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Messengers to Satsuma

Messengers to Satsuma

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 26, 1982

Runtime

1h 32m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

薩摩飛脚

Production Companies

Fuji Television Network

Director

Kazuo Mori

Description

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...