Shōgun (1980)

Directors

Jerry London

Cast

Richard Chamberlain, Toshirô Mifune, Yoko Shimada, Frankie Sakai, Alan Badel, Damien Thomas, John Rhys-Davies, Vladek Sheybal, Yûki Meguro, Michael Hordern, Noburo Kaneko, George Innes, Leon Lissek, William Morgan Sheppard, Orson Welles, Miiko Taka, Midori Takei, Yoshie Kitsuda, Mika Kitagawa, Tôru Abe

The story

{{Main}} The story is based on the adventures of English navigator William Adams. The series follows Pilot John Blackthorne's experiences in Japan in the early 17th century. After his ship, the Erasmus is wrecked along the coast of Japan, Blackthorne must juggle his identity as an Englishman associated with other Europeans, namely Portuguese traders and Jesuit priests, and the Japanese culture into which he is thrust.

Genres

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