The Saga of Tanegashima

The Saga of Tanegashima

1968
1h 49m
5.0

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Drama
Overview

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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Production Information

Production Companies
Daiei Film
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

samurai historical

Quick Facts

Original Title 鉄砲伝来記
Release Date May 18, 1968
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0062351

Cast

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

Kōichi Mizuhara
Kōichi Mizuhara

Shigeomi

Saburo Date
Saburo Date

Tokunoshin Wakita

Key Crew

Kazuo Mori
Director
Etsuko Takano
Writer
Kimiyuki Hasegawa
Screenplay