Messengers to Satsuma

By all indications, an anti-government conspiracy is brewing in the Satsuma Domen. Already seven oniwaban spies sent by the shogunate have infiltrated Satsuma in order to scout everything on the spot. However, they had all disappeared, and it was unclear whether they were alive or dead. Kenzaburo Kamiya and Iori Matsumura successfully infiltrate as the eighth and ninth spies and witness law-breaking exercises using a cannon. However, soon Satsuma men found them and drove them to the cliff...

Release Date

November 26, 1982

Runtime

92 min

Genres

Drama

Directed by

Kazuo Mori

Screenplay by

Ei Hirosawa

Language

Japanese