Description |
5 videodiscs (547 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Note |
Originally broadcast by NBC in 1980. |
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Special features: 13 segment documentary on the making of Shogun ; historical featurettes on the samurai, the tea ceremony, and the geisha ; audio commentary by director Jerry London on select scenes. |
Credits |
Executive producer, James Clavell ; music composed & conducted by, Maurice Jarre. |
Cast |
Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Shimada ; Orson Welles, narrator. |
Summary |
A ship-wrecked English navigator becomes both an observer and a participant in historic changes wracking a Japan coming to grips with contact with western society. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen, Dolby Digital. |
Language |
English dialogue; closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Samurai -- Japan -- Drama.
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Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Television mini-series -- United States.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Chamberlain, Richard, 1935- Actor.
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Welles, Orson, 1915-1985. Narrator.
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London, Jerry. Director.
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Bercovici, Eric. Screenwriter.
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Clavell, James.
Shōgun.
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Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927)
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Added Title |
Shogun |
ISBN |
0792193326 |
Standard No. |
097361549842 |
Music No. |
15498 Paramount |
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