The Pirates
海賊八幡船
The Pirates On Soap2Day. 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!
- Genre: Action, Mystery
- Country: Japan
- Director: Tadashi Sawashima
- Cast: Hashizo Okawa, Denjirō Ōkōchi, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Satomi Oka, Eiji Okada, Eiko Maruyama, Eitarō Shindō, Haruo Tanaka, Sonosuke Sawamura, Kusuo Abe, Eijirō Tōno, Kenji Kusumoto,