Shogun
An English navigator becomes both pawn and player in the deadly political games in feudal Japan.
In the seventeenth century, a Dutch ship sails the Pacific from the Americas in order to escape the Spanish. Pilot-Major John Blackthorne (Richard Chamberlain) is the pilot of the ship and the first to realize the possibilities of Japan. Japan is a feudal society which has a strong presence of the Portugese. A struggle is in the final stages for who will be the Shogun, the leader who, under the Emperor, governs the land. Lord Yoshi Toranaga (Toshirô Mifune) sees in Blackthorn things he can use to at least survive the struggle to come, and if both play their hands correctly, become Shogun.
In the seventeenth century, a Dutch ship sails the Pacific from the Americas in order to escape the Spanish. Pilot-Major John Blackthorne (Richard Chamberlain) is the pilot of the ship and the first to realize the possibilities of Japan. Japan is a feudal society which has a strong presence of the Portugese. A struggle is in the final stages for who will be the Shogun, the leader who, under the Emperor, governs the land. Lord Yoshi Toranaga (Toshirô Mifune) sees in Blackthorn things he can use to at least survive the struggle to come, and if both play their hands correctly, become Shogun.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War, History
Actor: Richard Chamberlain, Toshirō Mifune, Yoko Shimada, John Rhys-Davies, Yôko Shimada, Anne Bancroft, Masashi Ebara, Orson Welles, Toshirô Mifune, Frankie Sakai
Director: Jerry London
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Runtime: 159
Release: 1980
Rating: 7.64286 out of 10
Language: en, English, 日本語,
Views: 904
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Quality: DVD
Also known as: James Clavell's Shogun
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