Shogun

[derekl_1963]

Just a random thing I came across on YouTube - a promo for the miniseries Shogun... Which started my lifelong interest in Japanese culture.

No Tivo or pause buttons back than, and VCR's were just barely starting to be widely available... So, every night at 9PM for a solid week I parked myself in front of the TV, and took bathroom breaks only at commercial breaks. (Which is how I saw Battlestar Galactica too!)

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[tsuruko-sensei.livejournal.com]

Yup, did the same thing. I now have the complete set on DVD.

[derekl1963.livejournal.com]

I've pondered re-watching it, I've never actually seen it since that first run. How well has it held up? The novel has held up passably well.

[tsuruko-sensei.livejournal.com]

We re-watched it a while back and I think it held up pretty well. Besides, it had Toshiro Mifune in it what more could you want :)

[derekl1963.livejournal.com]

Oh yes... we watched a good chunk of a subtitled Samurai epic (on the life of Mushashi) the other night pretty much just because it had Toshiro Mifune in the titual role.