Richard! La tua voce, anche quando parli, è una musica! Starei a sentirla all'infinito, è aergetto erticolata, è musicale, è dolce a volte carezzevole, è seria, è ridente, è potente , è tutto questo. Non c'è niente in te che.non sia perfetto, Richard, sei proprio unico!💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥❤
@@gigliolavojvoda4643 ciao Gigliola, io penso da sempre che Richard sia un esemplare unico, non c'è nessun altro a cui poterlo accomunare e questo è uno dei motivi che ce lo fanno amare. Ciao👋
read the book in '76, couldn't put it down. you, along with Blackthorn, became Japanese! loved Richard in the miniseries when it came out as well. we were all glued.
@@jackp492 Thus apparently you got it wrong. He did not like shooting a movie in Japan. Playing a japanophile in LA was fine with him (great script and acting btw as well, thus easy to understand why he did it).
@@Walterwaltraud Dominated Except I never declared any statement, I expressed surprise that what I thought wasn’t correct, You act like you’ve sniffed out a lie, no shit I was wrong, I expressed that in my first comment
First we read the book. Really liked it. Then we taped the mini series. We watched it until our VCR players all died. Must have seen it 5 times. Mifune was his usual fabulous. Yoko Shimada (RIP) was lovely and strong. Chamberlain didn't match my mental picture of Anjin San, but as usual he is a great actor and I bought him as Anjin San pretty quickly. Rice Davies was terrific and they kept in some of the horrific parts of the book, which surprised me. Those parts are important. We learned as Anjin San did about Japan although there was a fair amount of controversy. Very nice to hear in Chamberlain's own words. Thanks.
I love this miniseries to this day. I was in the 7th grade when this first aired. It really inspired me into having a huge love of the Japanese culture.
I live in Australia now, farming organic and semi retired. I was blown away before I moved my family here to the Northern Rivers, NSW. when I watched him in The Last Wave by Awesome Aussie director writer Peter Weir! Crazy true, but 35 years ago, I studied Iado with Takahashi Sensei in San Fran, and it was he who worked closely w Kurosawa Akira and trained Mifune Toshihiro!
Great book , and miniseries. If they showed the final battle it would have been perfect. Still read the book, last page could have gone into battle better.
Instead of re=making Shogun, they should take the original and add subtitles and a new musical score. With great respect to Hiroyuki Sanada, nobody can replace Toshiro Mifune.
Richard's best acting in this movie was when they offered to bring him a boy and then went into a rage and said, "What do I look like a damned sodomite?"
I have the novel for years but haven’t read it. It’s so thick. Years ago got Shogun with it’s nice box but my stupid flatscreen can’t be connected to my VCR which didn’t know when I got it and can never watch it. 😢
William Adams is the person Blackthorne is based upon, and he is a real historical figure (in many ways, very similar to his fictionalized persona). You can find books and websites on Adams. You can also find primary sources, written by him while he was in Japan, online. I have not searched for Portuguese or Jesuit works about him (nor Japanese, though they still honor him there), but his European enemies' accounts may exist also.
I do not understand the obsession to "remake" Classic that don't need to be remade which are flawless in their casting (both English & especially the Japanese actors & actress), production, score and rather than remaking it, why not complete the James Clavell's Asia Saga; there are four other novels remaining (Tai-Pan & NobleHouse already produce) in conjunction with the "re-release" theatrically for new audience. If they do plan on producing all of them and not just Shogun, then I will be impress in their ambition vision but I doubt heavily, for they are not that creative, hence the remake aiming for another GOT success rather than sincerely unveiling this novel to a new audience without "modern revisionist of history." There is already a warning sign, when they aren't giving credit to the author JAMES CLAVELL'S SHOGUN in the title or trailers. And it is just me or does this cinematography appears too dark? I understand the different style regarding 1970s & 1980s TV production verse cinematic direction of photography in film but nevertheless one looks gloomier than the other while the other celebrate the beautiful light of the island of the rising sun. Thus far visually in costuming and production I am bias, but prefer the original by far. The score alone brings back memories of watching it aired from my childhood, the epic scope set the standard for all TV min-series for that decade.
William Adams is the person Blackthorne is based upon, and he is a real historical figure (in many ways, very similar to his fictionalized persona). You can find books and websites on Adams. You can also find primary sources, written by him while he was in Japan, online. The story is changed in places to make it more romantic and to simplify the politics (and Mariko, I think, is something of a composite character, not a historical person herself); but Adams did marry a Japanese woman and had two children with her, while also having a wife and daughter in England whom he never saw again after landing in Japan in 1600. He also became hatemoto (a samurai in the retinue of Tokugawa Ieyasu = fictional Toranaga). I have not searched for Portuguese or Jesuit works about him (nor Japanese, though they still honor him there), but his European enemies' accounts may exist also.
I watched about a minute of this video but due to sheer irritation, I had to quit. Richard Chamberlain was warm and charming, as always. But why did you keep interspersing his comments with that annoying picture of cranes? It’s very disruptive and unnecessary.
