The Saga of Tanegashima (1968)
1h 49m
Running Time
May 18, 1968Release Date
The Saga of Tanegashima (1968)
1h 49m
Running Time
May 18, 1968Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Rick Jason
Captain Pinto

Ayako Wakao
Wakasa

Eijirō Tōno
Kinbei Yaita

Shiho Fujimura
Otane

Jun Fujimaki
Nobunaga Oda

Asao Koike
Matasaburo Tachibanaya

Ichirō Nakatani
Sakuji

Rokkō Toura
Wufeng
Details.
This Movie Is About.
samurai
historical
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