Richard Chamberlain
Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san
Pilot-Major John Blackthorne (Richard Chamberlain), an English ship pilot, whose vessel wrecked upon the Japanese coast in the early seventeenth century is forced to deal with the two most powerful men in Japan in these days. He is thrown in the midst of a war between Lord Yoshi Toranaga (Toshirô Mifune) and Ishido (Nobuo Kaneko), who struggle for the title of "Shogun", which will give ultimate power to the one who possesses it.
Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san
Lord Yoshi Toranaga
Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
Vasco Rodrigues
Father Alvito
Yabu
Omi
Fujiko
Father Dell'Aqua
Kiri
Captain Ferriera
Ishido
Lord Buntarō
Friar Domingo
Johann Vinck
Father Sebastio
Urano
Galley Captain
Old Gardener
Lady Ochiba
