“Shogun” is based on James Clavell’s best ... Sanada’s role was played by the internationally renowned actor Toshiro Mifune. It is not surprising if he felt pressure stepping into ...

The role Sanada plays in “Shogun” was first portrayed by Toshiro Mifune in the 1980s. Sanada, who also starred in Yoji Yamada’s 2002 “Twilight Samurai,” alluded to those who went before ...

"Shogun" first made TV history as a landmark 1980 miniseries, also based on Clavell's book, starring Richard Chamberlain as ...

Part of the great appeal of that miniseries was the powerful performance by Toshiro Mifune as Toranaga. Foreign film fans at the time knew him as the star of the original Seven Samurai. But the ...

Shogun set a record at last night's Emmys ... The 1980 series stars Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Shimada, and ...

Veteran Japanese producer and Tokyo Film Festival programmer Shozo Ichiyama selects his all-time favorite samurai films, ...

News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. I have written about the prospect of Shogun season 2 previously, and now it’s coming up again now that the finale of ...

He explains why samurai employed different types of spears in battle in "Shogun." He breaks down ... and "Seven Samurai," starring Toshiro Mifune. Finally, he rates James Bond's kendo abilities ...

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Japan's greatest jidaigeki star, Mifune Toshiro is Shogun's Advisor Okubo Hikozaemon who must be coaxed out of retirement to save Shogun Iemitsu from danger. The elderly Hikozaemon has been ...

FX and Disney’s smash-hit period series Shogun, produced by and starring veteran Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada, became the most honored drama in Emmys history last month, winning in more ...