Shogun
- TV Movie
- 1980
- 2h 39m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
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An English navigator becomes both pawn and player in the deadly political games in feudal Japan.An English navigator becomes both pawn and player in the deadly political games in feudal Japan.An English navigator becomes both pawn and player in the deadly political games in feudal Japan.
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Anne Bancroft
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- (US version)
- (voice)
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- TriviaWill Adams, the real-life English sea-captain and adventurer, who made it to Japan in the sixteenth century, has a street named after him in Japan: Anjin-Cho.
- GoofsHelicopter shadow on the water in the opening scenes.
- Quotes
Father Alvito: You are a heretic Dutchman pirate! You're going to die.
- Alternate versionsThis two-hour feature was edited down from the original 10-hour miniseries (see separate IMDB entry).
- ConnectionsEdited from Shogun (1980)
Featured review
James Clavell's Shogun, the first book in his epic asian saga, was a modern masterpiece. It showed completely the culture clashes between two nations at the opposite ends of the world, as Pilot John Blackthorne is thrust into the midst of a Japanese feudal war between Lords Ishido and Toranaga. Whilst in 'the land of the gods', Blackthorne becomes engaged in a passionate and tragic relationship with the married Mariko, while the two obstinate men, Toranaga and Blackthorne learn to respect one another's cultures and ideologies. With this ten-hour miniseries, television comes as close as it possibly can to paralleling the adventure realized so clearly in the pages, yet unfortunately, that's not quite close enough. True this is the first great miniseries, and a excellent work in it's own right. Yet when compared to the book, it simply fails to convey the effect. One noticeable problem is the casting of Richard CHamberlain as John Blackthorne, whose appeaance doesn't suit the ruggedness of the character
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- James Clavell's Shogun
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- Runtime2 hours 39 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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