I finished the last half of Shōgun, James Clavell’s 1200-page 1975 historical novel, on my recent vacation, riveted the enti ...

Starring Richard Chamberlain and the great Toshiro Mifune, and narrated by Orson Welles, “Shogun” was broadcast in September 1980. The show captured NBC’s highest ratings in its history at ...

The 1980s miniseries version of "Shogun" is shown from the point of view of an English sailor (Richard Chamberlain) taken ...

Shogun is an acclaimed period drama miniseries that originally premiered on FX and Hulu. Read on to learn more about it.

It was initially conceived as a miniseries, just as the 1980 adaptation featuring Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune had been, but as a result of the show’s strong critical reception and ...