James Clavell's shōgun

Resource Information

The work James Clavell's shōgun represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Alpha Park Public Library District. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

James Clavell's shōgun

Statement of responsibility

written for television and produced by Eric Bercovici ; directed by Jerry London ; produced in association with Toho Company Ltd., Asahi National Broadcasting Co., Ltd., [and] Jardine, Matheson Co., Ltd. ; Paramount Pictures Corporation

Title variation

Shōgun

Creator

• Shōgun (Television program)

Contributor

• Jardine, Matheson & Co
• Paramount Home Video (Firm)
• Paramount Pictures Corporation
• Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha
• Zenkoku Asahi Hōsō Kabushiki Kaisha
• Bercovici, Eric
• Chamberlain, Richard, 1935-
• Clavell, James
• London, Jerry
• Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997
• Shimada, Yōko, 1953-
• Welles, Orson, 1915-1985

Subject

• 1600-1868
• Action and adventure television programs
• Action and adventure television programs
• Adams, William, 1564-1620
• Adams, William, 1564-1620 -- Drama
• Adventure television programs
• Clavell, James
• Clavell, James -- Television adaptations
• DVD-Video discs
• DVDs
• Drama
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Historical television programs
• Historical television programs
• History
• Japan
• Japan -- History -- Fiction
• Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 -- Drama
• Japan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
• Merchant mariners
• Merchant mariners -- Japan -- Drama
• Samurai
• Samurai -- Japan -- Drama
• Samurai films
• Samurai films
• Shoguns
• Shoguns -- Drama
• Television adaptations
• Television adaptations
• Television mini-series
• Television mini-series
• Television programs
• Television programs
• Television programs -- Japan
• Television programs -- Japan
• Television programs -- United States
• Television programs -- United States
• Tokugawa, Ieyasu, 1543-1616
• Tokugawa, Ieyasu, 1543-1616 -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Action and adventure television programs
• Adventure television programs
• DVD-Video discs
• Drama
• Fiction
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Historical television programs
• History
• Samurai films
• Television adaptations
• Television mini-series
• Television programs
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• jpn
• eng
• eng

Summary

John Blackthorne is a ship-wrecked English navigator who becomes both an observer and a participant in historic changes in Japan during the Tokugawa, or, Edo period. Toranaga is a feuding warlord vying to become the supreme military dictator, or shōgun. Blackthorne is drawn into the turmoil and becomes determined to be the first foreigner to become a samurai warrior

Cataloging source

OWL

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Executive producer, James Clavell ; music, Maurice Jarre

Dewey number

791.45/72

Language note

• Closed-captioned and optional English subtitles; some parts in Japanese with English voice-overs
• English 5.1 surround or English restored mono

LC call number

PN1992.8.F5

LC item number

S554 2003

PerformerNote

• Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Shimada
• Orson Welles, narrator

Runtime

547

Target audience

general

Technique

live action