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Shōgun: Season 1

1x01 Part 1
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Aired1980-09-15T13:00:00Z on NBC
Runtime2h 24m
DirectorJerry London

WriterEric Bercovici
CountryUnited States
LanguagesJapanese, English
GenresDrama, Action, Adventure, War

Set in early 17th-century Japan, shipwrecked English navigator John Blackthorne finds intrigue and culture shock in a feudal society that puts a premium on honor. A rival Lord sentences Blackthorne to death.

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Richard Chamberlain
Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, Anjin-san
Toshirō Mifune
Lord Yoshi Toranaga
Yoko Shimada
Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
John Rhys-Davies
Vasco Rodrigues
Alan Badel
Father Dell'Aqua
Frankie Sakai
Yabu
Vladek Sheybal
Captain Ferriera
Yûki Meguro
Omi
Michael Hordern
Friar Domingo
George Innes
Johann Vinck
Damien Thomas
Father Alvito
Hideo Takamatsu
Lord Buntarō
Hiromi Senno
Fujiko
Leon Lissek
Father Sebastio
Nobuo Kaneko
Ishido
Takeshi Ōbayashi
Urano
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Galley Captain
Akira Sera
Old Gardener
Atsuko Sano
Lady Ochiba
Miiko Taka
Kiri
Masumi Okada
Brother Michael
Edward Peel
Pieterzoon
Eric Richard
Maetsukker
Neil McCarthy
Spillbergen
Seiji Miyaguchi
Muraji
Yōsuke Natsuki
Zataki
William Morgan Sheppard
Specz
Shin Takuma
Naga
Ai Matsubara
Rako
John J. Carney
Ginsel
Tōru Abe
Hiromatsu
Orson Welles
Narrator
Anne Bancroft
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Series Premiere

Shōgun: Season 1

1x01 Part 1TV-14

ActorsAll Cast & Crew

Season Regulars 33

Richard Chamberlain

Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, Anjin-san

Toshirō Mifune

Lord Yoshi Toranaga

Yoko Shimada

Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko

John Rhys-Davies

Vasco Rodrigues

Alan Badel

Father Dell'Aqua

Frankie Sakai

Yabu

Vladek Sheybal

Captain Ferriera

Yûki Meguro

Omi

Michael Hordern

Friar Domingo

George Innes

Johann Vinck

Damien Thomas

Father Alvito

Hideo Takamatsu

Lord Buntarō

Hiromi Senno

Fujiko

Leon Lissek

Father Sebastio

Nobuo Kaneko

Ishido

Takeshi Ōbayashi

Urano

Hiroshi Hasegawa

Galley Captain

Akira Sera

Old Gardener

Atsuko Sano

Lady Ochiba

Miiko Taka

Kiri

Masumi Okada

Brother Michael

Edward Peel

Pieterzoon

Eric Richard

Maetsukker

Neil McCarthy

Spillbergen

Seiji Miyaguchi

Muraji

Yōsuke Natsuki

Zataki

William Morgan Sheppard

Specz

Shin Takuma

Naga

Ai Matsubara

Rako

John J. Carney

Ginsel

Tōru Abe

Hiromatsu

Orson Welles

Narrator

Anne Bancroft

Narrator

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1x01 Part 1
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