James Clavell · 1975 · sea

James Clavell's epic of feudal Japan in the year 1600. John Blackthorne, English pilot of a Dutch ship that has crossed half the world by the Strait of Magellan, is wrecked on the coast of Izu and becomes the Anjin - caught between the warlord Toranaga and his rivals as he is carried from Anjiro to the great castle of Osaka and on to Edo, learning the way of the samurai.

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   Anjiro

   After two years at sea by way of Magellan, the pilot Blackthorne and his dying crew wreck on the coast of Izu.

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   Osaka

   Brought to Osaka Castle, the barbarian Anjin is drawn into the deadly intrigues of Toranaga, Ishido, and the Lady Mariko.

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   Yedo

   Running Ishido's blockade by galley, Blackthorne becomes a samurai in Toranaga's service at his stronghold of Edo.