Shogun

Blackthorne, now a broken but wiser man, is offered a choice: he can return to England on a new ship, or stay in Japan as Toranaga’s permanent vassal (a hatamoto —a direct retainer). He chooses to stay, partly because he has nowhere else to go, but mostly because he has found his soul in Japan.

Blackthorne looks out at the sea—his old life—and then back at the land—his new life. He is no longer the Anjin the barbarian. He is hatamoto John Blackthorne, a servant of the Shōgun. Shogun

In a dramatic sequence, Toranaga stages a "mad" retreat, fleeing Osaka with his family and loyal samurai. Blackthorne, Mariko, and a small force escape by sea, narrowly avoiding Ishido’s fleet. They reach Toranaga’s home fortress in the east, where Toranaga begins to build a true army. Blackthorne, now a broken but wiser man, is