The Saga of Tanegashima (1968)

05/18/1968 (JP) Drama 1h 49m
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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.

  1. Kazuo Mori

    Director

  2. Kimiyuki Hasegawa

    Writer

  3. Etsuko Takano

    Writer

Top Billed Cast

  1. Rick Jason

    Rick Jason

    Captain Pinto

  2. Ayako Wakao

    Ayako Wakao

    Wakasa

  3. Eijirō Tōno

    Eijirō Tōno

    Kinbei Yaita

  4. Shiho Fujimura

    Shiho Fujimura

    Otane

  5. Jun Fujimaki

    Jun Fujimaki

    Nobunaga Oda

  6. Asao Koike

    Asao Koike

    Matasaburo Tachibanaya

  7. Ichirō Nakatani

    Ichirō Nakatani

    Sakuji

  8. Rokkō Toura

    Rokkō Toura

    Wufeng

  9. Ryūtarō Gomi

    Ryūtarō Gomi

    Tokitada Oribenojô

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Original Title 鉄砲伝来記

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Original Language Japanese

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