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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 ...
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.
James Clavell's Shōgun (1975) is a historical novel chronicling 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 restoration.
Yoshi Toranaga, Guardian of the Heir and a descendant of his namesake from Shōgun, reads in the Toranaga Legacy, his ancestor's memoirs, about the Anjin and the cannons he provided, and muses on how to use foreigners the same way his forefather did. [4] In Clavell's novel Noble House, a minor character named Riko Anjin makes a brief appearance.
Toranaga is in a giant pickle made of glass, and this glass pickle is dangling precariously from the edge of a kitchen counter, seconds away from shattering." [ 15 ] Johnny Loftus of Decider wrote , "the threat Lord Toranga now faces in Shōgun Episode 8, to the realm and to his clan, has inspired the most relentless, physically costly version ...
In James Clavell’s Shōgun, the character of John Blackthorne is heavily influenced by the life of William Adams, while Lord Yoshi Toranaga stands in for Tokugawa Ieyasu.. However, while Clavell ...
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 ...
Worried about their safety, Toranaga decides to leave Osaka with Blackthorne and his wife Kiri, planning to move to the more secure Ajiro. After passing Ishido's suspicions, Toranaga secretly switches places with Kiri's litter, which is witnessed by Blackthorne and Mariko. When Ishido's men insist on checking the litter, Blackthorne provokes an ...