The clash of two cultures. The triumph of one man.
The son of a besieged Shogun in war-torn 17th century Japan travels to Spain to buy weaponry from the king.
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Shô Kosugi David Essex Kane Kosugi Christopher Lee Norman Lloyd Ronald Pickup John Rhys-Davies Polly Walker Dylan Kussman Toshirō Mifune Miwa Takada Nijiko Kiyokawa Katsuta Daiyamondo Yuji Sawayama Miomir Radević 'Pigi' Milutin Savić 'Džimi' Masashi Muta Stevan Minja John Stewart Dragomir Stanojević Borivoje Bora Stojanović Yuji Sawayama Kenji Miura Kenji Yasunaga Shogo Ikegami Satoru Fukasaku Don Pedro Colley
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