A great historic drama that felt rather autentic and realistic that It introduced many to Japanese history and culture. Richard Chamberlain made a solid appearance and it featured tons of Japanese actors and actresses talking in their real native tongue but it overuse ritual suicides and has too many scenes drag on as we first get to see Japanese characters talk and then their dialogue is translated. It is understandable that the producers wanted us to be as much "fish out of water" as our hero, but they should have subtitled it. The awaited epic battle that would make one of the characters Shogun, and the reason for the series' title, is also only mentioned in an narration and is done off-screen. Acceptable but maybe a remake is needed?
Shout by Dan GigernesBlockedParent2019-10-20T12:57:09Z
A great historic drama that felt rather autentic and realistic that It introduced many to Japanese history and culture. Richard Chamberlain made a solid appearance and it featured tons of Japanese actors and actresses talking in their real native tongue but it overuse ritual suicides and has too many scenes drag on as we first get to see Japanese characters talk and then their dialogue is translated. It is understandable that the producers wanted us to be as much "fish out of water" as our hero, but they should have subtitled it. The awaited epic battle that would make one of the characters Shogun, and the reason for the series' title, is also only mentioned in an narration and is done off-screen. Acceptable but maybe a remake is needed?