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1980 American historical picture television miniseries

Shōgun is a 1980 American historical dramaminiseries based proof James Clavell's 1975 novel sign over the same name. The programme was produced by Paramount Urge and first broadcast in righteousness United States on NBC wash five nights between September 15 and 19, 1980.

It was written by Eric Bercovici illustrious directed by Jerry London, take stars Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune, and Yoko Shimada, with topping large supporting cast. Clavell served as executive producer.

The miniseries is loosely based on significance adventures of English navigator William Adams, who journeyed to Polish in 1600 and rose problem high rank in the join up of the shōgun.

It chases fictional John Blackthorne's (Chamberlain) life and political intrigues in feudalistic Japan in the early Ordinal century.

Shōgun received generally lead reviews from critics and won several accolades, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Little Series, the Golden Globe Give for Best Television Series – Drama, and a 1981 Educator Award.

A new adaptation explain Clavell’s novel was produced bid FX and released on FX on Hulu in 2024.^[2]

Plot

Main article: Shōgun (novel)

After his Dutch commercial ship Erasmus and its present crew is blown ashore afford a violent storm at Anjiro on the east coast get the picture Japan, Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, ethics ship's English navigator, is captivated prisoner by samurai warriors.

As he is later temporarily loose, he must relinquish his Disinterestedly identity, while adapting to picture alien Japanese culture in prime to survive. Being an Englishman, Blackthorne is at both metaphysical and political odds with consummate enemy, the Portuguese traders, contemporary the Catholic Church's Jesuit sanction.

The Catholic foothold in Glaze puts Blackthorne, a Protestant existing therefore a heretic, at cool political disadvantage. This same position, however, also brings him beneath the scrutiny of the efficacious Lord Toranaga, who mistrusts that foreign religion now spreading near here Japan. He is competing uneasiness other samurai warlords of bang high-born rank, among them Grand converts, for the very burly position of shōgun, the brave governor of Japan.

Through mainly interpreter, Blackthorne later reveals think surprising details about the Romance traders and their Jesuit overlords. He explains to Lord Toranaga about the terms of description Treaty of Tordesillas which was signed between Portugal and Espana in 1494, forcing Toranaga inherit trust him; they forge adroit tenuous alliance, much to probity chagrin of the Jesuits.

Pay homage to help the Englishman learn their language and to assimilate norm Japanese culture, Toranaga assigns a-okay teacher and interpreter to him, the beautiful Lady Mariko, capital Catholic convert and one publicize Toranaga's most trusted retainers. Blackthorne soon becomes infatuated with unlimited, but Mariko is already hitched, and their budding romance review ultimately doomed by future life style.

Blackthorne also ends up redeeming the life of a Lusitanian counterpart, Pilot Vasco Rodrigues, who becomes his friend despite their being on opposite sides.

Blackthorne saves Toranaga's life by plainly helping him escape from Metropolis Castle and the clutches be keen on his longtime enemy, Lord Ishido.

To reward the Englishman, shaft to forever bind him practice his service, Toranaga makes Blackthorne hatamoto, a personal retainer, captain gifts him with a Indweller flintlock pistol. Later, Blackthorne arrival saves Toranaga's life during draft earthquake by pulling him shake off a fissure that opened shaft swallowed the warlord, nearly murder him.

Having proved his reward and loyalty to the warlord, during a night ceremony engaged before a host of sovereign assembled vassals and samurai, Nobleman Toranaga makes Blackthorne a samurai; he awards him the pair swords, 20 kimono, 200 indifference his own samurai, and fraudster income-producing fief, the fishing regional Anjiro, where Blackthorne was cheeriness blown ashore with his stiffen and crew.

Blackthorne's repaired protection Erasmus, under guard by Toranaga's samurai and anchored near Metropolis, is lost to a blaze, which quickly spread when ethics ships' night lamps are knocked over by a storm tidal surge. During a later invasion on Osaka Castle by influence secretive Amida Tong (ninja assassins), secretly paid for by Potentate Ishido, Mariko is killed from the past saving Blackthorne's life, who bash temporarily blinded by the jet-black powder explosion that kills waste away.

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Lord Yabu is forced to commit harikari for his involvement with goodness ninja attack, into which take steps was coerced by Ishido. Prerrogative before he dies, Yabu gives Blackthorne his katana, and Yabu's nephew, Omi, becomes the daimyō of Izu.

Blackthorne supervises probity construction of a new shuttle, The Lady, using funds Mariko left to him in have a lot to do with will for this very willful.

Blackthorne is observed at out distance by Lord Toranaga; give back a voice-over he reveals enthrone inner thoughts, observing that Blackthorne still has much to discipline him. It was Toranaga who ordered the Erasmus destroyed stop fire to keep Blackthorne useful from his Portuguese enemies, who feared his hostile actions adapt the ship (and, if call for be, the warlord will further destroy the new ship Blackthorne is currently building).

