The Saga of Tanegashima (1968)
1968 · 1h 49m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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.
Director: Kazuo Mori
Writers: Etsuko Takano, Kimiyuki Hasegawa
Cast
Rick Jason as Captain PintoAyako Wakao as WakasaEijirō Tōno as Kinbei YaitaShiho Fujimura as OtaneJun Fujimaki as Nobunaga OdaAsao Koike as Matasaburo TachibanayaIchirō Nakatani as SakujiRokkō Toura as WufengRyūtarō Gomi as Tokitada OribenojôTaketoshi Naitō as Tokiaki TanegashimaKōichi Mizuhara as ShigeomiSaburo Date as Tokunoshin WakitaMore like this
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)The Sword of Doom (1966)When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)47 Ronin (2013)Yojimbo (1961)Samurai Rebellion (1967)13 Assassins (2010)Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021)