Word: yoko
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...adapting this swashbuckler, Writer-Producer Eric Bercovici has largely ignored Clavell's panorama of Japanese political intrigue to concentrate on the low-key love story involving the pilot Blackthorne (Richard Chamberlain) and his interpreter, the Lady Todo Mariko (Yoko Shimada). It is just as well. Chamberlain possesses a star quality peculiar to television actors. Dr. Kildare has matured into a placid handsomeness. He is alert, restful, kind. He listens closely and makes love tenderly. Shimada has a grave, delicate beauty that dignifies the languorous pace of her affair with Blackthorne. Theirs is a passive passion, a love rooted...