"The Voyage of the Samurai", a documentary about the Keicho Embassy to Seville in 1614
"The Voyage of the Samurai' is the title of the new documentary about the first official Japanese embassy in Spain, the well-known Keicho Embassy that arrived in Seville in 1614. Televisión Española collaborated on this project shot in Japan, Seville, Coria del Río, and Espartinas.
"El viaje del Samurai", un documental sobre la Embajada Keicho a Sevilla en 1614
Verónica Chumillas
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A Spanish clergyman and a Japanese samurai are the protagonists of this documentary which recounts one of the great epics of the 17th century. The Japanese travelled up the Guadalquivir river to Seville having overcome the dreaded Pacific Ocean, crossed Mexico on mules and crossed the Atlantic in the Fleet of the Indies.
The Japanese did not manage to persuade Philip III to establish trade relations, but many of those who came stayed here, giving rise to the curious origin of the surname Japón. On his visit to Seville to mark Expo 92, Prince Naruhito wanted to acknowledge this fact. "The Voyage of the Samurai", with the involvement of Televisión Española, was a 50-minute account of that landmark in history.
