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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.
Blackthorne's first film role was as Captain Andrew Russell in the Oscar-nominated Bollywood film Lagaan.He spent six months learning Hindi for the role.. He also starred in the independent feature-length film Four Corners of Suburbia, winner of both the Crossroads Film Festival in Best Narrative Feature (2006) and in the category of Best Composer at the Avignon Film Festival, Avignon, France ...
Blackthorne is released from his cell and taken to face Kashigi Yabushige, Lord of Izu and a powerful vassal of Toranaga's clan. He realizes that Japan and Portugal have formed a secret trade route, with the Catholic Church's Jesuit order being the political and religious rivals of the Protestant Blackthorne. Yabushige's translator, a local ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Shōgun is a 1980 American historical drama miniseries based on James Clavell's 1975 novel of the same name.The series was produced by Paramount Television and first broadcast in the United States on NBC over five nights between September 15 and 19, 1980.
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 ...