Shōgun

Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, the ship's English navigator, is taken prisoner by samurai warriors. He must juggle his self-identity as an Englishman associated with other Europeans in Japan, namely Portuguese traders and Jesuit priests, with the alien Japanese culture he has been thrust into in order to survive. The Catholic foothold in Japan puts him at a political disadvantage, but also brings him to the attention of influential Lord Toranaga, who mistrusts Catholicism.