Shōgun
An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.
Starring
Richard Chamberlain
Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san
Toshirō Mifune
Lord Yoshi Toranaga
Yoko Shimada
Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
John Rhys-Davies
Vasco Rodrigues
Damien Thomas
Father Alvito
Frankie Sakai
Yabu
Yūki Meguro
Omi
Hiromi Senno
Fujiko
Alan Badel
Father Dell'Aqua
Miiko Taka
Kiri
Vladek Sheybal
Captain Ferriera
Nobuo Kaneko
Ishido
Hideo Takamatsu
Lord Buntarō
Michael Hordern
Friar Domingo
George Innes
Johann Vinck
Leon Lissek
Father Sebastio
Takeshi Ōbayashi
Urano
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Galley Captain
Akira Sera
Old Gardener
Atsuko Sano
Lady Ochiba
Masumi Okada
Brother Michael
Edward Peel
Pieterzoon
Eric Richard
Maetsukker
Neil McCarthy
Spillbergen
Seiji Miyaguchi
Muraji
Yōsuke Natsuki
Zataki
William Morgan Sheppard
Specz
Shin Takuma
Naga
Ai Matsubara
Rako
John J. Carney
Ginsel
Tōru Abe
Hiromatsu
Orson Welles
Narrator
Ian Jentle
Salamon
Stewart MacKenzie
Croocq
Hyōe Enoki
Jirobei
Steve Ubels
Roper
Yuko Kada
Sazuko
Yumiko Morishita
Asa
Masashi Ebara
Suga
Yoshie Kitsuda
Kyoko / Gyoko
Midori Takei
Sono
Rinichi Yamamoto
Yoshinaka
Setsuko Sekine
Genjiko
Episodes
1. Part 1
Set in early 17th-century Japan, shipwrecked English navigator John Blackthorne finds intrigue and culture shock in a feudal society that puts a premium on honor. A rival Lord sentences Blackthorne to death.
2. Part 2
After Lord Toronaga rescues Blackthorn from prison, he enlists him as his aide and names him, 'Anjin-san'. Mariko is directed to tutor Anjin-san in the language and customs of Japan.
3. Part 3
Blackthorne and Mariko begin a romance; Toronaga continues to build his army for a battle with Ishido. Anjin-san proves his mettle during an earthquake and is honored by Toranaga for bravery. Mariko's husband Buntaro, arrives in Anjiro.
4. Part 4
Anjin-san's assimilation of Japanese ways is evident in his exemplary conduct. Toranaga decides to return the Erasmus to Anjin-san. Mariko tells Father Alvito of a plot to murder a Christian lord on the Council of Regents.
5. Part 5
Treachery, tragedy and turns of events occur. Toronaga becomes SHOGUN after the defeat of Lord Ishido. Mariko is killed in the final battle at Osaka Castle. Heartbroken, but resolute, Blackthorne begins construction of another ship.
