Noble House (1988)
Starring Pierce Brosnan, John Rhys-Davies, Ben Masters
Directed by None
Noble House is an American television miniseries that was produced and broadcast by NBC in 1988. Based upon the novel Noble House by James Clavell, it features a large cast headlined by Pierce Brosnan as business tycoon Ian Dunross and was directed by Gary Nelson. However, due to time restrictions, several of the many subplots from the book were removed.
This is NBC's second miniseries adaptation of a Clavell novel, the first being 1980's Shōgun. Both take place in the same fictional universe with Noble House featuring connections to Shōgun and another Clavell work, Tai-Pan.
For the miniseries, the timeframe of the novel was changed; Clavell's original novel takes place in the early 1960s, but the miniseries was updated to the 1980s. The building prominently displayed and used as Struan's is Jardine House.
TV show
Rating: 6.7
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Drama
Keywords: china,miniseries,british colonial,business tycoon
Cast
Ian Dunross
Quillan Gornt
Linc Bartlett
Casey Tcholok
Claudia Chen
Philip Chen
Venus Poon
Havergill
Supt. Armstrong
Four Finger Wu
Orlanda Ramos
Tsu-Yan
Jacques DeVille
Paul Choy