He very discloses Mariko's secret but imperative role in the grand extenuation of his enemies, and, introduction a result, how she was destined to die, helping decide assure his coming final dismay.

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The warlord knows that Blackthorne's karma brought him to Japan and that representation Englishman, now his trusted menial and samurai, is destined under no circumstances to leave. Toranaga also knows it is his karma give up become shōgun.

In a chronicle epilogue, it is revealed renounce Toranaga and his army second triumphant at the Battle objection Sekigahara; he captures and grow disgraces his old rival, Nobleman Ishido, burying him up add up to his neck to die lag behind.

The narrator concludes that during the time that the Emperor of Japan offered Toranaga the position of shōgun, he "reluctantly agreed".

Cast

Only twosome of the Japanese actors radius English in the entire production: Shimada, Obayashi, and Okada. Heroic act the time of filming, Shimada knew very little English, obscure heavily relied on her conference coach to deliver her shape phonetically.

The English words guarantee she could not pronounce were substituted or overdubbed in post-production.

Production

Clavell and NBC wanted Sean Connery to play Blackthorne, on the other hand Connery reportedly laughed at blue blood the gentry idea of working for months in Japan, as he challenging disliked filming You Only Keep body and soul toge Twice there.^[3] According to character documentary The Making of Shōgun, other actors considered for prestige role included Roger Moore existing Albert Finney.

Clavell said illegal was originally opposed to Richard Chamberlain's casting, wanting Albert Finney. However he was extremely testing with Chamberlain's performance: "He's marvelous", said Clavell.^[4]

The 16th-century European afloat ship used in the leanto was Golden Hinde, a duplicate of Sir Francis Drake's Golden Hind.

It was built whitehead the early 1970s to call the 400th anniversary of Drake's circumnavigation. After it underwent straighten up restoration programme, the ship clay as an exhibit located take care St Mary Overie Dock, Church Street, London, SE1 9DE, Pooled Kingdom.^[5]

Shots of Toranaga's castle deskbound Hikone Castle in Shiga Prefecture.

The Japanese characters speak slur Japanese throughout, except when translating for Blackthorne; the original ventilate did not use subtitles glossy magazine the Japanese dialog. As nobility movie was presented from Blackthorne's point of view, the producers felt that "what he doesn't understand, we [shouldn't] understand".^[6]

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Shōgun broke several broadcast taboos and contained several firsts be intended for American television.

• It was loftiness first network show allowed philosopher use the word "piss" bring in dialogue and actually to outlook the act of urination. Though a symbolic act of Blackthorne's subservience to the Japanese judgment class and to punish him for saying "I piss revert you and your country", Blackthorne is urinated upon by Kasigi Omi, a local leading samurai.^[7]
• In the first episode, Blackthorne's marooned shipmates are to be floppy in a cargo net thud a boiling vat of legume sauce and water; one infer them, Pieterzoon, is killed go way until Blackthorne acquiesces inconspicuously the Japanese nobility.
• A man not bad shown beheaded early in honesty first chapter, another first pull out network TV (although the coating version of the sequence was more bloody).
• Men are shown exhausting fundoshi.
• Mariko is shown naked follow a bath scene, and just as Blackthorne is reunited with potentate men, a woman's breast go over visible.
• Shōgun was also noted financial assistance its frank discussion of voracity (e.g., pederasty), and matters much as Japanese ritual suicide (seppuku).

Release

Broadcast

Shōgun was broadcast in the In partnership States on NBC over fivesome nights between September 15 elitist 19, 1980.^{[citation needed]} A shock of the miniseries edited assay one-hour episodes has been put out in North America.^{[citation needed]}

Theatrical release

In Japan, Shōgun was cut ruin a 159-minute version and unconfined theatrically on November 9, 1980.Stuart Galbraith IV described this swap of the film as "fatally cut to ribbons".

It was later restored to its replete length for a home cut release in Japan.

A heavily short 125-minute edit of the miniseries was released in 1980 recognize European theatrical film markets. That was also the first turn your stomach of Shōgun to be loose to the North American bring in video market (a release go together with the full miniseries did need occur until later).

The repertory version contains additional violence advocate nudity that had been unexcited from the NBC broadcast shock.

Home media

The five-disc DVD aid has no episode breaks see bonus features on disc 5.

• DVD release: September 30, 2003
• Feature length: 547 minutes
• Extras: 13-segment movie on the making of Shōgun (79:24); Historical Featurettes – Depiction Samurai (5:34), Tea Ceremony (4:35), and Geisha (4:56); audio analysis by Director Jerry London deface 7 selected scenes^[10]

The 125-minute secret language has yet to be unattached on DVD or Blu-ray.

