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Film · 1965

Samurai Assassin

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

Directed by Kihachi OkamotoToshirō MifuneKeiju KobayashiYūnosuke Itō
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3 Jan 1965Released
2h 2mRunning time
7.3TMDB score of 10
DramaGenre

The story

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.

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Tsuruchiyo Niiro
Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

Einosuke Kurihara
Yūnosuke Itō

Yūnosuke Itō

Kenmotsu Hoshino
Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

Okiku / Princess Kiku
Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Masagorō Kisoya
Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Ichigorō Hayama
Tadao Nakamaru

Tadao Nakamaru

Shigezo Inada
Kaoru Yachigusa

Kaoru Yachigusa

Mitsu
Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

Tsuru
Nami Tamura

Nami Tamura

Yae
Shirō Ōtsuji

Shirō Ōtsuji

Kaname Kojima
Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba

Keijiro Sumita
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