Samurai Assassin (1965)

01/03/1965 (JP) • 2h 2m

Drama, Action, History

Here, at the Gates of Sakurada, the Shogunate will fall.

Overview

Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.

Top Billed Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Tsuruchiyo Niiro

Keiju Kobayashi

Einosuke Kurihara

Yūnosuke Itō

Kenmotsu Hoshino

Michiyo Aratama

Okiku / Princess Kiku

Eijirō Tōno

Masagorō Kisoya

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Ichigorō Hayama

Tadao Nakamaru

Shigezo Inada


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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

japan

samurai

based on novel or book

based on true story

sword fight

tokyo, japan

ronin

jidaigeki

edo period

19th century

bakumatsu

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