1 Season
5 Episode
Shōgun - Season 1 Episode 1 Part 1
A nation of violence, Samurai warriors ... and forbidden love.
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.
- Year: 1980
- Country: Hong Kong, Japan, United States of America
- Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama, War & Politics
- Studio: NBC
- Keyword: japan, asia, samurai, miniseries, period drama, sengoku period, 17th century
- Director: James Clavell
- Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Toshirō Mifune, Yoko Shimada, John Rhys-Davies, Damien Thomas, Frankie Sakai