The Saga of Tanegashima (1968)

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 captai...n 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. more

Directing:
  • Kazuo Mori

Writing:
  • Kimiyuki Hasegawa
  • Etsuko Takano

Stars:
Release Date: 1968-05-18
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  • Country: JP
  • Language: 日本語
  • Runtime: 109

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Shiho Fujimura
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Otane
Rick Jason
Rick Jason
Captain Pinto
Ayako Wakao
Ayako Wakao
Wakasa
Eijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno
Kinbei Yaita
Jun Fujimaki
Jun Fujimaki
Nobunaga Oda
Asao Koike
Asao Koike
Matasaburo Tachibanaya
Ichirō Nakatani
Ichirō Nakata...
Sakuji
Rokkō Toura
Rokkō Toura
Wufeng
Ryūtarō Gomi
Ryūtarō Gomi
Tokitada Oribenojô
Taketoshi Naitō
Taketoshi Nai...
Tokiaki Tanegashima
Kōichi Mizuhara
Kōichi Mizuha...
Shigeomi
Saburo Date
Saburo Date
Tokunoshin Wakita
Gen Kimura
Gen Kimura
Tokuzô
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