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User Rating:
7.6/10   1,845 votes
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Director:
Writers:
James Clavell (novel)
Eric Bercovici (writer)
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Release Date:
15 September 1980 (USA) more
Plot:
An English navigator becomes both pawn and player in the deadly political games in feudal Japan. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Easy to lose yourself in the Series. more (20 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Richard Chamberlain ... Pilot-Major John Blackthorne
Toshirô Mifune ... Lord Yoshi Toranaga
Yôko Shimada ... Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
Frankie Sakai ... Lord Yabu
Alan Badel ... Father Dell'Aqua
Damien Thomas ... Father Alvito
Michael Hordern ... Friar Domingo
Vladek Sheybal ... Captain Ferriera
Yuki Meguro ... Omi
Noburo Kaneko ... Lord Ishido
George Innes ... Vinck
Leon Lissek ... Father Sebastio
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tôru Abe ... Hiromatsu

Anne Bancroft ... Narrator of US home video version (voice)
John J. Carney ... Ginsel
Masashi Ebara ... Suga
Hyoei Enoki ... Jirobei
Hiroshi Hasegawa ... Galley Captain
Stephen K. Hayes
Ian Jentle ... Salamon
Yûko Kada ... Sazuko
Mika Kitagawa ... Kiku
Yoshie Kitsuda ... Gyoko
Stewart MacKenzie ... Croocq
Ai Matsubara ... Rako
Neil McCarthy ... Spillbergen
Seiji Miyaguchi ... Muraji
Yumiko Morishita ... Asa
Yosuke Natsuki ... Zataki
Takeshi Ôbayashi ... Urano
Masumi Okada ... Brother Michael
Edward Peel ... Pieterzoon

John Rhys-Davies ... Vasco Rodrigues
Eric Richard ... Maetsukker
Atsuko Sano ... Lady Ochiba
Setsuko Sekine ... Genjiko
Hiromi Senno ... Fujiko
Akira Sera ... Old Gardener

William Morgan Sheppard ... Specz
Hideo Takamatsu ... Buntaro
Miiko Taka ... Kiri
Midori Takei ... Sono
Shin Takuma ... Naga
Steve Ubels ... Roper

Orson Welles ... Narrator (voice)
Rinichi Yamamoto ... Yoshinaka
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
James Clavell's Shogun (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
125 min (edited version)
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Color:
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Anachronisms: Jet Contrail Visible at very top of screen in opening shot. more
Quotes:
Father Alvito: You are a heretic Dutchman pirate! You're going to die. more
Movie Connections:
Edited from "Shogun" (1980) more

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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Easy to lose yourself in the Series., 2 April 2003
10/10
Author: MadBadMovieman from Federal Way, WA.

What an excellent Mini-Series! After reading the book then seeing it come to life on TV, you can lose yourself in the Series. The Casting, Cinematography, Sets, Costumes and Acting were nothing less than Perfect.

You can actually learn some basic Japanese words and phrases from closely reading the book. James Clevell blended the Language lessons into Pilot's training and familiarization so well, you felt like you learned and felt with him. The Series did it almost as well but you were distracted by seeing living, breathing characters. The life and times were hard. The Barbarian world with the Unhealthy and downright odd beliefs and superstitions. Then the Ancient Culture of Japan, Brutal but with much beauty and creativity. Both full of Scheming, Evil, Honorable, Likeable, and Hateful characters.

I consider this the all-time #1 made for TV movie events. Too bad the voting scale only goes to 10.

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