The Pirates

The Pirates (1960)

Action Mystery

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!

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  • Release Date: 1960-09-18
  • Runtime: 1h 44min
  • Director: Tadashi Sawashima

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Cast

  • Hashizo Okawa

    Kamon Isono

  • Denjirō Ōkōchi

    Tsuboya Dokyu

  • Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

    Nyudo Murakami

  • Hiroko Sakuramachi

    Koshizu

  • Satomi Oka

    Suga

  • Eiji Okada

    Shinzo Murakami

  • Eiko Maruyama

    Asaji

  • Eitarō Shindō

  • Haruo Tanaka

  • Sonosuke Sawamura

  • Kusuo Abe

  • Eijirō Tōno

  • Kenji Kusumoto