It also reimagines the hugely successful 1980 TV series, starring Richard Chamberlain ... samurai fighting to assert lasting dominance as a Shogun - the Japanese word for a military dictator.
And instead of the matinee-idol-handsome Chamberlain as pilot Blackthorne, we have Cosmo Jarvis — an actor who looks more ruggedly handsome, and sounds a lot like Richard Burton. It takes a while for ...