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One of the most acclaimed miniseries in television history, James Clavell's epic tale of discovery, love, and the conflict of two worlds comes to life in an epic drama. Richard Chamberlain stars as Major John Blackthorne, a shipwrecked English navigator who becomes swept up in the political intrigues of feudal 17th-century Japan and in a forbidden romance with a married woman. With Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Shimada, Furankî Sakai, John Rhys-Davies; Orson Welles narrates. 9 hrs. on five discs. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital mono; audio commentary; "making of" documentary; featurettes.