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Posted: 5/17/2015 10:43:36 PM EDT

Anybody else like it?

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Posted: 5/17/2015 10:47:18 PM EDT

[#1]

Yup. I've watched it about 5 times.

Posted: 5/17/2015 10:51:25 PM EDT

[#2]

Omi-San says lie down...immediately.

Posted: 5/17/2015 10:52:17 PM EDT

[#3]

Its a good series.

Posted: 5/17/2015 10:56:47 PM EDT

[#4]

It was a big deal when it aired in the early 80's. It probably spawned the ninja craze of the 80's. I liked it when I saw it when I was older. I was in like 2nd grade when it first aired.

Posted: 5/17/2015 10:58:54 PM EDT

[#5]

Excellent book & movie.

Posted: 5/17/2015 10:59:41 PM EDT

[#6]

Read the book three times in a row.

Is the series on Netflix yet?

Posted: 5/17/2015 11:00:16 PM EDT

[#7]

Really enjoyed the miniseries when it originally aired. I have the series on DVD and watched it again a few years ago.

If you like the miniseries, I highly recommend the book. I tore through 800 pages in one day; it's a great read. It started a little Clavell kick where I read Shogun, Taipan, and King Rat, one after another.

Posted: 5/17/2015 11:01:51 PM EDT

[#8]

Rereading the book right now, what a great novel. Might grab the blu ray, been a long time since I have seen it.

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Posted: 5/17/2015 11:23:42 PM EDT

[#9]

Excellent series.

Posted: 5/17/2015 11:24:14 PM EDT

[#10]

Never seen the movie. Loved the book.

Posted: 5/17/2015 11:38:46 PM EDT

[#11]

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IIRC, there is a 2hr movie version, but the full miniseries is 12hrs.
My mom worked the evening shift back then, so I was responsible for taping it for her.
On our Betamax VCR.

Posted: 5/18/2015 12:28:06 AM EDT

[#12]

Dupe! (from a few years ago I think

). We were assigned to watch it for homework when the miniseries originally aired back when I was in highschool. We also had to watch The Day After. Got a few parents complaining iirc.

Posted: 5/18/2015 12:30:21 AM EDT

[#13]

I'm slowly working through the audio book right now. It's very good, I saw the series when I was a kid but remember very little of it.

Posted: 5/18/2015 12:36:26 AM EDT

[#14]

I like it and it was a great book. Back at that time, there were rumors that Sean Connery was originally going to star in it.

Posted: 5/18/2015 12:39:41 AM EDT

[#15]

It's amazing series. Interesting that James Clavell was actually a prisoner in a Japanese POW camp during WWII. Perhaps writing that book (along with King Rat) helped him heal from the ghastly horrors he saw there.

Posted: 5/18/2015 12:41:17 AM EDT

[#16]

We enjoyed it very much. We'll probably drag out the vhs, or even spend money on a new format.

Good shit.

Posted: 5/18/2015 12:42:09 AM EDT

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Did not know that, interesting.

Posted: 5/18/2015 12:47:15 AM EDT

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Read the book three times in a row.

Is the series on Netflix yet?

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They're on youtube.

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