| Description |
3 videodiscs (548 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical rda |
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video file Blu-Ray rda |
| Note |
Originally aired on television in 1980. |
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Title from container. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray, fullscreen (1.33:1); requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
English dialougue; French, German, Japanese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norweigian and Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Cast |
Richard Chamberlain, John Rhys-Davies, Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Shimada. |
| Summary |
Japan at the beginning of the 17th Century, John Blackthorne, an English navigator shipwrecked off the coast of Japan is rescued; he becomes an eyewitness to a deadly struggle involving Tornaga, a feuding warlord intent on becoming Shogun-The Supreme Military Dictator. At the same time, Blackthorne is irresistibly drawn into the turmoil and finds himself vying to become the first-ever Gai-Jin (foreigner) to be a made a Samurai Warrior. |
| Subject |
Clavell, James -- Film adaptations.
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Samurai -- Japan -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Merchant mariners -- Japan -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Television mini-series.
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Action and adventure films.
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Television adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Added Author |
Chamberlain, Richard, 1935- actor.
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Rhys-Davies, John, actor.
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, actor.
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Television adaptation of (work): Clavell, James.
Shōgun.
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CBS Studios Inc.
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Paramount Pictures Corporation, film distributor.
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| Added Title |
James Clavell's Shōgun |
| Standard No. |
032429144980 |
| Music No. |
7914498 CBS |
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