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Samurai Assassin
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Samurai Assassin

1965-01-03 · 122 min · ★ 7.3

Drama · Action · History

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.

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Directors
Kihachi Okamoto
Production companies
TOHO, Mifune Productions
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Toshirō MifuneToshirō MifuneTsuruchiyo Niiro
Keiju KobayashiKeiju KobayashiEinosuke Kurihara
Yūnosuke ItōYūnosuke ItōKenmotsu Hoshino
Michiyo AratamaMichiyo AratamaOkiku / Princess Kiku
Eijirō TōnoEijirō TōnoMasagorō Kisoya
Tatsuyoshi EharaTatsuyoshi EharaIchigorō Hayama
Tadao NakamaruTadao NakamaruShigezo Inada
Kaoru YachigusaKaoru YachigusaMitsu
Haruko SugimuraHaruko SugimuraTsuru
Nami TamuraNami TamuraYae
Shirō ŌtsujiShirō ŌtsujiKaname Kojima
Yoshio InabaYoshio InabaKeijiro Sumita
Akihiko HirataAkihiko HirataSohei Masui
Hideyo AmamotoHideyo AmamotoMatazaburo Hagiwara
Ikio SawamuraIkio SawamuraTatsukichi Bisenya
Chōtarō TōginChōtarō TōginSeiichi Morikawa
Yasuzō OgawaRonin
Masaya NiheiMasaya NiheiRonin
Toshio KurosawaToshio KurosawaKatsunoshin Itamura
Matsumoto Hakuō IMatsumoto Hakuō INaosuke Ii

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