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James Clavell's Shōgun /

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Chamberlain plays Blackthorne, an English navigator shipwrecked on the shores of feudal Japan, who becomes a samurai. Mifune is Toranaga, the warlord driven to become Shōgun-- supreme military dictator. Shimada plays Mariko, Blackthorn's interpreter and ill-fated lover.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Paramount Pictures Corporation
Other Authors: London, Jerry, Jarre, Maurice, Chamberlain, Richard, 1935-, Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, Shimada, Yoko, Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, Clavell, James
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: Hollywood, Cal : Paramount Pictures Corp., [1993]
Edition:2 hour feature length version.
Subjects:
Japan > History > Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 > Drama.
Samurai > Japan > Drama.
Historical films.
Samurai films.
Motion pictures, American.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:Chamberlain plays Blackthorne, an English navigator shipwrecked on the shores of feudal Japan, who becomes a samurai. Mifune is Toranaga, the warlord driven to become Shōgun-- supreme military dictator. Shimada plays Mariko, Blackthorn's interpreter and ill-fated lover.
Item Description:Based on the novel by James Clavell.
"This is a special two-hour feature length version of the landmark television mini-series"--Container.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (124 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS hi-fi; Dolby B NR on linear tracks.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Executive producer, James Clavell ; music composed and conducted by Maurice Jarre.
ISBN:0792105885