An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.
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
Brother Michael
Pieterzoon
Maetsukker
Spillbergen
Muraji
Zataki
Specz
Naga
Rako
Ginsel
Hiromatsu
Narrator
Salamon
Croocq
Jirobei
Roper
Sazuko
Asa
Suga
Kyoko / Gyoko
Sono
Yoshinaka
Genjiko
