An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan.An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan.An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan.
- Won 3 Primetime Emmys
- 8 wins & 13 nominations total
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- TriviaWill Adams, the real-life English sea captain and adventurer who made it to Japan in the 16th century, has a street named after him in Japan: Anjin-Cho.
- GoofsIn the opening shot, when the last of the five remaining Dutch vessels sails the Pacific, it carries the Dutch flag, red stripe on top, white in the middle and bottom's blue. This is "in the year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and ninety-eight..." but at that time, the top stripe on the Prince's Flag was orange as it first appeared in the 1570s. It was changed to red in the mid-17th century but it took until 1796, almost a century after the series is supposed to be set, before red white and blue were officially announced to be the official colors.
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[after Blackthorne's guard prevented an assassination attempt by Rodrigues]
Pilot-Major John Blackthorne: Captain Yoshinaka was right to search him. Was that your idea?
Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko: Please excuse me, but I was afraid for you.
Pilot-Major John Blackthorne: Sad, isn't it? Not being able to trust anyone.
Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko: It is not sad, Anjin-san. It is just one of life's most important rules.
- Alternate versionsOriginally a twelve-hour TV miniseries narrated by Orson Welles, it was later reissued for television in a somewhat shortened version with narration by Anne Bancroft. Shogun was re-edited into a 125-minutes movie for USA network TV with the addition of a new voice over narrated by Orson Welles
- ConnectionsEdited into Shogun (1980)
- SoundtracksBLACKTHORNE'S SHANTY
Words and Music by Eric Bercovici
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Epic, sweeping, amazing.
Without a doubt, this is the best American movie about the Orient that has been ever made. Nothing we Americans will do will ever surpass this. Next to Akira Kurosawa's amazing works, there is Shogun. Shogun is in excellent company.
Do NOT see the shortened version, see all of it. The multi tape version is great; and the single tape mini version is a travesty.
Do NOT see the shortened version, see all of it. The multi tape version is great; and the single tape mini version is a travesty.
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