TV Series

Series Name:	James Clavell's Shogun (Shogun)
Format:	TV Series
IMDB:	IMDB Page
Years:	1980
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Genre:	History, Drama, Adventure
Rating:	8.5 Rate
Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	6 Have Seen
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Selected Cast	Richard Chamberlain as Pilot-Major John Blackthorne (a.k.a. "Anjin-San")
	Toshiro Mifune as Lord Toranaga
	Yoko Shimada as Lady Mariko
	John Rhys-Davies as Vasco Rodrigues
	Damien Thomas as Father Martin Alvito
	Takeshi Obayashi as Urano
	Michael Hordern as Friar Domingo
	Frankie Sakai as Lord Yabu
	Vladek Sheybal as Capt. Ferreira
	Orson Welles as Narrator (voice)

Notes

English and Japanese language.

Originally broadcast in the US as a 5-part miniseries over the course of the week. It became the most successful production in this format since the two Roots miniseries. The series is notable for breaking taboos related to language, violence and sexuality on US network television.

A syndicated version of the series was released edited into one-hour chapters. Some versions broadcast do not have Orson Welles' narration which is otherwise used to explain scenes in which the characters speak only Japanese (the producers chose not to subtitle those scenes).

A theatrical version of Shogun was released as well, with additional sex and violence but with the 10-hour story condensed into 2 hours.

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23skidoo 7th Mar 2016		@TopPopper - That's because someone has already merged the two articles, so we're good.



TopPopper 6th Mar 2016		Can you clarify skidoo? Your link comes back to this page.



23skidoo 5th Mar 2016		This is a duplicate of https://www.45worlds.com/tvseries/show/james-clavells-shogun which I inputted last year.



23skidoo 17th Jul 2015		I am certain the version I watched back in 1980 did not have Orson Welles as narrator. I believe he was added for later broadcasts and home video releases because viewers had trouble understanding the non-subtitled Japanese sequences. I have seen a French-dubbed version of reedited into a 10-part series, so I think listing this as a series is justified.

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