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==Plot==
 
==Plot==
 
 
James Clavell's Shogun is set in the year [[1600]] A.D. An Englishman named John Blackthorne, who is Pilot-Major of the English ship ''Erasmus'', is wrecked on the coast of [[Japan]]. He is rescued by Japanese locals and subsequently arrested by the fief's [[samurai]], "Omi-san". Eventually he and his crew are released into the custody of the [[daimyo]] "Yabu-san", who in turn takes them to the senior warlord "Toranaga". Toranaga is curious about this foreigner and decides to use him to further his plans to unite Japan under his leadership.
 
James Clavell's Shogun is set in the year [[1600]] A.D. An Englishman named John Blackthorne, who is Pilot-Major of the English ship ''Erasmus'', is wrecked on the coast of [[Japan]]. He is rescued by Japanese locals and subsequently arrested by the fief's [[samurai]], "Omi-san". Eventually he and his crew are released into the custody of the [[daimyo]] "Yabu-san", who in turn takes them to the senior warlord "Toranaga". Toranaga is curious about this foreigner and decides to use him to further his plans to unite Japan under his leadership.
  
 
==Characters==
 
==Characters==
 
 
===Historical Equivalents of Characters===
 
===Historical Equivalents of Characters===
 
 
*Akechi Jinsai - [[Akechi Mitsuhide]]
 
*Akechi Jinsai - [[Akechi Mitsuhide]]
 
*Father Martin Alvito - Joao Rodrigues, SJ
 
*Father Martin Alvito - Joao Rodrigues, SJ
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==Miniseries==
 
==Miniseries==
 
===Cast===
 
===Cast===
Richard Chamberlain - Pilot-Major John Blackthorne/Anjin-san
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* Richard Chamberlain - Pilot-Major John Blackthorne/Anjin-san
Toshirô Mifune - Lord Yoshi Toranaga
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* Toshirô Mifune - Lord Yoshi Toranaga
Yôko Shimada - Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
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* Yôko Shimada - Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
Frankie Sakai - Yabu
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* Frankie Sakai - Yabu
Alan Badel - Father Dell'Aqua
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* Alan Badel - Father Dell'Aqua
Damien Thomas - Father Alvito
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* Damien Thomas - Father Alvito
John Rhys-Davies - Vasco Rodrigues
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* John Rhys-Davies - Vasco Rodrigues
Vladek Sheybal - Captain Ferriera
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* Vladek Sheybal - Captain Ferriera
Yuki Meguro - Omi
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* Yuki Meguro - Omi
Hideo Takamatsu - Lord Buntaro
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* Hideo Takamatsu - Lord Buntaro
Nobuo Kaneko - Ishido
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* Nobuo Kaneko - Ishido
Hiromi Senno - Fujiko
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* Hiromi Senno - Fujiko
Michael Hordern - Friar Domingo
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* Michael Hordern - Friar Domingo
George Innes - Vinck
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* George Innes - Vinck
Leon Lissek - Father Sebastio
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* Leon Lissek - Father Sebastio
  
 
==Book Information==
 
==Book Information==
 
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* Clavell, James. ''Shogun'' Dell, 1986
Clavell, James. ''Shogun'' Dell, 1986
 
  
 
===Purchase Information===
 
===Purchase Information===
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* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080274/ IMDB Shogun Cast List]
 
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080274/ IMDB Shogun Cast List]
  
[[Category:Fiction Books|Shogun]]
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[[Category:Fiction Books|Shogun]][[Category:Television|Shogun]]
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Latest revision as of 00:56, 17 August 2007

Plot

James Clavell's Shogun is set in the year 1600 A.D. An Englishman named John Blackthorne, who is Pilot-Major of the English ship Erasmus, is wrecked on the coast of Japan. He is rescued by Japanese locals and subsequently arrested by the fief's samurai, "Omi-san". Eventually he and his crew are released into the custody of the daimyo "Yabu-san", who in turn takes them to the senior warlord "Toranaga". Toranaga is curious about this foreigner and decides to use him to further his plans to unite Japan under his leadership.

