Mine was based on the love story of Shogun between Blackthorne and Mariko, and this new one is based on Japanese history, and it’s more about Toranaga, who was the Shogun.
I’ve talked to many people that have watched it, and they said, ‘I had to turn it off because I don’t understand it.’ So the filmmakers of the new one really didn’t care about the American audience.”.
London admitted he had hoped the new version might reinvigorate interest in his 1980 adaptation, which starred Richard Chamberlain in the role later taken by Cosmo Jarvis.
Also, the new one has basically just one British actor in it, and frankly, he didn’t have the charisma that Richard Chamberlain had.”.
“But the new one is funny because everybody I talked to said, ‘I don’t understand it.
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