Shōgun (1980)

Shōgun (1980)
Title: Shōgun
Native title: Shogun
Related media: Shōgun (2024), American adaptation
Shogun (1980), American movie adaptation
Country: United States
Language: English, Japanese
Airing dates: Sep 15, 1980 - Sep 19, 1980
Original network: NBC
Episodes: 5
Duration:  
Director: Jerry London
Screenwriter: Eric Bercovici
OST: Shōgun (1980) OST
Production company: Paramount Television
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Description 
Shōgun is a 1980 American historical drama miniseries based on James Clavell's 1975 novel of the same name. The series was produced by Paramount Television and broadcast in the United States on NBC between September 15 and 19, 1980. It was written by Eric Bercovici and directed by Jerry London, and stars Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune, and Yoko Shimada, with a large supporting cast. Clavell served as executive producer.
Cast 

Richard Chamberlain as Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / "Anjin-san" (William Adams)

Toshiro Mifune as Yoshi Toranaga, Lord of the Kanto Region

Yoko Shimada as Lady Toda Buntaro, "Mariko"

Frankie Sakai as Lord Kashigi Yabu, Daimyo of Izu

Alan Badel as Father Dell'Aqua

Michael Hordern as Friar Domingo

Damien Thomas as Father Martin Alvito

John Rhys-Davies as Vasco Rodrigues

Vladek Sheybal as Captain Ferreira

George Innes as Johann Vinck

Leon Lissek as Father Sebastio

Yūki Meguro as Kashigi Omi, Head Samurai of Anjiro

Hideo Takamatsu as Lord Toda Buntaro

Hiromi Senno as Usagi Fujiko

Nobuo Kaneko as Ishido Kazunari, Ruler of Osaka Castle

Edward Peel as Jan Pieterzoon

Eric Richard as Maetsukker

Steve Ubels as Roper

Stewart MacKenzie as Croocq

John Carney as Ginsel

Ian Jentle as Salamon

Neil McCarthy as Spillbergen

Morgan Sheppard as Specz

Seiji Miyaguchi as Muraji

Toru Abe as Toda Hiromatsu

Mika Kitagawa as Kiku

Shin Takuma as Yoshi Naga

Hiroshi Hasegawa as Galley Captain

Akira Sera as Old Gardener

Hyoei Enoki as Jirobei

Miiko Taka as Kiri

Midori Takei as Sono

Ai Matsubara as Rako

Yumiko Morishita as Asa

Rinichi Yamamoto as Yoshinaka

Yuko Kada as Sazuko

Masumi Okada as Brother Michael

Yosuke Natsuki as Zataki

Takeshi Obayashi as Urano

Yoshie Kitsuda as Gyoko

Masashi Ebara as Suga

Setsuko Sekine as Genjiko

Atsuko Sano as Lady Ochiba

Orson Welles as Narrator

Awards
1980 Peabody Awards    
Award NBC and Paramount Television Won
1981 31st American Cinema Editors Awards    
Best Edited Episode from a Television Mini-Series James T. Heckert, Bill Luciano, Donald R. Rode, Benjamin A. Weissman, Jerry Young (for "Episode 1") Nominated
1981 38th Golden Globe Awards    
Best Television Series -Drama Shōgun Won
Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama Richard Chamberlain Won
Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama Yoko Shimada Won
1981 7th People's Choice Awards    
Favorite TV Mini-Series Shōgun Won
1981 33rd Primetime Emmy Awards    
Outstanding Limited Series James Clavell and Eric Bercovici Won
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special Richard Chamberlain Nominated
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special Toshiro Mifune Nominated
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special Yoko Shimada Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special Yūki Meguro Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special John Rhys-Davies Nominated
Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special Jerry London (for "Episode 5") Nominated
Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special Eric Bercovici (for "Episode 5") Nominated
Outstanding Art Direction for a Limited Series or a Special Joseph R. Jennings, Yoshinobu Nishioka, Tom Pedigo, and Shoichi Yasuda (for "Episode 5") Nominated
Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or a Special Andrew Laszlo (for "Episode 4") Nominated
Outstanding Costume Design for a Series Shin Nishida (for "Episode 5") Won
Outstanding Film Editing for a Limited Series or a Special Donald R. Rode, Benjamin A. Weissman, Jerry Young, and Bill Luciano (for "Episode 5") Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing Stanley Paul, William M. Andrews, Leonard Corso, Denis Dutton, Jack A. Finlay, Robert Gutknecht,
Sean Hanley, Pierre Jalbert, Jack Keath, Alan L. Nineberg, Lee Osborne, and Tally Paulos (for "Episode 3")
Nominated
Outstanding Graphic Design and Title Sequences Phill Norman (for "Episode 1") Won
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