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  2. John Blackthorne - Wikipedia

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    John Blackthorne, also known as Anjin (按針, lit. "Pilot", " Steuermann ") , is the protagonist of James Clavell 's 1975 novel Shōgun . The character is loosely based on the life of the 17th-century English navigator William Adams , who was the first Englishman to visit Japan.

  3. Shogun: How an Englishman from Kent made an ... - AOL

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    John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) is an English sailor who ends up shipwrecked in Japan. Lord Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) is a shrewd and powerful daimyo – a feudal lord subordinate to the ruling ...

  4. Anjin (Shōgun) - Wikipedia

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    John Blackthorne, a risk-taking English sailor who ends up shipwrecked in Japan, a land whose unfamiliar culture will ultimately redefine him; Lord Toranaga, a shrewd, powerful daimyo, at odds with his own dangerous, political rivals; and Lady Mariko, a woman with invaluable skills but dishonorable family ties, who must prove her value and ...

  5. John Blackthorne in FX's Shōgun is based on William Adams, a real-life sailor and navigator who was instrumental in the true story of James Clavell's book.

  6. I Finally Figured Out the ‘Shōgun’ Pheasant Fiasco - AOL

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    In episode 5, Lord Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) gifts John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) a game bird. Wanting to age the pheasant, Johnny B. hangs it in front of his house. He tells everyone that ...

  7. A Stick of Time - Wikipedia

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    John Blackthorne, a risk-taking English sailor who ends up shipwrecked in Japan, a land whose unfamiliar culture will ultimately redefine him; Lord Toranaga, a shrewd, powerful daimyo, at odds with his own dangerous, political rivals; and Lady Mariko, a woman with invaluable skills but dishonorable family ties, who must prove her value and ...

  8. Cosmo Jarvis - Wikipedia

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    He was also cast as John Blackthorne, a leading role opposite Hiroyuki Sanada in FX's 2024 limited-series Shōgun, the second TV adaptation of James Clavell's best-selling novel of the same name. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] In 2022, Jarvis was nominated for Best Lead Performance in the British Independent Film Awards ' new gender-neutral category for his ...

  9. Shōgun review: Cosmo Jarvis channels his inner Tom ... - AOL

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    This pilot (or Anjin as his Japanese hosts call him) is John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis). Far from a Robinson Crusoe story of isolated survival against the odds, what proceeds is a journey to the ...