Samurai Assassin

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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.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Drama,

Action,

History

Duration:

122 minutes

Year:

1965

Director:

Kihachi Okamoto

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Company:

TOHO,

Mifune Productions

Cast:
Toshirō Mifune

Tsuruchiyo Niiro

Keiju Kobayashi

Einosuke Kurihara

Yūnosuke Itō

Kenmotsu Hoshino

Michiyo Aratama

Okiku / Princess Kiku

Eijirō Tōno

Masagorō Kisoya

Crew:
Jirōmasa Gunji

Book

Kihachi Okamoto

Director

Iwao Akune

Production Design

Shinobu Hashimoto

Screenplay

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Producer