Shogun

TV Mini Series
19801980
9h 7m

Richard Chamberlain and Yôko Shimada in Shogun (1980)

Shogun

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An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan.An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan.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
- 8 wins & 13 nominations total

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Richard Chamberlain and Nobuo Kaneko in Shogun (1980)

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Toshirô Mifune in Shogun (1980)

Richard Chamberlain in Shogun (1980)

Furankî Sakai in Shogun (1980)

Toshirô Mifune in Shogun (1980)

Yôko Shimada in Shogun (1980)

Richard Chamberlain and Yôko Shimada in Shogun (1980)

Toshirô Mifune and Damien Thomas in Shogun (1980)

Richard Chamberlain in Shogun (1980)

Toshirô Mifune and Yôko Shimada in Shogun (1980)

Furankî Sakai in Shogun (1980)

Richard Chamberlain

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Toshirô Mifune

Lord Yoshi Toranagaas Lord Yoshi Toranaga

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Yabuas Yabu

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Father Dell'Aquaas Father Dell'Aqua

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Father Alvitoas Father Alvito

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John Rhys-Davies

Vasco Rodriguesas Vasco Rodrigues

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Captain Ferrieraas Captain Ferriera

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Omias Omi

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Hideo Takamatsu

Lord Buntaroas Lord Buntaro

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Michael Hordern

Friar Domingoas Friar Domingo

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Ishidoas Ishido

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Fujikoas Fujiko

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Vinckas Vinck

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Father Sebastioas Father Sebastio

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Pieterzoonas Pieterzoon

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Maetsukkeras Maetsukker

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Roperas Roper

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Shogun

7.9

The Thorn Birds

7.9

The Thorn Birds

North & South: Book 1, North & South

8.1

North & South: Book 1, North & South

Noble House

7.7

Shogun

The Winds of War

8.1

The Winds of War

North & South: Book 2, Love & War

8.0

North & South: Book 2, Love & War

The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years

6.4

The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years

Tai-Pan

5.6

Roots

8.4

The Count of Monte-Cristo

7.0

The Count of Monte-Cristo

War and Remembrance

8.3

War and Remembrance

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. —Harald Mayr <marvin@bike.augusta.de>

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Taglines
- The epic adventure of feudal Japan, its magnificent warriors and a love it would not allow.
Genres
Parents guide

Trivia
When Toshirô Mifune was wearing his Lord Yoshi Toranaga samurai gear, he went completely into character, grunting and growling constantly, and always with an angry look. Nobody dared to go close to him in such moments.

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.

Quotes
Vasco Rodrigues: Listen to me, you whore-gutted, pock-marked, motherless scum... I need a favor.

Alternate versions
Originally a ten-hour TV miniseries narrated by Orson Welles, it was later reissued for television in a somewhat shortened version with narration by Anne Bancroft. Shogun was re-edited into a 125-minutes movie for USA network TV with the addition of a new voice over narrated by Orson Welles

Connections
Edited into Shogun (1980)

Soundtracks
BLACKTHORNE'S SHANTY
Words and Music by Eric Bercovici

Top review

Changed my life forever

Was 11 years old when this was on TV. "Oh you should watch this it's so good," my parents said. So I didn't watch it, of course. Then on Friday night I went in to the bedroom and turned on the set and surfed through the channels to see what was on. Came upon the last episode of Shogun and was transfixed. Yoko Shimada, so beautiful as the character Mariko, captured my young heart, and I was forever in love with Japan. Started reading the book the next day, read EVERYTHING I could get my hands on about Japan, went to Japan as an exchange student, and am now married to a Japanese girl. This is a wonderful story, and Yoko Shimada was the best choice for the part, looking so natural in Kimono. No woman ever showed more grace, except maybe Audrey Hepburn...

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Release date
- September 15, 1980 (United States)
Countries of origin
- United States
- Japan
Languages
- English
- Japanese
Also known as
- James Clavell's Shogun
Filming locations
- Himeji City, Japan
Production companies
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Runtime
9 hours 7 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Mono
Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1

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