Un samouraï au Vatican

Un samouraï au Vatican

2018
1h 30m
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Documentary History
Overview

Why do 600 inhabitants of the small southern Spanish town of Coria del Río bear the surname "Japón"? It is the legacy of an unusual expedition that took place 400 years ago: In October 1613, the samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga boarded the galleon "San Juan Bautista" on behalf of the ruler Date Masamune in Sendai, Japan. In addition to merchants, warriors and Spanish sailors, the Spanish Franciscan monk Luis Sotelo, who spoke fluent Japanese, also embarked. The legation wanted to obtain permission from the Spanish King Philip III and Pope Paul V to open a new sea route to India alongside the spice route; in return, Christian missionaries were to be sent to Japan. When he set off, Hasekura Tsunenaga had no idea that the journey would take seven years. Who was this Japanese samurai? What is known about his motives and what is known about the actual background to the expedition?

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Production Information

Production Companies
Gedeon Programmes NHK ARTE
Production Countries
France Japan
Spoken Languages
French Japanese Spanish

Keywords

japan

Quick Facts

Release Date August 30, 2018
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt9400752

Cast

Huarong Weng
Huarong Weng

Hasekura Tsunenaga

Ricardo Zeger Ramos
Ricardo Zeger Ramos

Luis Sotelo

Anna Flori-Lamour
Anna Flori-Lamour

Narrator

Key Crew

Stéphane Bégoin
Director
Stéphane Millière
Producer
Virginie Guibbaud
Producer
Gustavo Angel
Producer
Emilio Maillé
Producer
Yoshiharu Koyama
Producer
Yuri Sudo
Producer
Daitki Yokota
Director