New ‘Shogun’ series is a cut above the original

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New ‘Shogun’ series is a cut above the original

The five-part mini-series “Shogun,” based on James Clavell’s 1975 bestselling novel of the same name, was a smash hit for the NBC network in September 1980, spurring a boom of all things Japanese in North America. The show, which 33% of all American households with a television saw either completely or in part, was reportedly responsible for making sushi trendy in a country where prime cuts of tuna were once consigned to cat food.
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