Samurai Assassin

1965Directed by Kihachi Okamoto

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Released: January 3, 1965
Runtime: 2h 2m

About Samurai Assassin

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Synopsis

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.

Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Writers: Jirōmasa Gunji
Shinobu Hashimoto
Original title: 侍

Principal cast

In billing order

Toshirō MifuneTsuruchiyo Niiro
Keiju KobayashiEinosuke Kurihara
Yūnosuke ItōKenmotsu Hoshino
Michiyo AratamaOkiku / Princess Kiku
Eijirō TōnoMasagorō Kisoya
Tatsuyoshi EharaIchigorō Hayama

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