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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 first broadcast in the United States on NBC over five nights 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.…
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Before the Golden Age of Television there used to be the Golden Age of Miniseries. At least for American broadcast networks, which had recognised the format as perfect for their most prestigious, most expensive and, what often turned out to be the case, most popular projects. Most of such miniseries were adaptation of best-selling novels, those with epic scopes being unsuitable for single feature films. The most suc…More
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