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S01E01: Part 1

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.

Genres:

Action & Adventure, Drama, War & Politics

Air Date:

Sep 15, 1980

Runtime:

144 minutes

Production:

TOHO , Jardine Matheson Co. Ltd. , Paramount Television Studios , Asahi Broadcasting Corporation , NBC

Casts:

Richard Chamberlain, John Rhys-Davies, Orson Welles, Alan Badel, Vladek Sheybal, Toshirō Mifune, Frankie Sakai, Yûki Meguro, Yoko Shimada, Michael Hordern, George Innes, Damien Thomas, Hideo Takamatsu, Hiromi Senno, Leon Lissek, Nobuo Kaneko, Takeshi Ôbayashi, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Akira Sera, Atsuko Sano, Miiko Taka, Masumi Okada, Edward Peel, Eric Richard, Neil McCarthy, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yōsuke Natsuki, William Morgan Sheppard, Shin Takuma, Ai Matsubara, John J. Carney, Anne Bancroft, Tōru Abe