Shogun' tells the story of an English sailor, John Blackthorne, aka Anjin-san, who is shipwrecked in Japan, and a warlord navigating a complex power struggle, Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada).

Shogun star Cosmo Jarvis has been roped in ... Jarvis played the role of Anjin-San in the critically acclaimed show and has joined the team, which will next head to Sicily for shooting.

William Adams, an Englishman who became a diplomatic adviser to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, was known in Japan as Miura Anjin. May 16 marked the 400th ...