Simultaneously, William Adams, a British navigator ... Despite not taking center-stage in Shogun’s narrative, he is a crucial piece in the puzzle. Kuroda’s historical counterpart is also ...

Never count out Yoshii Toranaga in "Shogun." Through nine episodes of ... Blackthorne is loosely based on the life of William ...

Actor Richard Chamberlain, who starred in two of the biggest TV events of the 1980s in the mini-series “Shogun” (1980) and “The Thorn Birds” (1983), has died in Hawaii following a stroke. Chamberlain, ...

Shogun's protagonist Blackthorne was inspired by the real-life William Adams, who became the first Englishman to reach Japan in 1600. It is true that Adams was shipwrecked in real life ...

The Shogun, or military ruler ... is inspired by the real-life English shipbuilder and navigator William Adams, who became the first-ever Western samurai. This is an area where the historical ...

Shogun is renewed for seasons 2 and 3 ... since the real-life inspiration for his character, William Adams, stayed in Japan for the rest of his life. Outstanding miniseries such as Shgun only ...

Ishido, under the belief that the young heir to the shogun title and his mother ... to draw material from his real-life ...

ShÅ gunâ s cast brings James Clavellâ s bestselling novel of the same name to life. While ShÅ gun was originally intended to be a 10-part limited series based on the celebrated novel ...