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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.
Shōgun is a 1975 historical novel by author James Clavell that chronicles the end of Japan’s Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1600) and the dawn of the Edo period (1603-1868). ). Loosely based on actual events and figures, Shōgun narrates how European interests and internal conflicts within Japan brought about the Shogunate restorat
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.
"Shogun" first made TV history as a landmark 1980 miniseries, also based on Clavell's book, starring Richard Chamberlain as English sailor John Blackthorne and Japanese acting icon Toshirô Mifune ...
[11] Tyler Johnson of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "This hour of Shogun depicts a hinged moment between monumental events - a period in which time briefly slows down and offers a moment for contemplation before everything changes forever. While we know there's much more story left to tell, "A Stick of Time ...
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Yoko Shimada (Japanese: 島田 陽子, Hepburn: Shimada Yōko, 17 May 1953 – 25 July 2022) was a Japanese actress, best known to Western audiences for her portrayal of Mariko in the 1980 miniseries Shōgun. [1]
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