James Clavell's Shōgun / executive producer, James Clavell ; written for television and produced by Eric Bercovici ; directed by Jerry London ; produced in association with Toho Company Ltd., Asahi National Broadcasting Co., Ltd., [and] Jardine, Matheson Co., Ltd. ; Paramount Pictures Corporation ; Paramount Television.

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 shōgun. Blackthorne is drawn into the turmoil and beco...

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Uniform Title:	Shōgun (Television program) Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors:	Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha (Production company) Zenkoku Asahi Hōsō Kabushiki Kaisha (Production company) Jardine, Matheson & Co (Production company) Paramount Pictures Corporation (Production company, Film distributor) Paramount Television (Production company) CBS Studios Inc (Film distributor)
Other Authors:	Clavell, James (Film producer) Bercovici, Eric (Screenwriter, Lyricist, composer (expression)) London, Jerry (Film director) Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 (Narrator) Chamberlain, Richard, 1935- (Actor) Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997 (Actor) Shimada, Yōko, 1953-2022 (Actor) Sakai, Furankī, 1929-1996 (Actor) Badel, Alan (Actor) Hordern, Michael, 1911-1995 (Actor) Thomas, Damien, 1942- (Actor) Rhys-Davies, John (Actor) Sheybal, Vladek, 1923-1992 (Actor) Innes, George, 1938- (Actor) Lissek, Leon, 1927- (Actor) Meguro, Yuki, 1947- (Actor) Takamatsu, Hideo, 1929-2007 (Actor) Senno, Hiromi (Actor) Kaneko, Nobuo, 1923-1995 (Actor) Jarre, Maurice (Conductor, composer (expression),) Heckert, James T. (Film editor) Luciano, Bill (Film editor) Rode, Donald R. (Film editor) Weissman, Benjamin A. (Film editor) Young, Jerry (Film editor) Jennings, Joseph R. (Production designer) Laszlo, Andrew, 1926-2011 (director of photography.) Pedigo, Tom, 1940-2000 (set decorator.) Nishioka, Yoshinobu, 1922-2019 (Art director) Nishida, Shin (Costume designer) Yasuda, Shoichi (set decorator.) Manki, Toshiaki (Costume designer)
Language:	English Japanese
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned and optional English subtitles.
Published:	Hollywood, CA : CBS Studios : Paramount Pictures, [2010]
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:	Clavell, James > Television adaptations. Adams, William, > 1564-1620 > Drama. Tokugawa, Ieyasu, > 1543-1616 > Drama. Shoguns > Drama. Samurai > Japan > Drama. Merchant mariners > Japan > Drama. Japan > History > Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 > Drama. Adams, William, > 1564-1620. Clavell, James. Tokugawa, Ieyasu, > 1543-1616. Merchant mariners. Samurai. Shoguns. Japan. 1600-1868 History. Television mini-series. Films for the hearing impaired. Historical television programs. Action and adventure television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Drama. Television adaptations.
Genre:	Television adaptations. Drama. History. Television mini-series. Films for the hearing impaired. Historical television programs. Action and adventure television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	5 videodiscs (547 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Shōgun.
Format:	Video DVD