26 Aug 1950
Rashomon
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
The Saga of Tanegashima
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.
Top Billed Cast
Rick Jason Captain Pinto
若尾文子 Wakasa
東野英治郎 Kinbei Yaita
藤村志保 Otane
藤巻潤 Nobunaga Oda
小池朝雄 Matasaburo Tachibanaya
中谷一郎 Sakuji
戸浦六宏 Wufeng
五味龍太郎 Tokitada Oribenojô
内藤武敏 Tokiaki Tanegashima
水原浩一 Shigeomi
伊達三郎 Tokunoshin Wakita
木村元 Tokuzô
Flemming Pedersen Wakami
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