The Bushido blade DVD 1994 A Bushido penge / Directed by Tom Kotani / Starring: Richard Boone, Sonny Chiba, Frank Converse

UPC 5999546332308  /  5999546330748

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN HUNGARIAN

AUDIO: English 2.0, Hungarian 2.0

Subtitles: Hungarian

TOTAL TIME: 104 MINUTES

English Summary:

The Bushido Blade is a fictional sideline to the true events surrounding the treaty Commodore Matthew Perry signed with the shogun of feudal Japan. The samurai sword entrusted to Commodore Perry for President Franklin Pierce of the United States by the Emperor of Japan is stolen by factions wishing to maintain Japanese isolationism. The sword is stolen by Baron Zen, who is a servant of Lord Yamato, who opposes the Convention of Kanagawa about to be signed.

Commodore Akira Hayashi is told to recover the sword and, as a matter of honor, not sign the treaty until it is recovered. Prince Ido has received Hayashi's order to regain the sword and goes to the castle of Yamato alone. Similarly, Perry has ordered Captain Lawrence Hawk to retrieve the sword. Hawk brings Midshipman Robin Gurr and Crew Bos'n Cave Johnson. The three get separated and the movie centers on their stories.

Hungarian Summary:

1854-ben a Matthew Perry vezette amerikai flotta lehorgonyoz Japán partjainál. Perry és a sógun egy szerződést készülnek aláírni, mely kimozdítaná Japánt évezredes elszigeteltségéből. A két állam ajándékokkal támasztja alá a barátságot. A sógun emberei egy szakrális jelentőségű kardot hoztak az amerikaiaknak, mely a japán harcosok ősi értékrendjét testesíti meg. Nem véletlen, hogy a régi rend hívei éppen ezt a tárgyat rabolják el, s ezzel megakadályozzák a szerződés aláírását. A talpraesett Hawk kapitány azonban a rablók üldözésére indul...

Cast / Szereplők:

• Richard Boone as Commodore Matthew C. Perry
• Sonny Chiba as Prince Ido (as Sony Chiba)
• Frank Converse as Captain Lawrence Hawk
• Laura Gemser as Tomoe
• James Earl Jones as the prisoner (a crew member of the whaling ship)
• Mako Iwamatsu as Enjirō (as Mako)
• Timothy Murphy as Midshipman Robin Gurr
• Michael Starr as L/S Cave Johnson
• Tetsurō Tamba as Lord Yamato
• Toshirō Mifune as Commodore Akira Hayashi

• Bin Amatsu as Baron Zen
• Mayumi Asano as Yuki
• Kin Ōmae as Rikishi (sumo wrestler) (as Kin Omai)