![]() ![]() With all respect for the 2003 film, Shogun is far out of it's reach. People who have seen "The Last Samurai" might see a few plot similarities (even in certain smaller details: Tom Cruise sports exactly the same haircut as Richard Chamberlain). ![]() Clocking in at almost 10 hours, this mega-budgeted series delivers the goods. No small feat considering the length and complexity of Clavell's 1200+ page door-stopper. In 1980, this miniseries was unleashed on the world and created a whole new audience for the mammoth bestseller. He gradually finds his place, oft the central pawn of political intrigues between various foreign powers and the local warlords. In 1976, James Clavell wrote an epic masterpiece: the story of Blackthorne, an English sailor lost in Feudal Japan.
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