Ein Samurai im Vatikan (2018)
Warum tragen 600 Einwohner der südspanischen Kleinstadt Coria del Río den Familiennamen „Japón“? Es handelt sich um das Erbe einer ungewöhnlichen Expedition, die 400 Jahre zurückliegt: Im Oktober 1613 ging der Samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga im Auftrag des Herrschers Date Masamune im japanischen Sendai an Bord der Galeone „San Juan Bautista“. Neben Händlern, Kriegern und spanischen Seeleuten schiffte auch der spanische Franziskanermönch Luis Sotelo ein, der fließend Japanisch sprach. Die Gesandtschaft wollte vom spanischen König Philipp III. und von Papst Paul V. die Erlaubnis einholen, eine neue Seestraße neben der Gewürzroute nach Indien zu eröffnen; im Gegenzug sollten christliche Missionare nach Japan geschickt werden. Bei seinem Aufbruch ahnte Hasekura Tsunenaga noch nicht, dass die Reise sieben Jahre dauern sollte. Wer war dieser japanische Samurai? Was ist über seine Beweggründe bekannt, und was über die tatsächlichen Hintergründe der Expedition?
Die Regisseur: Stéphane Bégoin, Daitki Yokota.
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Huarong Weng as Hasekura Tsunenaga |
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Ricardo Zeger Ramos as Luis Sotelo |
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Anna Flori-Lamour as Narrator |
| Crew | Cyril Zarebski | Drone Operator |
| Art | Carmina Estrella | Assistant Decorator |
| Art | Ivan Barrera | Assistant Decorator |
| Directing | Stéphane Bégoin | Director |
| Camera | Jerónimo Rodríguez | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mayra Gabriela Juárez | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Camera | Emilie Aujé | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Anuar Hamid Yahya Valdovinos | Sound |
| Production | Virginie Guibbaud | Producer |
| Directing | Laurence Guérault | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Olivier Arnold | Drone Operator |
| Art | Augustín Angeles | Assistant Decorator |
| Production | Stéphane Millière | Producer |
| Sound | Renaud Barbier | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Gilles Perru | Editor |
| Directing | Thomas Retif | Assistant Director |
| Art | Laura Samyn | Decorator |
| Sound | Atsushi Masai | Sound |
| Writing | Stéphane Bégoin | Scenario Writer |
| Art | Jonathan Garcia | Assistant Decorator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rodolfo Cruz | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Sound | Alexandre Abrard | Sound |
| Lighting | José Luis Herrera | Gaffer |
| Art | Juan Barrera | Assistant Decorator |
| Sound | Jean Pierre Morel | Musician |
| Sound | Emmanuelle Dautry | Musician |
| Art | Malo Vandercruyssen | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | 立身恵 | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Abigail Alejo | Makeup & Hair Assistant |
| Production | Natalia Bakuza Gui Holguin | Production Executive |
| Visual Effects | Thomas Govaerts | Animation |
| Production | Yoshiharu Koyama | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ara Rubio | Costume Designer |
| Sound | Pierre François Dufour | Musician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Masamitsu Watanabe | Costume Designer |
| Editing | Florian Chomienne | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Mathieu Nappez | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Junko Osada | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Andrea Toca | Production Director |
| Production | Emilio Maillé | Producer |
| Production | Maëva Barret | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Pierre Gillet | Mixing Engineer |
| Directing | Daitki Yokota | Director |
| Production | Gustavo Angel | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Michel Denis | VFX Editor |
| Production | Carmel Gherbi | Post Production Accountant |
| Writing | Flore Kosinetz | Scenario Writer |
| Camera | Keita Wada | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yolanda Martínez | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Art | Eliette Daudet | Painter |
| Production | Anne Le Grevès | Production Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Younosuke Watanabe | Costume Designer |
| Production | Andrea Torres | Extras Casting |
| Production | Fanny Carella | Production Assistant |
| Editing | Benjamin Dewalque | Color Grading |
| Art | Marion Tivital | Painter |
| Sound | Renaud Barbier | Musician |
| Production | Nicolas Portes | Administration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brenda Castro | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Daniela Leyva | Production Director |
| Production | Bruno Abate | Post Production Producer |
| Production | Mari Mukai | Production Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabríela Vargas Gómez | Makeup & Hair Assistant |
| Production | Nicolás Gauta | Production Executive |
| Sound | Adrien Navez | Sound Editor |
| Production | Yuri Sudo | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Crescencio Hernández | Costume Designer |
| Crew | Erick de Jesús Nava Hernández | Catering |
| Production | Tomohito Goshozono | Production Director |