James Clavell's Shōgun
(DVD)

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Published
Los Angeles : Paramount Home Video, [2003].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (547 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Southside - Media
DVD Shōgun Pt. 1-3
1 available
Southside - Media
DVD Shōgun Pt. 4-5
1 available

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Oliver La Farge - MediaDVD Shōgun Pt. 1-3Checked OutApril 6, 2024
Oliver La Farge - MediaDVD Shōgun Pt. 4-5Checked OutApril 6, 2024
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Published
Los Angeles : Paramount Home Video, [2003].
Language
English
UPC
097361549842

Notes

General Note
Originally broadcast in 1980.
General Note
English 5.1 surround or English restored mono.
General Note
Includes: 13 segment documentary on the making of Shogun; historical featurettes on the samurai, the tea ceremony, and the geisha; optional audio commentary by Jerry London on select scenes.
Creation/Production Credits
Executive producer, James Clavell ; music, Maurice Jarre.
Participants/Performers
Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Shimada ; Orson Welles, narrator.
Description
John Blackthorne is a ship-wrecked English navigator who becomes both an observer and a participant in historic changes in Japan during the Tokugawa, or, Edo period. Toranaga is a feuding warlord vying to become the supreme military dictator, or shōgun. Blackthorne is drawn into the turmoil and becomes determined to be the first foreigner to become a samurai warrior.
System Details
DVD format, NTSC, region 1.
Language
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired and optional English subtitles; some parts in Japanese with English voice-overs.

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