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Writer:
Yu Suzuki (writer)
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Release Date:
6 November 2000 (USA) more
Tagline:
The Saga Begins...
Plot:
Ryo, a respected Japanese student sees his father killed in front of his own eyes. He sets out to find the man in charge of his fathers death and the mystery of who and why? | add synopsis
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Probably the best game ever more (8 total)

Cast

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Hiroshi Fujioka ... Iwao Hazuki (voice: Japanese version)
Massaya Matsuzake Ono ... Ryo Hazuki (voice: Japanese version)

Corey Marshall ... Ryo Hazuki (voice: English version)
Robert Jefferson ... Iwao Hazuki (voice: English version)
Ruth Hollyman ... Nozomi Harasaki / Kayoko Ito (voice: English version) (as Ruth Hollyhan)
Paul Lucas ... Lan Di / Chai (voice: English version)
Terry Osada ... Ine Hayata / Megumi Mishima (voice: English version)
Eric Kelso ... Masaya Fukuhara / Gui Zhang Chen (voice: English version)
Dennis Falt ... Chen Yao Wen / Keizo Oishi (voice: English version)
Ryan Drees ... Tom Johnson (voice: English version)
Jerry Ledbetter ... Mark Kimberly (voice: English version)
Alex Hayns ... Smith Bradley (voice: English version)
Eric Jacobson ... Charlie (voice: English version)
Rob Croker ... Terry (voice: English version)
Ann Slater ... Xia Xiu Yu (voice: English version)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Shenmue (USA)
Shenmue Chapter I: Yokosuka (Japan: English title) (complete title)
Shenmuu (Japan)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This Dreamcast video game cost over $20 million to develop and is the most expensive Video Game ever developed. The project took seven years to complete by Sega's game-development AM2 division. For this feat, it has a place in the Guiness Book of World Records. more
Quotes:
Ryo Hazuki: [to Goro and Nagashima while they are bullying a fisherman] Don't you know that blackmail is waaayyy uncool? more
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "Mega64" (2004) more

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What is QTE in Shenmue
How did Ryo Have A Sega Saturn Games Console in 1986?
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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Probably the best game ever, 1 May 2003
Author: Amyrlin from Norway



Probably the best game ever. I first played it on Segas DreamCast. I was stunned. The game was on every way perfect. If you like realistic and games you don't finish the same day you got it, Shenmue is for you.

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