Samurai Assassin

Samurai Assassin

1965
2h 2m
7.3

7.3/10

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

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.

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
TOHO Mifune Productions
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title
Release Date January 3, 1965
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0059673

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

Key Crew

Kihachi Okamoto
Director
Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer