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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
A heavily truncated 125-minute edit of the miniseries was released in 1980 to European theatrical film markets. This was also the first version of Shōgun to be released to the North American home video market (a release of the full miniseries did not occur until later). The theatrical version contains additional violence and nudity that had ...
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.
"A Stick of Time" (Japanese: 線香一本の時, Hepburn: Senkō Ippon no Toki) is the seventh episode of the American historical drama television series Shōgun, based on the novel by James Clavell. The episode was written by consulting producer Matt Lambert, and directed by Takeshi Fukunaga .
FX has released the official trailer for the series adaptation of “Shogun,” starring Hiroyuki Sanada and Cosmo Jarvis. Based on James Clavell’s 1975 novel of the same name, the 10-episode ...
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[18] Tyler Johnson of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "Shogun entertained, of course. At times, it even leaned heavily on some very familiar tropes. At times, it even leaned heavily on some very familiar tropes.