Shogun (1980 miniseries)

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American television series television miniseries

Shogun (1980 miniseries) is an American television adaptation of James Clavell's novel, depicting an English navigator's entanglement in 17th-century Japanese politics and culture.

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Label Occurrences
Shogun (1980 miniseries) canonical 1
Shōgun (1980 miniseries) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American television series ⓘ
television miniseries ⓘ
authorOfSourceMaterial James Clavell ⓘ
awardReceived Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series ⓘ
basedOn Shogun ⓘ
surface form: Shōgun (novel)
characterPortrayed John Blackthorne ⓘ
Mariko ⓘ
Lord Yoshii Toranaga ⓘ
surface form: Toranaga
composer Maurice Jarre ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts feudal Japan ⓘ
political intrigue in Japan ⓘ
samurai culture ⓘ
director Jerry London ⓘ
executiveProducer Eric Bercovici ⓘ
James Clavell ⓘ
filmingLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Japan ⓘ
follows story of an English navigator in Japan ⓘ
genre adventure television series ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ
hasAdaptation home video version with edited length ⓘ
mainCharacter John Blackthorne ⓘ
Mariko ⓘ
Lord Yoshii Toranaga ⓘ
surface form: Toranaga
notableFor extensive use of Japanese dialogue without subtitles ⓘ
high production values for a 1980 television miniseries ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 5 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originallyAiredAs five-night television event ⓘ
originalNetwork NBC ⓘ
originalReleaseFormat television broadcast ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1980 ⓘ
portrayedBy Richard Chamberlain ⓘ
Toshirō Mifune ⓘ
surface form: Toshiro Mifune

Yoko Shimada ⓘ
productionCompany Nippon Television Network ⓘ
surface form: Nippon Television

Paramount Television Studios ⓘ
surface form: Paramount Television
releaseMedium television ⓘ
runningTimePerEpisode approximately 2 hours ⓘ
settingPeriod early 17th century ⓘ
settingPlace Japan ⓘ
starred Damien Thomas ⓘ
John Rhys-Davies ⓘ
Michael Hordern ⓘ
theme cultural clash between Europe and Japan ⓘ
religious conflict involving Christianity in Japan ⓘ
writer Eric Bercovici ⓘ

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John Rhys-Davies → workedOn → Shogun (1980 miniseries) ⓘ
Yoshii Toranaga in Shōgun (2024 miniseries) → adaptationOfCharacterFrom → Shogun (1980 miniseries) ⓘ
subject surface form: Yoshii Toranaga (Shōgun 2024)
this entity surface form: Shōgun (1980 miniseries)