Samurai Assassin
Here, at the Gates of Sakurada, the Shogunate will fall.
1965 · 2h 2m · Not Rated
Action, Drama, History
Directed by
Kihachi Okamoto
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Samurai Assassin
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.
Director and cast
- Kihachi Okamoto Director
- Toshirō Mifune as Tsuruchiyo Niiro
- Keiju Kobayashi as Einosuke Kurihara
- Michiyo Aratama as Okiku / Kikuhime
- Yūnosuke Itō as Kenmotsu Hoshino
- Eijirō Tōno as Masagorô Kisoya
- Tatsuyoshi Ehara as Ichigoro Hayama
- Tadao Nakamaru as Shigezo Inada
- Kaoru Yachigusa Cast
- Haruko Sugimura Cast
- Nami Tamura Cast
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