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The Pirates

7.2 104 mins Action   Mystery   1960
Toei Company  
Director(s): Tadashi Sawashima

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!

Casts of The Pirates

Hashizo Okawa

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

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