A Samurai at the Vatican

In 1613, in full diplomatic crisis with China, Shogun Tokugawa delegated the first ever Japanese Embassy to sail off to Europe to negotiate with the Pope and the King of Spain the opening of a new sea route competing with the Silk Road. Twenty samurais at the head of 160 men spent seven years traveling one third of the globe before reaching their final destination. Discover the fate and legacy of these mythical samurais as they faced (confronted with) secret ambitions, religious and political tensions. DNA investigations, exclusive archives, and personal objects belonging to these Samurais revealed for the first time, will shed light on this secret chapter of History, the very first Japanese expedition to the Western World. (Terranoa)