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The Pirates (1960)
Directed by Tadashi Sawashima
Action, Mystery · 1h 44m
Finding more freedom on the high seas than in war-torn Japan, the 'Bahansen' (Pirate ships) based on the Seto Inland Sea during the Warring Period (Sengoku-jidai)sailed to China, Korea, Luzon, and Siam under the Hachiman banner. A battle for supremacy of the seas begins when a strange old shipwreck survivor is brought to Sakai where he divulges a secret that can change the course of history.One of the most literate and well-written films from Toei, this is an exciting tale of swashbuckling samurai on the high seas!
Cast
Hashizo Ōkawa
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Hiroko Sakuramachi
Satomi Oka
Eiji Okada
Eiko Maruyama
Eitarō Shindō
Haruo Tanaka
Sonosuke Sawamura
Kusuo Abe
Eijirō Tōno
Crew
- Director
- Tadashi Sawashima
- Screenplay
- Wago Takasawa
- Director of Photography
- Takeo Itō
- Editor
- Shintarō Miyamoto
Details
- Original title
- 海賊八幡船
- Release date
- 1960-09-18
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Action, Mystery
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Toei Company