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Nachalo XVII veka. Gollandskoe sudno terpit krushenie u beregov I͡Aponii. Vyzhivshikh chlenov ėkipazha berut v plen i obvini͡ai͡ut v piratstve. Sredi popavshikh v plen byl i anglichanin Dzhon Blėktorn, prekrasno znai͡ushchiĭ geografii͡u, voennoe delo i matematiku i obladai͡ushchiĭ silʹnym kharakterom. Ikh sudʹbu dolzhen reshitʹ mestnyĭ pravitelʹ, pribytie kotorogo ozhidaet vsi͡a derevni͡a. Slukhi o talantlivom kapitane dokhodi͡at do kni͡azi͡a Toranagi-no Minovary, odnogo iz samykh mogushchestvennykh li͡udeĭ I͡Aponii. Toranaga beret Blėktorna pod svoi͡u zashchitu, lelei͡a kovarnye plany ispolʹzovatʹ ego znanii͡a v borʹbe za vlastʹ. Chtoby vyzhitʹ v chuzhoĭ strane, anglichanin izuchaet ee i͡azyk i obychai, stanovitsi͡a samuraem, no ego ne pokidaet myslʹ, chto kogda-nibudʹ emu vse-taki udastsi͡a vernutʹsi͡a na rodinu...

The beginning of the XVII century. A Dutch ship is wrecked off the coast of Japan. The surviving crew members are captured and accused of piracy. Among those captured was the Englishman John Blackthorn, who knows geography, military science and mathematics perfectly well and has a strong character. Their fate should be decided by the local ruler, whose arrival is expected by the whole village. Rumors about the talented captain reach Prince Toranagi no Minowara, one of the most powerful people in Japan. Toranaga takes Blackthorn under his protection, cherishing insidious plans to use his knowledge in a power struggle. To survive in a foreign country, an Englishman learns its language and customs, becomes a samurai, but he does not leave the thought that someday he will still be able to return to his homeland...