

Messengers to Satsuma
1982, Japanese. Directed by Kazuo Mori.
By all indications, an anti-government conspiracy is brewing in the Satsuma Domain. Already seven oniwaban spies sent by the shogunate have infiltrated Satsuma in order to scout everything on the spot. However, they had all disappeared, and it was unclear whether they were alive or dead. Kenzaburo Kamiya and Iori Matsumura successfully infiltrate as the eighth and ninth spies and witness law-breaking exercises using a cannon. However, soon Satsuma men found them and drove them to the cliff...
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 26 November 1982
- Original title
- 薩摩飛脚
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Sakae Hirosawa
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Who directed Messengers to Satsuma?
Messengers to Satsuma (1982) was directed by Kazuo Mori and stars Mikijiro Hira, Kiwako Taichi, Yōsuke Kondō.