Characters

Historical Equivalents of Characters

  • Akechi Jinsai - Akechi Mitsuhide
  • Father Martin Alvito - Joao Rodrigues, SJ
  • Beppu Genzaemon - Hojo Ujimasa
  • John Blackthorne - William Adams
  • Friar Braganza - St. Pedro Bautista OFM
  • (Toda) Buntaro - Hosokawa Tadaoki
  • Alban Caradoc - Nicholas Diggins
  • Chano-Tsubone - Saigo-No-Tsubone
  • (Yoshi) Chikitada - Matsudaira Kiyoyasu
  • Chimmoko - fictional
  • Father Carlo Dell’Aqua - Alessandro Valignano SJ
  • Friar Domingo - fictional
  • Elizabeth Blackthorne - Deliverance Adams
  • Felicity Blackthorne - Mary or Elizabeth Adams
  • Captain General Ferriera - Hoaratio Neretti
  • Fujiko - fictional
  • Fujimoto clan - Fujiwara
  • Lady Genjiko - Asai Ogo (Tokugawa Hidetada’s wife)
  • Go-Nijo - Go-Yozei
  • Goroda - Oda Nobunaga
  • Gyoko - fictional
  • Harima Tadao - Arima Harunobu
  • (Toda) Hiromatsu - Hosokawa Fujitaka
  • Ikawa Tadazuki - Imagawa Yoshimoto
  • Ishido Kazunari - Ishida Mitsunari
  • Ikawa Jikkyu - fictional
  • Kiku-fictional
  • Kiritsubo-noh-Toshiko - Acha-no-Tsubone
  • Kiyama - Konishi Yukinaga
  • (Toda) Mariko - Hosokawa Gracia
  • Brother Michael - Chijiwa Seizaemon
  • Minikui - fictional
  • Minowara clan - Minamoto clan
  • Mura - fictional
  • Yoshi Naga - Tokugawa Tadayoshi
  • Nakamura - Toyotomi Hideyoshi
  • Yoshi Noboru - Tokugawa Hideyasu
  • Yoshi Nobunaga - Tokugawa Nobuyasu
  • Lady Ochiba - Asai Chacha (Oichi’s daughter, Hideyoshi’s consort)
  • Kasigi Omi - fictional
  • Lord Onoshi - a composite of Konishi Yukinaga and Otani Yoshitsugu
  • Vasco Rodrigues - fictional
  • (Toda) Saruji - Hosokawa Tadatoshi
  • Lady Suzuko - O-Kane
  • Father Sebastio - unidentified ‘Portugall Iesuite’ who confronted Will Adams in Kyushu
  • Sen-no-Nakada - Sen-no-Rikyu
  • Paulus Spillbergen - Jacob Quaeckernaeck
  • Yoshi Sudara - Tokugawa Hidetada
  • Lord Sugiyama - Maeda Toshiie
  • Lady Tachibana - Lady Tsukiyama (Ieyasu’s first wife that he had put to death)
  • Yoshi Tadateru - Tokugawa Tadateru
  • Takashima clan - the Taira clan
  • Yoshi Toranaga - Tokugawa Ieyasu
  • Tudor Blackthorne - never named son of William Adams
  • Uraga-noh-Tadamasa/Brother Joseph - Chijiwa Seizaemon (also the model for Brother Michael, as he was baptized Don Michael)
  • Usagi (Fujiko’s husband) - fictional
  • Kasigi Yabu - fictional (Possibly his personality was based on Saito Dosan)
  • Yaemon - Toyotomi Hideyori
  • Lady Yodoko - Toyotomi One
  • Captain Yoshinaka - fictional
  • Saigawa Zataki (Toranaga’s half brother)-fictional, although the daimyo of Zataki’s fief were historically the Satake

Miniseries

Cast

  • Richard Chamberlain - Pilot-Major John Blackthorne/Anjin-san
  • Toshirô Mifune - Lord Yoshi Toranaga
  • Yôko Shimada - Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
  • Frankie Sakai - Yabu
  • Alan Badel - Father Dell'Aqua
  • Damien Thomas - Father Alvito
  • John Rhys-Davies - Vasco Rodrigues
  • Vladek Sheybal - Captain Ferriera
  • Yuki Meguro - Omi
  • Hideo Takamatsu - Lord Buntaro
  • Nobuo Kaneko - Ishido
  • Hiromi Senno - Fujiko
  • Michael Hordern - Friar Domingo
  • George Innes - Vinck
  • Leon Lissek - Father Sebastio

Book Information

  • Clavell, James. Shogun Dell, 1986

Purchase Information

ISBN 0440178002


References