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DATE MASAMUNE - THE ONE-EYED DRAGON |
Original Title: Dokuganryu no Yabo Company: Toei Company Ltd. / TV Asahi Production Year: 1993 Format: Fullscreen - Color - 239 mins - English Subtitles Cast: TAKAHASHI Hideki, TSUGAWA Masahiko, KITAOJI Kinya Directed by: MASUDA Toshio / NISHIGAKI Yoshiharu Where to Buy: www.kurotokagi.com |
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Young Masamune (Hideki Takahashi) upon learning of the death of Nobunaga decides that he is the man to fill those sainted clogs. The fastest way to do this is to subjugate the neighboring warlords. This is an action that results in the death
of his father and younger brother and not the least brings him to the attention of Hideyoshi (Masahiko Tsugawa) and not in a good way either but intervention by the regents nephew Hidetsugu and Maeda Toshiie (Kinya Kitaoji) save his neck although he is forced to move to a smaller fief and send his wife to Kyoto as hostage. Although curbed of his lofty ambitions his friendship with Hidetsugu again lands him in hot water when Ishida Mitsunari arranges the downfall of the Unfortunate Hidetsugu, Toshiie and Ieyasu (Renji Ishibashi) save his neck and the flamboyant young warlord is sent to Korea where he wins great honors. Upon his return Hideyoshi is dead and Masamune allies himself with Tokugawa Ieyasu thus assuring the survival of the Date family. |
