

“The clash of two cultures. The triumph of one man.”
In war-torn 17th-century Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu sends his trusted samurai, Mayeda, and his son Yourimune to Spain. There, they're to buy five thousand muskets. But it is a dangerous journey, and there are many who conspire against them.
Directed by Gordon Hessler, Toshiaki Hayashi, Hiroshi Tsuchiya
User score
12 votes
Released
April 27, 1991
1h 46m
English
Budget → Revenue
$10.0M → —

Sho Kosugi
Daigoro Mayeda

David Essex
Don Pedro

Kane Kosugi
Yorimune

Christopher Lee
King Philip

Norman Lloyd
Father Vasco

Ronald Pickup
Capt. Crawford

John Rhys-Davies
El Zaidan

Polly Walker
Cecilia

Dylan Kussman
Smitty

Toshirō Mifune
Ieyasu Tokugawa

Miwa Takada
Yadogimi

Nijiko Kiyokawa
Counselor
Katsuta Daiyamondo
Nakamura
Yuji Sawayama
The East Army General
Miomir Radević 'Pigi'
Second Pistoleer
Milutin Savić 'Džimi'
First Pistoleer
Masashi Muta
Daisuke Mayeda (infant)
Stevan Minja
Salim
John Stewart
Sailor 1

Dragomir Stanojević
Sailor 2