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The miniseries starred Richard Chamberlain and was an immediate ratings smash when it premiered on Sept. 15, 1980. Finding where to watch the original Shōgun or where Shōgun is available to...
Sep 15, 1980 · Shogun: Directed by Jerry London. With Richard Chamberlain, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Shimada, Furankî Sakai. An English navigator becomes both pawn and player in the deadly political games in feudal Japan.
- (5.1K)
- Adventure, Drama, History
- Jerry London
- 1980-09-15
Shogun: With Richard Chamberlain, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Shimada, Furankî Sakai. An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan.
- (16K)
- 1980-09-15
- Adventure, Drama, History
- 109
The series was produced by Paramount Television and first broadcast in the United States on NBC over five nights between September 15 and 19, 1980. It was written by Eric Bercovici and directed by Jerry London, and stars Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune, and Yoko Shimada, with a large supporting cast.
A landmark in the miniseries genre, which occupies a permanent niche alongside "Roots," "Centennial" and "Rich Man, Poor Man", this 12-hour, six-part adaptation of James Clavell's best-seller follows the fortunes of an ambitious English navigator who is shipwrecked with his Dutch crew in feudal...
Sep 7, 2010 · In his award-winning performance, Chamberlain stars as John Blackthorne, the 17th-century English navigator on a Dutch trading ship. A storm runs the ship aground off the coast of Japan, a "torn and cruelly divided country" locked in a power struggle between Toranaga (the venerable Toshiro Mifune) and Ishido, two warlords who would be Shogun.
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May 26, 2024 · The 1980 Shōgun miniseries is finally streaming. You can watch all 5 episodes, starring Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune, on Paramount+.
