James Clavell's Shōgun
(DVD)

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Published
Los Angeles : Paramount Home Video, c2003.
ISBN
0792193326, 9780792193326
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (547 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Adult DVD - Public Shelving
DVD TV SHOGUN v.1
1 available
Adult DVD - Public Shelving
DVD TV SHOGUN v.2
1 available
Adult DVD - Public Shelving
DVD TV SHOGUN v.3
1 available

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Adult DVD - Public ShelvingDVD TV SHOGUN v.1On Shelf
Adult DVD - Public ShelvingDVD TV SHOGUN v.2On Shelf
Adult DVD - Public ShelvingDVD TV SHOGUN v.3On Shelf
Adult DVD - Public ShelvingDVD TV SHOGUN v.4&5On Shelf

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Published
Los Angeles : Paramount Home Video, c2003.
Format
DVD
Language
English
ISBN
0792193326, 9780792193326
UPC
097361549842

Notes

General Note
Originally broadcast in 1980.
General Note
English 5.1 surround or English restored mono.
General Note
Includes: 13 segment documentary on the making of Shogun; historical featurettes on the samurai, the tea ceremony, and the geisha; optional audio commentary by Jerry London on select scenes.
Creation/Production Credits
Executive producer, James Clavell ; music, Maurice Jarre.
Participants/Performers
Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Shimada ; Orson Welles, narrator.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD, NTSC, Region 1.
Language
Closed-captioned and optional English subtitles; some parts in Japanese with English voice-overs.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

London, J., Chamberlain, R., Mifune, T., Shimada, Y., Clavell, J., & Welles, O. (2003). James Clavell's Shōgun . Paramount Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jerry. London et al.. 2003. James Clavell's Shōgun. Paramount Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jerry. London et al.. James Clavell's Shōgun Paramount Home Video, 2003.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

London, Jerry., et al. James Clavell's Shōgun Paramount Home Video, 2003.

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