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Summary:

A ship-wrecked English navigator becomes both an observer and a participant in historic changes wracking a Japan coming to grips with contact with western society.

Contributors:

Bercovici, Eric

London, Jerry

Chamberlain, Richard, 1935-

Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997

Shimada, Yōko

Jarre, Maurice

Clavell, James

Welles, Orson, 1915-1985

Paramount Pictures Corporation

Paramount Home Video (Firm)

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Closed-captioned.
In English.

Main Work:

Shōgun (Television program)

Subjects:

Samurai — Japan — Drama

Japan — History — Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 — Drama

1600-1868

Samurai

Japan

Genres:

Television programs

Television mini-series

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

History

Drama

System Details:

DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital.

Performers:

Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Shimada.

Production Credits:

Narrator, Orson Welles ; music, Maurice Jarre.

General Notes:

Originally broadcast by NBC in 1980.
Special features: 13 segment documentary on the making of Shogun; historical featurettes on the samurai, the tea ceremony, and the geisha; audio commentary by director Jerry London on select scenes.
Golden Globes, 1981: Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Drama (Richard Chamberlain); Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Drama (Yoko Shimada); Best TV-Series - Drama.

Audience:

Not rated.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

SHO 1980 DVD

ISBNs:

0792193326 (set)

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 097361549842 (set)
Publisher Number, Paramount: 15498

OCLC Numbers:

53995389