| Description |
5 videodiscs (DVD)(547 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, Region 1. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned and optional English subtitles; some parts in Japanese with English voice-overs. |
| Cast |
Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Shimada ; Orson Welles, narrator. |
| Credits |
Executive producer, James Clavell ; music, Maurice Jarre. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast in 1980. |
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At head of title: James Clavell's. |
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English 5.1 surround or English restored mono. |
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Includes: 13 segment documentary on the making of Shogun; historical featurettes on the samurai, the tea ceremony, and the geisha; optional audio commentary by Jerry London on select scenes. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Summary |
John Blackthorne is a ship-wrecked English navigator who becomes both an observer and a participant in historic changes in Japan during the Tokugawa, or, Edo period. Toranaga is a feuding warlord vying to become the supreme military dictator, or shogun. Blackthorne is drawn into the turmoil and becomes determined to be the first foreigner to become a samurai warrior. |
| Subject |
Adams, William, 1564-1620 -- Drama.
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Tokugawa, Ieyasu, 1543-1616 -- Drama.
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Shoguns -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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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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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Television mini-series Videodiscs.
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| Added Author |
London, Jerry.
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Chamberlain, Richard, 1935-
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997.
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Shimada, Yoko.
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Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
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Clavell, James.
Shōgun.
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| Added Title |
James Clavell's Shogun |
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Shōgun (Television program)
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| ISBN |
0792193326 |
| Standard No. |
097361549842 |
| Music No. |
15498 Paramount |
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