What a regal and humble man! A rare thing these days. Still with us here in 2023. 😊🌸
Wow . That was good.Any interview with Richard is worth listening to. Awesome voice and very articulate.
Have adored this man all my life! He's perfect at his craft. Such an incredible actor!
"Luckily it was a very very very long script" Hahaha!
And a wonderful singer and dancer as well..😊❤
Shogun, a great book and they did a wonderful job bringing it to TV, my second favorite mini series, Lonesome Dove being the first.
Chamberlain is a King of Thespian Cool. It's not fair for one person to have so much charisma, and I love him for it.
He is fantastic.
Richard Chamberlain was perfect in the role. Fantastic series with REAL Japanese scenery.
This mans movies mad my childhood great. Thanks bro you will be missed. Shogun was my favorite but also loved Alan Quartermane adventure movies.
I've been thinking about this a lot, since Yoko Shimada (Mariko) passed away just yesterday (July 25, 2022).
Oh I didn't know she passed away. She was so beautiful and serene. Loved this series and the book.😭
@@kdfrk247 Richard is alive. Please watching my video "To Richard Chamberlain Birthday" (March 2023).
Очень классный фильм благодаря этому удивительному, прекрасному, талантливому актёру ❤ Обожаю его и его фильмы❤ 🙏💕
My two favourite mini series both feature Richard. Shogun and The Thornbirds.
This nice 👌 !!! Love Richard Chamberlain ❤️🥰
Richard! La tua voce, anche quando parli, è una musica! Starei a sentirla all'infinito, è aergetto erticolata, è musicale, è dolce a volte carezzevole, è seria, è ridente, è potente , è tutto questo. Non c'è niente in te che.non sia perfetto, Richard, sei proprio unico!💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥❤
Verissimo ...
@@gigliolavojvoda4643 Si è proprio cosi! Ciao 👋
@@luciafalcinelli6502 È perfetto , non sembra umano. Non si può non volergli bene
@@gigliolavojvoda4643 ciao Gigliola, io penso da sempre che Richard sia un esemplare unico, non c'è nessun altro a cui poterlo accomunare e questo è uno dei motivi che ce lo fanno amare. Ciao👋
Fantastico.grande actor!!! l love richard..thank you!!😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
He was very good in Shogun.
Tishiro Mifune can change the dynamics by just walking in the space!
❤Stas,glas,talenat,ljubav zauvek❤
You are wanderful.l love richard
read the book in '76, couldn't put it down. you, along with Blackthorn, became Japanese! loved Richard in the miniseries when it came out as well. we were all glued.
They originally wanted Sean Connery for the role, but he refused because he had not liked shooting in Japan for a James Bond movie.
Is that right, he did that movie with Wesley snipes where he plays a japanophile, I thought he was in real life to some extent
@@jackp492 But that was filmed in LA....
@@Walterwaltraud yeah but my point is as a “japanophile” you’d think he’d love to go and live it up during a shoot over there
@@jackp492 Thus apparently you got it wrong. He did not like shooting a movie in Japan. Playing a japanophile in LA was fine with him (great script and acting btw as well, thus easy to understand why he did it).
@@Walterwaltraud Dominated
Except I never declared any statement,
I expressed surprise that what I thought wasn’t correct,
You act like you’ve sniffed out a lie, no shit I was wrong, I expressed that in my first comment
Tanks Astri. Lovely
First we read the book. Really liked it. Then we taped the mini series. We watched it until our VCR players all died. Must have seen it 5 times. Mifune was his usual fabulous. Yoko Shimada (RIP) was lovely and strong. Chamberlain didn't match my mental picture of Anjin San, but as usual he is a great actor and I bought him as Anjin San pretty quickly. Rice Davies was terrific and they kept in some of the horrific parts of the book, which surprised me. Those parts are important. We learned as Anjin San did about Japan although there was a fair amount of controversy.
Very nice to hear in Chamberlain's own words. Thanks.
Watched it as a 10 year old with my dad in 1980. So well done it still rings positive today.
I wonder how the remake will fair?
the trailer for the new FX mini series it out
Who needs a remake when the original is so great? The new trailer did not convince me.🍒
No remake was necessary. This is just another attempt to turn a classic into a redo cash cow.
I love this miniseries to this day. I was in the 7th grade when this first aired. It really inspired me into having a huge love of the Japanese culture.
Same for me.
Such a good series with the legend Toshiro Mifune
I live in Australia now, farming organic and semi retired. I was blown away before I moved my family here to the Northern Rivers, NSW. when I watched him in The Last Wave by Awesome Aussie director writer Peter Weir! Crazy true, but 35 years ago, I studied Iado with Takahashi Sensei in San Fran, and it was he who worked closely w Kurosawa Akira and trained Mifune Toshihiro!
When I was 10 I adored him in Dr. Kildare, and in 1980 I fell all over again in Shogun💕
Był genialny w tej roli!
