Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. Why trust us? It only took 44 years for a new adaptation of Sh?gun to come along and remind viewers that the late James Clavell was an incredible writer. Clavell was a solider in the British army during World War II, and he endured a harsh stint as a POW before his eventual release. Those experiences informed his writing as he went on to become an acclaimed screenwriter, director, and novelist. Sh?gun may be Clavell’s most famous work, but it’s far from his only masterpiece. Because...