A 1980 adaptation of the best-selling novel cast it as the tale of a white hero in an exotic Japan. A new version tells a more kaleidoscopic story. By Motoko Rich Reporting from Tokyo Gina Balian, a ...

The actor, who died at 90, was the most compelling face of a maximalist, soapy television era. By James Poniewozik James Poniewozik is the chief TV critic for The Times. When mini-series ruled prime ...

Richard Chamberlain, who starred in the TV medical drama "Dr Kildare" and the 1980s mini-series "Shogun", has died at the age of 90, his publicist said. Chamberlain became a heartthrob as the handsome ...