A struggle is in the final stages for who will be the Shogun, the leader who, under the Emperor, governs the land. Lord Yoshi Toranaga (Toshirô Mifune) sees in Blackthorn things he can use to at ...

"Shogun" is an original adaptation of Clavell’s bestselling novel, starring Hiroyuki Sanada as the embattled Yoshii Toranaga, who shrewdly enlists marooned the English pilot John Blackthorne ...

Unlike Dune, Shogun isn't a subversion. It's a story about a white guy who saves Japan with a unique English perspective.