Shogun (TV Mini-Series 1980)
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An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan.
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English actors were hired for the entire six months that production was going to take. It was not possible to do the same with the Japanese actors, especially Toshirô Mifune, so during filming there was a constant negotiation about his availability when necessary to meet the shooting schedule. Apparently, at some points, negotiations became very tight and tense.
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Vasco Rodrigues:
Listen to me, you whore-gutted, pock-marked, motherless scum... I need a favor.
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During the earthquake scene, when two of the "crevasses" open up to drop samurai into them, you can see the wooden planks used to loosely cover the crevasses so people could walk on them until their supports were blown, hidden by a thick layer of dirt.
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
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BLACKTHORNE'S SHANTYWords and Music by Eric Bercovici
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Genres
Adventure | Drama | History | WarDetails
Release Date:
15 September 1980Language
English, Japanese
Country of Origin
USA, JapanFilming Locations
Daiei-Kyoto Studios, Kyoto, Japan
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