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!