Director Jerry London poses with a samurai helmet during the making of Shogun. Photo © Jerry London. Shogun is a five-part miniseries that aired on NBC in September 1980. Starring Richard Chamberlain as John Blackthorne, Toshiro Mifune as Toranaga, Frankie Sakai as Yabu, and Yoko Shimada as Mariko, the miniseries earned critical praise and picked … Continue reading THE SHOGUN OF ‘SHOGUN’! Director Jerry London Looks Back on Making the Classic Japanese Miniseries!
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‘MOTHRA’ MEMORIES! Masamitsu Tayama Recalls Appearing in the 1961 Toho Classic!
Masamitsu Tayama in April 2021. Photo © Brett Homenick. Masamitsu Tayama is a former child actor who appeared in several movies and TV shows in Japan in the early 1960s. Most notably, he played Shinji Chujo, the younger brother of Dr. Shinichi Chujo (Hiroshi Koizumi) in the Toho classic Mothra (1961). Mr. Tayama would not … Continue reading ‘MOTHRA’ MEMORIES! Masamitsu Tayama Recalls Appearing in the 1961 Toho Classic!
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