A TV miniseries about the history of Japan's Tokugawa era becomes a major hit, capturing the attention of American households and sparking interest in the subject among students.
was turned into a TV miniseries, about 33 per cent of American households with a television tuned in.
In it, Clavell tells the story of Blackthorne, who, shipwrecked off the coast of Japan in 1600, finds the country in a peaceful interlude after an era of civil war. But that peace is about to be shattered by competition among the five regents who have been appointed to ensure the succession of a young heir to their former lord’s position as top military leader.
Blackthorne’s, and the viewers’, gradual acclimatisation to Japanese culture is complete when, late in the series, he is reunited with the crew of his Dutch ship who have been held in captivity. Blackthorne is thoroughly repulsed by their filth and demands a bath to cleanse himself from their contagion.
But the notion of Japan as a threat reached a peak in 1989, after which its economy stalled. The 1990s and early 2000s were dubbed Japan’s “lost decade”., thanks, in part, to manga and anime. More Japanese feature films and television series are also making their way to popular streaming services, including the series
This change is facilitated by the fact that Japanese characters now communicate directly with the audience in Japanese, with English subtitles. In the 1980 series, the Japanese dialogue went untranslated. There were English-speaking Japanese characters in the original, such as Blackthorne’s female translator, Mariko. But they spoke in a highly formalised, unrealistic English.
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