The Saga of Tanegashima
1968, Japanese. Directed by Kazuo Mori.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Kazuo MoriDirector
- Rick JasonCaptain Pinto
- Ayako WakaoWakasa
- Eijirō TōnoKinbei Yaita
- Shiho FujimuraOtane
- Jun FujimakiNobunaga Oda
- Asao KoikeMatasaburo Tachibanaya
- Ichirō NakataniSakuji
- Rokkō TouraWufeng
- Ryūtarō GomiTokitada Oribenojô
- Taketoshi NaitōTokiaki Tanegashima
- Kōichi MizuharaShigeomi
- Saburo DateTokunoshin Wakita
Details
- Released
- 18 May 1968
- Original title
- 鉄砲伝来記
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Etsuko Takano, Kimiyuki Hasegawa
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The Saga of Tanegashima runs 109 minutes (1h 49m).
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The Saga of Tanegashima isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 18 May 1968. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Saga of Tanegashima?
The Saga of Tanegashima (1968) was directed by Kazuo Mori and stars Rick Jason, Ayako Wakao, Eijirō Tōno.