Shogun, the shocking Japanese story that inspired the latest television hit of 2024. 10-episode miniseries released on Disney+ thanks to the previous version from 1980.
Original achieved some of NBC's highest ratings at the time, impressive numbers for its time. The story takes place at the end of the Sengoku period and the foreigner is loosely based on the sailor William Adams, who in 1980 was played by Richard Chamberlain. In that adaptation, condensed into five episodes, the story was told for the most part from his perspective.