Shōgun

About Shōgun

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

Shōgun is an action-adventure, war, and politics series that ran on NBC. Its themes are samurai, 17th century, asia, and sengoku period.

It reached one season of 5 episodes from September 1980.

Richard Chamberlain appears as Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, Toshirō Mifune as Lord Yoshi Toranaga, Yoko Shimada as Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko, and John Rhys-Davies as Vasco Rodrigues. It was produced by Jardine Matheson, Paramount Television, and TOHO.

It streams on RetroCrush Amazon Channel in the United States. Shōgun, Dororo, and BLUE EYE SAMURAI make useful companions to Shōgun, all filed under japan. TMDB voters put it at 7.6 out of 10 across 249 votes and it carries a TV-14 rating.