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Pilot major 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.
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 (Cosmo Jarvis) is an English sailor who ends up shipwrecked in Japan. ... The shogun presented Adams with two swords representing the authority of a samurai, and decreed that ...
Shōgun follows "the collision of two ambitious men from different worlds, 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 ...
Cosmo Jarvis as John Blackthorne and Hiroyuki Sanada as Yoshii Toranaga in 'Shogun'. Following a rollercoaster of events, season 1 of Shōgun ended on a massive cliffhanger.
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.
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's new title "hatamoto" in 'Shogun' is rooted in real Japanese history, and marks a significant change for the character. Here's what it means.