The Saga of Tanegashima

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Rick Jason

Captain Pinto

Age : 77 | Popularity : 8%

Ayako Wakao

Wakasa

Age : 90 | Popularity : 9%

Eijirō Tōno

Kinbei Yaita

Age : 86 | Popularity : 3%

Shiho Fujimura

Otane

Age : 85 | Popularity : 5%

Jun Fujimaki

Nobunaga Oda

Age : 88 | Popularity : 4%

Asao Koike

Matasaburo Tachibanaya

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ichirō Nakatani

Sakuji

Age : 73 | Popularity : 3%

Rokkō Toura

Wufeng

Age : 62 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Kazuo Mori
Writing	Writer	Etsuko Takano Kimiyuki Hasegawa
Department	Role	Name

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