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.
Title | Samurai Assassin |
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Year | 1965 |
Genre | Drama, Action, History |
Country | Japan |
Studio | TOHO, Mifune Productions |
Cast | Toshirō Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Yūnosuke Itō, Michiyo Aratama, Eijirō Tōno, Tatsuyoshi Ehara |
Crew | Jiromasa Gunji (Book), Kihachi Okamoto (Director), Iwao Akune (Production Design), Shinobu Hashimoto (Screenplay), Ryū Kuze (Fight Choreographer), Masaru Satō (Original Music Composer) |
Keyword | japan, samurai, based on novel or book, based on true story, sword fight, tokyo, japan, ronin, jidaigeki, edo period, 19th century, bakumatsu |
Release | Jan 03, 1965 |
Runtime | 122 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.30 / 10 by 53 users |