The Saga of Tanegashima (1968)

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

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

Ryūtarō Gomi

Tokitada Oribenojô

Taketoshi Naitō

Tokiaki Tanegashima

Kōichi Mizuhara

Shigeomi

Saburo Date

Tokunoshin Wakita

Director & Crew

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