Synopsis
In the 19th century, a Japanese delegation arrives in the USA to present the American president with a gift pony from the Japanese Emperor.The Japanese consider the pony to be divine and it is guarded by Japanese Samurai.A tribe of renegade Indians attack the train and steal the pony with the intention of ransoming it.In order to retrieve the pony, the Japanese delegation offers one million dollars in ransom money, to be delivered to the Indians by the local Sheriff Gideon assisted by the inept Japanese servant Sakura, who believes he is a true Samurai.On the way, the duo runs into the drifter Blanc De Blanc, who is Swiss and has plans of his own concerning the ransom money.
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (11)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : Filmel
- Foreign production companies : Tritone Cinematografica, Mundial Film
- French distribution : Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC)
Full credits (4)
- Screenwriters : Mario Amendola, Renée Asséo, Luis G. De Blain, Sergio Corbucci, Marcello Coscia, Antonio Troiso, Santiago Moncada
- Director of Photography : Luis Cuadrado
- Music Composers : Maurizio De Angelis, Guido De Angelis
- Editor : Eugenio Alabiso
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Western, Comedy, Adventure
- Production language : Italian, English
- Coproducer countries : Italy, Germany, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1975
- French release : 04/06/1975
- Runtime : 1 h 45 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 43262
- Visa issue date : 27/05/1975
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm