Shōgun

Overview

An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.

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  Miniseries

  5 episodes · 1980

  John Blackthorne, an English ship pilot, whose vessel wrecked upon the Japanese coast in the early 17th century is forced to deal with the two most powerful men in Japan in these days. He is thrown in the midst of a war between Toranaga and Ishido, who struggle for the title of Shogun which will give ultimate power to the one who possesses it.