See more »
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Also Known As
  • James Clavell's Shogun (United States)
  • 将軍 SHOGUN (Japan, Japanese title)
  • James Clavell's Shogun (New Zealand, English title)
  • James Clavell's Shogun (Canada, English title)
  • Shogun - Señor de Samuráis (Spain)
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  • 109 min
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Trivia Damien Thomas could not speak any Japanese when he was cast. The whole crew were astonished by his nearly-perfect Japanese-language scenes. See more »
Goofs In the opening shot, when the last of the five remaining Dutch vessels sails the Pacific, it carries the Dutch flag, red stripe on top, white in the middle and bottom's blue. This is "in the year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and ninety-eight..." but at that time, the top stripe on the Prince's Flag was orange as it first appeared in the 1570s. It was changed to red in the mid-17th century but it took until 1796, almost a century after the series is supposed to be set, before red white and blue were officially announced to be the official colors. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Shogun (1980). See more »
Soundtracks BLACKTHORNE'S SHANTY See more »
Quotes [after Blackthorne's guard prevented an assassination attempt by Rodrigues]
Pilot-Major John Blackthorne: Captain Yoshinaka was right to search him. Was that your idea?
Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko: Please excuse me, but I was afraid for you.
Pilot-Major John Blackthorne: Sad, isn't it? Not being able to trust anyone.
Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko: It is not sad, Anjin-san. It is just one of life's most important rules.
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