Samurai Assassin (1965)

  • NR
  • 03/05/1965 (US)
  • Drama, Action, History
  • 2h 2m

Overview

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.

Kihachi Okamoto

Director

Shinobu Hashimoto

Screenplay

Cast

Toshirō Mifune's headshot

Toshirō Mifune

Tsuruchiyo Niiro
Keiju Kobayashi's headshot

Keiju Kobayashi

Einosuke Kurihara
Yūnosuke Itō's headshot

Yūnosuke Itō

Kenmotsu Hoshino
Michiyo Aratama's headshot

Michiyo Aratama

Okiku / Princess Kiku
Eijirō Tōno's headshot

Eijirō Tōno

Masagorō Kisoya
Tatsuyoshi Ehara's headshot

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Ichigorō Hayama
Tadao Nakamaru's headshot

Tadao Nakamaru

Shigezo Inada
Kaoru Yachigusa's headshot

Kaoru Yachigusa

Mitsu

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