Lindo em tudo! Te amamos!❤🇧🇷
He is my idol in my childhood !!!!
Super acteur, richard chamberlain, surtout dans shogun,en samouraï, merci a lui
such a cool guy...great work through the years
Richard really is a lovie and Shogun is why we honour Shushi today. He is so very full of himself.
A great series and great actors. This new one, not a patch on the old one!
some interesting insights into a great series...
I think he was the perfect Blackthorne.
An Awsome movie a legend
This IS Blackthorn Period!
His voice is slot like Ronald Colman wout the British accent.
He always was the guy I hoped I looked like lol
I have the 1980 DVD and I am watching it along with the new FX series. Richard is much better as Anjun San.
still a great movie.....
Chemberlein ma is friss, vidam, jokedvu
Honnan meriti az energiat?
De su alma❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
❤❤❤
The new guy who plays Blackthorne is a zero compared to Richard Chamberlain. He's all class.
I agree.
The last swashbuckler
Merci,j'ai bien aimé, shogun,
Great book , and miniseries. If they showed the final battle it would have been perfect. Still read the book, last page could have gone into battle better.
Instead of re=making Shogun, they should take the original and add subtitles and a new musical score.
With great respect to Hiroyuki Sanada, nobody can replace Toshiro Mifune.
Richard's best acting in this movie was when they offered to bring him a boy and then went into a rage and said, "What do I look like a damned sodomite?"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great interview, horrible cuts.🍒
I have the novel for years but haven’t read it. It’s so thick. Years ago got Shogun with it’s nice box but my stupid flatscreen can’t be connected to my VCR which didn’t know when I got it and can never watch it. 😢
@lisanidog8178 Oh you must read Shogun. It's superb.
@@bahoonies it’s such a thick novel! It’s intimidating.
@@lisanidog8178 It doesn't matter what size a book is. You still read it one page at a time.
Try getting the DVD. It's way worth it.
@@sylviahuitson8309 I have no way to play a DVD.
Of course that an inexistant English personage was putted as real and now some people even believe that he was real.
William Adams is the person Blackthorne is based upon, and he is a real historical figure (in many ways, very similar to his fictionalized persona). You can find books and websites on Adams. You can also find primary sources, written by him while he was in Japan, online. I have not searched for Portuguese or Jesuit works about him (nor Japanese, though they still honor him there), but his European enemies' accounts may exist also.
I do not understand the obsession to "remake" Classic that don't need to be remade which are flawless in their casting (both English & especially the Japanese actors & actress), production, score and rather than remaking it, why not complete the James Clavell's Asia Saga; there are four other novels remaining (Tai-Pan & NobleHouse already produce) in conjunction with the "re-release" theatrically for new audience.
If they do plan on producing all of them and not just Shogun, then I will be impress in their ambition vision but I doubt heavily, for they are not that creative, hence the remake aiming for another GOT success rather than sincerely unveiling this novel to a new audience without "modern revisionist of history."
There is already a warning sign, when they aren't giving credit to the author JAMES CLAVELL'S SHOGUN in the title or trailers.
And it is just me or does this cinematography appears too dark?
I understand the different style regarding 1970s & 1980s TV production verse cinematic direction of photography in film but nevertheless one looks gloomier than the other while the other celebrate the beautiful light of the island of the rising sun. Thus far visually in costuming and production I am bias, but prefer the original by far.
The score alone brings back memories of watching it aired from my childhood, the epic scope set the standard for all TV min-series for that decade.
my mom died when she found out chamberlain was gay
My condolences.
It is real?
William Adams is the person Blackthorne is based upon, and he is a real historical figure (in many ways, very similar to his fictionalized persona). You can find books and websites on Adams. You can also find primary sources, written by him while he was in Japan, online. The story is changed in places to make it more romantic and to simplify the politics (and Mariko, I think, is something of a composite character, not a historical person herself); but Adams did marry a Japanese woman and had two children with her, while also having a wife and daughter in England whom he never saw again after landing in Japan in 1600. He also became hatemoto (a samurai in the retinue of Tokugawa Ieyasu = fictional Toranaga). I have not searched for Portuguese or Jesuit works about him (nor Japanese, though they still honor him there), but his European enemies' accounts may exist also.
I watched about a minute of this video but due to sheer irritation, I had to quit. Richard Chamberlain was warm and charming, as always. But why did you keep interspersing his comments with that annoying picture of cranes? It’s very disruptive and unnecessary.
Maybe you are right.
Stopping in every two minutes is so fucking annoying
Crushed my spirit when I learned he was gay. Why? He could've gotten any woman. Why would he do that?
He was terrible and so was the series..The new one looks authentic and closer to the book which is the greatest novel of all time
Great book but Chamberlain was poorly cast, he lacked the masculinity necessary to play John Blackthorne.
I saw nothing wrong with how he's cast
I don't think that the lacked the masculinity.
He seemed enough masculine for the role to me.