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15 September 1980 (USA)
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An English navigator becomes both pawn and player in the deadly political games in feudal Japan. full summary | add synopsis
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Japan
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Shogun
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Feudal Society
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Feudal Japan
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Battle
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1 win
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Not very good if you've seen the miniseries.
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James Clavell's Shogun (USA) (complete title)
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125 min (edited version)
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Crew or equipment visible: Helicopter shadow on the water in the opening scenes.
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Father Alvito:
You are a heretic Dutchman pirate! You're going to die.
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| DVD! | Phil_H |
| Sub-titles? | paladinMJ |
| miniseries length | seaotter12398 |
| when first showed | pedersen92591 |
| This is the 2 hour, not 9 hour version! | teegz |
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Basically, trying to fit a Clavell epic into a 2-hour movie is like trying to fit the entire Sears catalog into a single 30-second ad. While the miniseries is a masterful adaptation, covering all of the essential plotlines and perhaps even adding to the understanding for Mariko's and Blackthorne's relationship, the 2-hour cut is piece-meal and poorly edited. in short, it doesn't make sense, and it doesn't do justice to Clavel's greatest epic.
It is also a great read, by the way.