The Pirates

The Pirates (1960)

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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!

Director: Tadashi Sawashima
Writer: Wago Takasawa

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	Hashizo Ōkawa as Kamon Isono
	Denjirō Ōkōchi as Tsuboya Dokyu
	Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as Nyudo Murakami
	Hiroko Sakuramachi as Koshizu
	Satomi Oka as Suga
	Eiji Okada as Shinzo Murakami
	Eiko Maruyama as Asaji
	Eitarō Shindō as
	Haruo Tanaka as
	Sonosuke Sawamura as
	Kusuo Abe as
	Eijirō Tōno as
	Kenji Kusumoto as

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