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Shōgun / produced in association with Toho Company Ltd., Asahi National Broadcasting Co., Ltd., [and] Jardine, Matheson Co., Ltd. ; Paramount Pictures Corporation ; written for television and produced by Eric Bercovici ; directed by Jerry London.
The story of a shipwrecked English navigator who becomes a samurai during a struggle for power by a Shogun and the Emperor in feudal Japan.
Record details
- ISBN: 0792193326
- Physical Description: 5 videodiscs (547 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Full screen.
- Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Video, c2003.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Based on the novel by James Clavell. Special features include 13 segment documentary on the making of Shōgun; historical featurettes on the samurai, the tea ceremony, and the geisha; optional audio commentary by Jerry London on select scenes. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Executive producer, James Clavell ; music, Maurice Jarre ; editor, James T. Heckert ... [et al.] ; production designer, Joseph R. Jennings ; director of photography, Andrew Laszlo. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Shimada ; narrator: Orson Welles. |
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | DVD release of the series originally broadcast on television in 1980. |
System Details Note: | DVD ; Dolby digital, English 5.1 surround or English restored mono.. |
Language Note: | Closed-captioned and optional English subtitles; some parts in Japanese with English voice-overs. |
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Subject: | 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. |
Genre: | Television mini-series. Television adaptations. Historical television programs. Fiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |