CinemaOSMovie · 1968 · 1h 49m

The Saga of Tanegashima

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Well before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan, a Portuguese vessel ran aground off Tanegashima. Lord Tokitaka helped Captain Pinto repair his ship. The grateful captain offered the lord a gift--a matchlock musket—the first firearm ever seen in Japan. But like a great stone hurled into placid waters, this simple gift will start a revolution. Tokitaka tasks Kinbei, his greatest swordsmith, to copy this musket and build guns for Japan. While Kinbei struggles to forge Japan’s first musket, a great love blooms between Captain Pinto and Kinbei’s daughter Wakasa. But for Kinbei, to let Wakasa marry Pinto and go to Portugal is unthinkable. And as Kinbei creates Japan’s first matchlock factory, Lord Oda Nobunaga will seize upon firearms as the key to sweep all other clans before him, tearing a blood-soaked path of destruction through Japan.

Directed byKazuo Mori

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 49m
Language
JA
Released
May 18, 1968
Studios
Daiei Film

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Rick Jason

Rick Jason

Captain Pinto

Ayako Wakao

Ayako Wakao

Wakasa

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Kinbei Yaita

Shiho Fujimura

Shiho Fujimura

Otane

Jun Fujimaki

Jun Fujimaki

Nobunaga Oda

Asao Koike

Asao Koike

Matasaburo Tachibanaya

Ichirō Nakatani

Ichirō Nakatani

Sakuji

Rokkō Toura

Rokkō Toura

Wufeng

Ryūtarō Gomi

Ryūtarō Gomi

Tokitada Oribenojô

Taketoshi Naitō

Taketoshi Naitō

Tokiaki Tanegashima

Creative team
Directed by
Kazuo Mori
Kazuo Mori
Written by
Etsuko Takano
Kimiyuki Hasegawa

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