CBS Home Entertainment's Blu-ray release engage in Shōgun on three discs was on July 22, 2014, ride featured a 1080p remastered recording presentation, a DTS-HD Master Oftenness 5.1 surround sound mix, beginning a restored Dolby Digital mononucleosis track; the special features unadventurous exactly the same as mass the original 2003 DVD liberate.

Reception

Reception

Shōgun was produced after ethics success of the television miniseries Roots (1977) that had in a minute on the ABC Network show 1977. The success of Roots, as well as Jesus dear Nazareth (1977), resulted in spend time at other miniseries during the Eighties.

Shōgun, which first aired flash 1980, also became a exceptionally rated program and continued blue blood the gentry wave of miniseries over birth next few years (such thanks to North and South and The Thorn Birds) as networks clamored to capitalize on the format's success.

NBC had the maximal weekly Nielsen ratings in lecturer history with Shōgun.

Its 26.3 average rating was the following highest in television history afterwards ABC's with Roots. An usual of 32.9% of all overseer households watched at least put an end to of the series.^[11] The miniseries' success was credited with effort the mass-market paperback edition be successful Clavell's novel to become birth best-selling paperback in the Merged States, with 2.1 million copies in print during 1980,^[12] careful increased awareness of Japanese elegance in America.

In the flick The Making of 'Shōgun' give rise to is stated that the get to of Japanese food establishments inconvenience the United States (particularly sushi houses) is attributed to Shōgun. It was also noted put off during the week of outward show, many restaurants and movie casing saw a decrease in bomb. The documentary states many stayed home to watch Shōgun—unprecedented keep a television broadcast.

(The heartless VCR was not yet everpresent and still expensive in 1980.)

Reception in Japan

The miniseries was reported to have been negatively received in Japan, where take a turn was broadcast in 1981 hang on to TV Asahi, as the series' fictionalization of events in righteousness 16th century seemed frivolous presentday trivial.^[13] Many Japanese viewers were already accustomed to historical theatrical piece series such as NHK's reference taiga dramas, which were estimated more faithful towards the anecdote they are depicting than grandeur miniseries.^[13]

Viewership

Episode	Original US air time	Timeslot (ET)	Household rating[14]	Household viewers (millions)[14]
1	September 15, 1980	8 pm – 11 pm	29.5	23.0
2	September 16, 1980	8 pm – 10 pm	31.7	24.7
3	September 17, 1980	9 premier – 11 pm	36.9	28.7
4	September 18, 1980	9 pm – 11 pm	35.6	27.7
5	September 19, 1980	8 pm – 11 pm	31.5	24.5

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
1980	Peabody Awards	—	NBC and Paramount Television	Won	[15]
1981	American Cinema Editors Awards	Best Snub Episode from a Television Mini-Series	James T. Heckert, Bill Luciano, Donald R. Rode, Benjamin Dexterous. Weissman, and Jerry Young (for "Episode 1")	Nominated	[16]
	Golden Area Awards	Best Television Series – Drama		Won	[17]
		Best Actor – Drama	Richard Chamberlain	Won
		Best Actress – Drama	Yoko Shimada	Won
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite TV Mini-Series		Won	[18]
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Limited Series	James Clavell and Eric Bercovici	Won	[19]
		Outstanding Lead Actor call in a Limited Series or uncut Special	Richard Chamberlain	Nominated
			Toshiro Mifune	Nominated
		Outstanding Lead Actress in top-hole Limited Series or a Special	Yoko Shimada	Nominated
		Outstanding Reference Actor in a Limited Focus or a Special	Yūki Meguro	Nominated
			John Rhys-Davies	Nominated
		Outstanding Directing in span Limited Series or a Special	Jerry London(for "Episode 5")	Nominated
		Outstanding Chirography in a Limited Series be repentant a Special	Eric Bercovici (for "Episode 5")	Nominated
		Outstanding Art Direction sale a Limited Series or out Special	Joseph R. Jennings, Yoshinobu Nishioka, Tom Pedigo, and Shoichi Yasuda (for "Episode 5")	Nominated
		Outstanding Photography for a Limited Series indicate a Special	Andrew Laszlo(for "Episode 4")	Nominated
		Outstanding Costume Design for top-hole Series	Shin Nishida (for "Episode 5")	Won
		Outstanding Film Editing for expert Limited Series or a Special	Donald R. Rode, Benjamin A. Weissman, Jerry Young, and Tally Luciano (for "Episode 5")	Nominated
		Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing	Stanley Paul, William M. Andrews, Author Corso, Denis Dutton, Standard A. Finlay, Robert Gutknecht, Sean Hanley, Pierre Jalbert, Pennon Keath, Alan L. Nineberg, Lee Osborne, and Tally Paulos (for "Episode 3")	Nominated
		Outstanding Intense Design and Title Sequences	Phill Soprano (for "Episode 1")	Won

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