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SHOGUN.
I watched it once as a kid when I saw it at the video store and rented it because the idea of a single film that spanned 4 tapes was insane. I haven't watched it more than that one time. I don't even really remember the plot or anything; but the boxed set looks hella nice which is why when I saw it for $5 at Suncoast back in high school, I snatched it up. I also couldn't watch it even if I wanted to because it's VHS and I no longer have a VHS player and it's not like I can just go get one easily.
Shogun was a TV miniseries. No one was sitting in a theater for 12 hours to see it.
You should watch it again, it is excellent. Definitely a mini series though, not a movie. Basically an English sailor ends up shipwrecked in feudal Japan. I don't want to give anything else away, it's phenomenal. The book is absolutely one of my favorites as well.