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Shogun

on BBC One London

by JAMES CLAVELL
Another chance to see the award-winning serial in five parts inspired by the true story of Will Adams , an Elizabethan sailor who became the only non-Japanese Samurai. starring
Richard Chamberlain Toshiro Mifune Yoko Shimada Alan Badel
John Rhys-Davies Narrated by Orson WeUes
1: The year is 1600. Japan is dangerously divided, ruled by a Council of Regents which includes two warlords,
Toranaga and Ishido-each cleverly chosen to neutralise the other's ambition to become Shogun, supreme military dictator.
Into this political power struggle fate throws Pilot-
Major John Blackthome , an English navigator, shipwrecked while trying to break the Portuguese monopoly of the silk trade.
Written and produced by ERIC BERCOVIC 1
Directed by JERRY LONDON (R)
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Contributors

Unknown:
James Clavell
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Will Adams
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Richard Chamberlain
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Toshiro Mifune
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Yoko Shimada
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Alan Badel
Unknown:
John Rhys-Davies
Unknown:
Major John Blackthome
Produced By:
Eric Bercovic
Directed By:
Jerry London
John Blackthome:
Richard Chamberlain
Lord Toranaga:
Toshiro Mifune
Lady Mariko:
Yoko Shimada
Fr Alvito:
Damien Thomas
Fr Dell'Aqua:
Alan Badel
Rodriguez:
John Rhys-Davies
Captain Ferreira:
Vladek Sheybal
Vinck:
George Innes
Friar Domingo:
Michael Hordern
Fr Sebastio:
Leon Lissak
Lord Yabu:
Frankie Sakai
Lord Ishido:
Nobuo Kaneko
Actor:
Omi Yukimeguro

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