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 |
| Writing | Flore Kosinetz | Scenario Writer |
| Writing | Stéphane Bégoin | Scenario Writer |
| Directing | Stéphane Bégoin | Director |
| Editing | Gilles Perru | Editor |
| Sound | Renaud Barbier | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Stéphane Millière | Producer |
| Production | Virginie Guibbaud | Producer |
| Directing | Laurence Guérault | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Jerónimo Rodríguez | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Emilie Aujé | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Alexandre Abrard | Sound |
| Sound | Anuar Hamid Yahya Valdovinos | Sound |
| Sound | Atsushi Masai | Sound |
| Crew | Olivier Arnold | Drone Operator |
| Crew | Cyril Zarebski | Drone Operator |
| Directing | Thomas Retif | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Keita Wada | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | José Luis Herrera | Gaffer |
| Art | Laura Samyn | Decorator |
| Art | Carmina Estrella | Assistant Decorator |
| Art | Jonathan Garcia | Assistant Decorator |
| Art | Juan Barrera | Assistant Decorator |
| Art | Augustín Angeles | Assistant Decorator |
| Art | Ivan Barrera | Assistant Decorator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rodolfo Cruz | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yolanda Martínez | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mayra Gabriela Juárez | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Crescencio Hernández | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ara Rubio | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Masamitsu Watanabe | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Younosuke Watanabe | Costume Designer |
| Art | Marion Tivital | Painter |
| Art | Eliette Daudet | Painter |
| Costume & Make-Up | 立身恵 | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Junko Osada | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brenda Castro | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabríela Vargas Gómez | Makeup & Hair Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Abigail Alejo | Makeup & Hair Assistant |
| Production | Andrea Torres | Extras Casting |
| Crew | Erick de Jesús Nava Hernández | Catering |
| Production | Gustavo Angel | Producer |
| Production | Emilio Maillé | Producer |
| Production | Daniela Leyva | Production Director |
| Production | Andrea Toca | Production Director |
| Production | Natalia Bakuza Gui Holguin | Production Executive |
| Production | Nicolás Gauta | Production Executive |
| Production | Anne Le Grevès | Production Director |
| Production | Fanny Carella | Production Assistant |
| Production | Maëva Barret | Production Assistant |
| Editing | Florian Chomienne | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Adrien Navez | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Mathieu Nappez | Music |
| Sound | Jean Pierre Morel | Musician |
| Sound | Emmanuelle Dautry | Musician |
| Sound | Pierre François Dufour | Musician |
| Sound | Renaud Barbier | Musician |
| Visual Effects | Michel Denis | VFX Editor |
| Art | Malo Vandercruyssen | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Thomas Govaerts | Animation |
| Editing | Benjamin Dewalque | Color Grading |
| Crew | Pierre Gillet | Mixing Engineer |
| Production | Bruno Abate | Post Production Producer |
| Production | Yoshiharu Koyama | Producer |
| Production | Yuri Sudo | Producer |
| Directing | Daitki Yokota | Director |
| Production | Mari Mukai | Production Director |
| Production | Tomohito Goshozono | Production Director |
| Production | Carmel Gherbi | Post Production Accountant |
| Production | Nicolas Portes | Administration |