Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon
Biopic of Date Masamune. Young Masamune 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 and not in a good way either but intervention by the regents nephew Hidetsugu and Maeda Toshiie 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 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. An amazing story from beginning to the end!
Cast
Similar movies
Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna
February 9, 1955Galileo Galilei
January 1, 1909The Straight Story
October 15, 1999The Pianist
September 17, 2002Schindler's List
December 15, 1993A Beautiful Mind
December 14, 2001Sissi
December 22, 1955Sissi: The Young Empress
December 1, 1956Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress
December 18, 1957Erin Brockovich
March 17, 2000Young Toscanini
October 7, 1988Stan & Ollie
December 28, 2018Houston: The Legend of Texas
November 22, 1986Taras Shevchenko
December 17, 1951Big George Foreman
April 27, 2023Louisiana
November 15, 1947The Pirates of Somalia
December 8, 2017Marina
November 6, 2013Lovisa och Carl Michael
December 24, 2005Irmã Dulce
November 13, 2014