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John Blackthorne, pilot and acting captain of the Dutch trading ship Erasmus, is shipwrecked on the coast of Japan. Eventually, Omi-san tells Blackthorne that he and his crew must pick someone to die the next day. Eventually, Blackthorne ends up at the House of the Daimyo, Yabu-san. Yabu originally plans to keep the guns and money from the ship, but is betrayed by a spy who has informed his lord, Toranaga, of the ships arrival. The daimyo turns Blackthorne over to the custody of his lord, Toranaga. Blackthorne insists that Omi-san apply the honorary suffix -san and so Blackthorne is henceforth known as Anjin-san.Blackthorne is interviewed by Toranaga, with a Jesuit priest serving as translator. Blackthorne, an Englishman and a Protestant, attempts to turn Toranaga against the Jesuits. The interview ends when Toranaga's rival, Ishido, enters the room, curious about the 'Barbarian' Blackthorne. Toranaga has Blackthorne thrown in prison for piracy to keep him from Ishido. In prison,......
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